Originally Posted by Baconroll

I'm afraid you're not allowed to do any hitting or punching. Just holding someone (or a limb) down. We are allowed to use reasonable force, but we are taught how to do this. We also know that any passenger who needs to be restrained will not co-operate much.

Oh, and we have proper cuffs, not those plastic cable ties that some other airlines have. Our cuffs hurt, even in training. I always come away with bruises whenever we've been training. Not because I'm a violent sort, of course, but the design of the cuffs and the methods we use to get compliance.