Originally Posted by
studentff
Air Marshals pointed guns at passenger cabin in flight for about half an hour after subduing an unruly passenger:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/...ent/index.html
It seemed for a while that the SOP of Air Marshals was to hold the cabin at gunpoint for the remainder of the flight if their cover was exposed. The reports stopped, so hopefully policy changed.
Reading the article, the dude got an upgrade to first class!
"But Lineberger, a Pennsylvania court judge, said he watched as the two air marshals emerged from the first-class section, grabbed the passenger, and walked him back to the first-class area."