Originally Posted by stimpy
Which is obviously the case now. None of us will sit still while a terrorist tries to slit the throat of an FA. On top of which the cockpit door will stay closed and locked no matter what happens in the cabin. Realistically, several large men will happily beat the crap out of any idiot(s) who try to take over a plane now. We wouldn't before 9/11, but we will now. Even if we have to get hurt doing it. It's better than dying and being part of an attack on other people.
I hope you are right, although history (including recent Russian history) does not agree with you. What you need is time - time for a few Alphas to rally the rest to fight back. It took United 93 25 minutes to fight back. The Russians in the school watched the kids being killed. Adrenaline and stress are hellacious things, especially if you have no training and experience in dealing with them. If I were a terrorist I would have learned that lesson from United 93 and not give it to you. First person to even look funny, stand up, talk, etc. gets violently and bloodly disemboweled. These guys learn their lessons well and have since 1985. I hope the first few to jump up have people jumping up behind them because otherwise they are DRT.
Cockpit doors DO NOT stay closed all the time and you know this. They are opened for meals, bathroom, etc.
And face this, if you do act you will not "be hurt". More than likely you will "be dead".