Why hasn't anyone addressed my real life example? As I said, the 911 Commission report quotes a pilot as saying he would have opened the cockpit door if someone said they had a noose around the neck of his flight attendant. Shouldn't we be prohibiting any items onboard aircraft which could be fastened into a noose?

[No, I don't think so, but I think those in charge have lost all sight of the actual mission, as noted previously]