Originally Posted by IceTrojan
I don't know about you, but I would want the pax with the gun (active or not) guarding the door.
Since one couldn't enter the cockpit with a battering ram nowadays, I'm not too sure we need anyone guarding the door.
I see the FAM's function as monitoring the pax and, as has been said ad infinitum, they could monitor the pax better from the rear of the plane IMO.