Originally Posted by
law dawg
Your suspicion is incorrect. Its been done, gamed, tried, dry ran, etc. many, many times.
In combat a few seconds is an eternity.
So you're honestly claiming sitting one or two rows farther back really makes a critical difference? Who was doing the dry runs and red teaming? I have to wonder if perhaps the thoughts of giving up a F seat for Y might have dulled their reflexes a bit.
I still contend that if that time makes the difference between the plane being hijacked or not, then there are far worse things wrong with the system.