Originally Posted by
Superguy
Could always contract it out. Point is, I'd like to see outside review and not TSA's say so.
TSA didn't do it.
Fair enough, but I wouldn't say much of an edge.
I'd say countless hours training and a gun is a huge edge over neither.
That's also when they most likely wouldn't be there.
It depends. FAMs are on many, if not most, of the high risk flights.
Numbers came from a CT class I took while working for a gov't agency that specializes in CT. If you're in a close quarters gun fight, your chances of survival go way down.
Of course they go down, but to 8%? I know quite a few people who have been in CQC and the overwhelming majority survived. The human being can be hard to kill. Especially when moving, which decreases the odds of being shot in the first place, and then being shot in a vital area. Same with knives. Its more problematic on a plane with only an isle (no lateral movement) but I'd still say that 8% is way, way too low.
And unfortunately, TSA has shown us that they have no plans other than dumping a terminal and not evacuating planes that are suspected of having bombs on them.
I've said for a long time it won't be the Intel guys or the TSA or the airport LEOs or the FAMs or the FFDOs or the pax that prevent the next terror attack on civilian aviation. It will be all of them. They all make it more difficult to do, which makes other targets look more appealing. And even if they do try again, hopefully one of those layers will catch them somewhere in the process.