[Hodar]

No, you misunderstand. I sincerely doubt that you or I would allow some muslum fanatics from taking over a plane and flying it into a building. However, neither one of us can speak to what the whole plane will truly do. This variable is choatic at best.

Perhaps the sight of seeing our thoats cut open, and the blood spraying the passengers, as a display of what will happen to any passenger who interferes with the hijackers will frighten the rest of the plane into quietly accepting their fate.

Bottom line . We do NOT know that a plane full of people will do in another hijacking attempt. So all we can do is do what we can to prevent it from happening again.

[HiTech RedNeck]

No, I understand perfectly. So what if there is a gory scene, almost everyone will prefer that to a CRASH.

[hopespringseternal]

We do NOT know that a plane full of people will do in another hijacking attempt.

All of the unruly passengers, bomb attempt(s), and assorted goofballs that even started to act up in the last two years have been generously pounded into submission by unarmed passengers before they had much of a chance to do anything. In fact, the terrorists couldn't even get 4/4 on the same morning as soon as people figured out what was up.

There is always the odd chance that a hundred or two people will meekly sit by and knowingly let four or five with 1" blades give them a face full of concrete and glass, but don't bet on it.