Lady: I just said [that] respect ~should~ be more prevalent on this board The woman really felt something was wrong and could not know what the right thing to do was under questionable, but not certain circumstances. To the Air Marshalls, she was a factor to contend with, that either might cause a situation, or be in the way of it, if something did go down.[Everyboby else] is postulating about what the right thing to do was, when in fact, the right thing might be ~nothing~ [that is, not bothering the Air Marshalls].
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You said -- you repeated and emphasized exactly what I called you on. The woman's life was on the line. She had a duty to do something BECAUSE the air marshalls were doing NOTHING. That is in fact what they did. Nothing.
You give them magical powers -- that their nothing was magically something. But is was because the passengers and stewardess took a far more active and pro-active role -- were functioning adults -- on Flight 63 -- the the 2nd shoebomber was stopped.
You would have had them hold back -- and wait -- for some one more magically authorative to do something. That's suicide, ma'am. Suicide.
Surely you do you NOT advise your children to play Russian Roulette?
For six times out of seven NOTHING happens. Why then advise such suicidal behaviour here?
The woman's life was on the line.
The lady ~feared~ her life might be on the line, but it turns out it wasn't. Uncertainty.
She had a duty to do something BECAUSE the air marshalls were doing NOTHING. That is in fact what they did. Nothing.
That's BS. The weren't doing nothing, they were watching and investigating. All these guys ~did~ was go to the bathroom and gesture to each other.... as they were friends and traveling together, that by itself isn't actionable, unless you want to just start frisking everyone who moves.... No, they acted smart, they watched, they checked out the bathroom, the alerted the flight attendent, made arrangements for some feds to meet this plane when it landed and a judgment call to ~not~ start shooting them out of the blue. Thank goodness for that. They even followed the guys to see if there story checked out.... and it did. What they did turns out to be the exact right thing.
But is was because the passengers and stewardess took a far more active and pro-active role -- were functioning adults -- on Flight 63 -- the the 2nd shoebomber was stopped.
There was no shoe bomber here. There wasn't anyone doing anything near as incriminating as trying to light his shoe on fire. We had guys gesturing to each other and going to the bathroom.
You give them magical powers -- that their nothing was magically something.
BS. I said that how the passengers in a really small tube in the sky are going to react to a situation is something they ~have~ to figure out and deal with in their work.