[nwctwx]

While I would hesitate to say this is not a probe of some sort, I would not be surprised to hear that these folks were more or less pushing the limits to cause a disturbance. I know that several Muslim groups in the U.S. have more or less advocated such "civil disobedience". The fact that these guys are not Americans obviously raises more flags when thinking about probing for future attacks--but I think that the real probers are going to be a little more cautious and discrete.

[Velveeta]

As the cockpit door opened, another perp suddenly appeared from around the galley, dropped his shoulder into FO while the first one got in the way of the FO’s attempt to block the other

This sounds very brazen to me - not your usual pushing the limits...but I tend to be an alarmist. ;-)