“If we had armed air marshals and pilots before 9/11,...it wouldn’t have changed a thing. They would have targeted the marshals first and merely delayed the inevitable.”
nobody knows who the marshals are. Israel has been doing this for years. Of course you can’t just give them guns and assume they can handle it. They have to specifically train for shooting terrorists on a plane.
No, I don’t think taking out the cabin pressure is such a great idea.
You just don’t get on an El Al flight...like you would any other airline. Having flown El Al it’s pretty intimidating when you go to the check-in. And there is a certain security in having passed the screening.
Dropping the cabin pressure, is the way to go. Everyone passes out for a few minutes and your marshals can move in and take control immediately without having to sort out the dynamics.
As a person who regularly concealed carries, I can spot who’s packin’ and who’s not almost immediately. Just one of those things that you learn to take notice of.