Suicidal Terrorists - drop your weapons. You are on our video camera now.
The idea is to see if the plane has been compromised because the pilot is not armed (thanks for nothing TSA and your boss, W), so they can send up a jet to blow it from the sky.
You see, in the dim minds of the Republicrats, a stray pistol shot is far more dangerous to passengers than an air to air missile.
This is the administration's idea of armed pilots: