[rdww]

"he would have been attacked by them for causing a disturbance and disobeying the orders of flight and challenging the flight staff."

Ummm, hate to break it to you two, but that's exactly what Todd Beamer, et al DID. It occurs to me that smart hijackers now will not announce themselves as hijackers, but rather pretend to be US Air Marshalls, and then sheeple passengers such as yourselves will meekly do whatever they're told.

[sandlady]

"he would have been attacked by them for causing a disturbance and disobeying the orders of flight and challenging the flight staff."

Ummm, hate to break it to you two, but that's exactly what Todd Beamer, et al DID. It occurs to me that smart hijackers now will not announce themselves as hijackers, but rather pretend to be US Air Marshalls, and then sheeple passengers such as yourselves will meekly do whatever they're told.

I would say the latter group was acting in self defense and your man was acting from selfish arrogance. If he had a bowel problem, he needed to tell the flight attendant instead of giving her a one-minute staredown. Contrary to your belief, I consider the air crews to be the good guys just trying to keep their throats intact.