[bill1952]

Have to disagree. - That isn't exactly how they hijacked those birds.

How about ten large muscular dudes with razors totally bent on mass murder?

Sure, one guy isn't going to last long (Richard Reid)
but a bunch of them would be very formidable indeed.

Give me 9 chosen and trained buds with razors and I'd bet on us.- It could be done if the crew isn't armed.
I have to go with the abundance of caution concept here, even if it's to prevent some drunken Ahole from going ballistic with a weapon.

BTW, I met some of the passengers from that flight that Reid tried to blow up at a Club Med in Florida where they were vacationing.

The doctor who helped subdue him, and pumped him full of something to sedate him was a fat bald older dude with glasses.

When I asked him how he had the "balls" (that didn't translate very well) to attack him, he replied: "What else could we do? Die?"
I have to say, I was impressed, and that would certainly bolster your point about passengers taking action.

[Pukin Dog]

The point I was trying to make(that I hesitate to make) is that razor blades wont get you into the cockpit. We have been trained to insure that no matter what is going on behind that door, we are not to open it. It doesn't matter if terrorists are killing every one of you back there, the pilot is not going to open that door, and the aircraft is not going to be sent crashing into a building.

The airlines wont say it, so I will: You, the passenger, is expendable.

[bootless]

"What else could we do? Die?"

Nailed it. Thanks for sharing that.