"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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We frequently read/hear/see news reports of fights with unruly
passengers...why would a fight in the passenger cabin cause the loss of
the
airplane? Explosives-wearing folks don't count...your scenario just
suggests
fighting.

This raises another question. There's a well-known phenom in law
enforcement having to do with alternative punishments, such as house
arrest by wearing an electronic bracelet instead of being sent to
jail. Instead of lessening the jail population, such alternatives are
likely to only increase the number of people sanctioned.

So...?

Won't the same thing happen with marshals, and possibly with armed
pilots? With an armed officer on board, won't guns come into use more
frequently? Won't aggressive passengers (like the one who recently got
up and helped himself to a bottle of wine from the galley) trigger
more armed confrontations, with increased likelihood of pistols going
off and injuring bystanders and making non-decompressive holes in the
aircraft?

???? How do you arrive at THAT conclusion (or question)? Your first
paragraph leads to your second paragraph...how?