From: "M. J. Powell"


There has been a bit of a furore over here concerning the new US
requirement to airlines to supply air marshals when requested. The
concern is mainly over the possible puncture of a pressure cabin.
What do readers think is the result of decompression via a bullet hole?
M.J.Powell

What do you think will decompress an airliner cabin faster: An errant round
fired by an air marshal puncturing the cabin skin, or, the detonation of a
Richard Reid type jihadi nut case's shoe bomb because the air marshal wasn't
armed and couldn't drill him right between his beady eyes at the first
opportunity?

I'll take my chances with the air marshal's gun thanks.
Dave