"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I think that the sky marshal would choose to err on the side of
caution--i.e., to kill or wound the hijacker rather than worry about
his motives. No American jury would fault him for that.

I think that in a multiple-hijacker situation the odds are against
the marshall, so the logical approach would be to remain passive
and wait until a very good opportunity presents itself, the situation
has become really desperate, or the aircraft has been safely landed
by the pilot.

Well,you don't want to wait until the terrorists have slaughtered the
pilots.That alone is one damn good reason for the pilots to have guns
themselves. There are no spares or backups for the pilots.


The only exception would be in the confused seconds between
the moment when the hijackers make their intentions clear, and
they gain actual control of the aircraft. That may present a too
good opportunity to intervene to be missed.




--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net