What having a sky marshal really means

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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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?


Shouldn't happen. The sky marshal should have just one responsibility; to
prevent forced entry into the cockpit, if need be. The only time that need
should arise is in the case of someone brandishing a weapon. Since 9/11/01
there have been a few cases where passengers became unruly and even tried to
enter the cockpit. These wackos have generally been subdued by other
passengers. That's how it should be, even if a sky marshal is aboard. The
sky marshal should not expose himself as a sky marshal unless deadly force
has already been introduced into the situation.

http://www.naked-air.com/03flight.htm