What would you do?

[sneakerd]

I'd stand up as he went by and deck him. Be pretty easy.

[DD977GM2]

Ah but he did. The emergency call came from the cockpit while he was trying to break in... not sure if I read that in the linked article or elsewhere (I usually read a story from a few different sources before putting too much thought into it... the first article I read didn't even mention the "Allahu Akbar" part).
From what I've gathered, he tried to break into the cockpit and failed, then started acting erratically and yelling threats at passengers, and at some point locked himself in the bathroom.
I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have acted on that.

Article recants that he was trying to force his way in later in the article

“He was being disruptive and unruly on the flight, but he was not specifically trying to break into the cockpit,” Rhodes said.

[mcantar18c]

To me that just means that he was trying to get into other areas too, not that he didn't make an attempt at the cockpit.

[Outlaw1]

I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have acted on that.

I'd have to agree. First I would have told the nearest attendant that I was going to sit his ass down, then I would have confronted him. There is absolutely no way I would have let him get into the cabin, or even into the bathroom.

Being stuck in an airplane full of people I don't know for hours doesn't sit well with me. Typically you can tell if a person is going to give you a hand when the chips are down. When I was flying from San Antonio to Denver regularly I found myself taking mental notes of where certain kinds of people were sitting just in case there was a SHTF moment.

Those are reasons I typically drive instead of fly, if possible.

[sneakerd]

Interesting- I do the same thing when I fly. Try to figure out where the "men" are.

[sniper7]

I'd stand up as he went by and deck him. Be pretty easy.

Easier to stay seated with seatbelt unfastened. As he walks by stick your leg out tripping him then jump on him with a knee in his back.

[glock21]

I would scout out the rest of the passengers to see if he had any friends there to help him. If I'm going to step in I want to make sure its one on one and not 3 against me, just incase every other male is to scared to help.

[trlcavscout]

What if he was trying to warn the pilots of a visible failure on the plane?


That's probably what the gobment will claim to keep from bringing him to trial.

[pickenup]

Find out who the sky-marshal on the plane was, and kick HIS butt, for not doing his job.

[Ronin13]

Saying this from the stance that I still carry an expired DoD identification card (in addition to my VA ID) I'd break his nose and subdue him and ask the flight crew for assistance restraining him and hand him over to authorities once we land. Then lawyer up and cooperate with LE- you know, because they'd try to charge me with assault or something I'm sure. We need to stop being such pu**ies in this country... if there is a potential threat, you stop it, by appropriate means.