"Karen Sherrouse was a flight attendant on the jet that Richard Reid tried to blow up. When one of her colleagues tried to stop Reid, Sherrouse rushed to help. But she couldn't get down the aisle because so many passengers had already joined the melee. "They were instantly on him," she remembers. "It was a group effort." And so it should be. The flight attendants can't be everywhere at once. Nor can TSA officers or the FBI."
I'll throw this out for discussion.
1. Put hardwired Taser guns in every 10th plane seat which become operational only after the captain has thrown a switch in the cockpit.
2. Train and qualify frequent flyer volunteers in the effective use of Tasers (getting volunteers would be like shooting fish in a barrel).
3. At check-in issue Tasers to qualified passengers who wish to carry. They plug into the system after taking their seats.
4. Most Important: Use profiling, tons of politically incorrect profiling, to keep Tasers out of the hands of potential "man-caused disaster" perps, formerly known as terrorists. (Yes, I know what you're thinking - Pres. Barry would never be issued a Taser, but so be it.)
5. Upon next incident, flip the switch and let the fun begin. Yes, some innocent people could get zapped but again, so be it. Every one of them will hopefully live to tell the story to their grandchildren.
This is my five minute solution to "flight attendants can't be everywhere at once". Obviously, the passengers can be, so use them. Deterence isn't just for nuclear war.
Feel free to refine this "brilliant" idea or tear it to pieces if you wish. But I can dream, can't I? |
