My take on this as a humble passenger is that up until now I have always assumed that a flight that I board is pretty safe on that basis that the pilots are hardly going to knowingly put their own lives and limbs at risk if there is any cause for doubt based on their professional judgement. OK, mistakes might happen from time to time, but it's rare that things go badly wrong on this basis.
Now I am beginning to think that this blind faith is a tad naive, or am I reading all of this wrong? Are you guys saying that even in the knowledge that there is a tangible threat to the security of a specific flight, you would be happy to take to the skies safe in the knowledge that one or more armed "sky marshall" will be able to subdue or eliminate whatever threat that a team of hi-jackers happen to impose?
Even worse, are you contractually required to fly even if you don't feel happy about the situation?