Rustbucket732,
I disagree. With the world at present time looking like a tinderbox, you get one Middle Eastern type, first of all daring to smoke in the lav, and then hurling anti-American abuses at the FA, If I was the AC pilot, I would have locked my door tight and called for reinforcements. And that's exactly what he did, because he didn't know whether this was a ruse or the real thing aimed to distract from a real hijacking.
This action may deter terrorism, but I tell you one thing, this will certainly put a heavy damper on air rage which we have been discussing on this forum for over a year now. Even for those sickos there is nowhere to hide anymore.