LMD, look at it in perspective. The issue was a couple of guys rutting in the lavs, not a hijack. The Capt made it perfectly clear that he just wanted them dealt with by Customs and Immigration for causing a nuisance, not a fighter escort. These guys were in no way a sufficient risk to warrant that. Then again, what about the guy who slept though the announcement that all pax have to remain in their seats 30 mins before landing in Salt Lake City and the end result was 3 lunatic air marshals waving guns in everyone's face and forcing all the pax on the flt to keep their hands on their heads until landing? I am sorry, but this isn't over-reaction, this is gun toting macho BS of the worst and highest order. The guy was a businessman busting for a waz, not a terrorist.
It is about time Bush got a grip and listened to reason. You don't win against terrorists by overt action. It takes years of covert activity to defeat terrorism, and having these morons running round like Chuck Norris does nothing for either security or pax confidence, and is moer likely than not to result in a major accident. Either an inncoent pax is going to get shot, or stray rounds are going to pierce the a/c at FL300 resulting in an explosive decompression or something. These guys are a danger to themselves and the travelling public.