<ol type="A">[*]This is a newspaper article, not an eyewitness account from a fellow ppruner. Who knows what is fact and what is poetic license?[*]The blinds being closed suggests to me a night flight, consequently something long. Likely to have extra's pilots aboard. The bloke that helped subdue the berserk FA might well have been the second officer on his break.[*]While it seems indicated, especially in the current climate, that pilots do not get involved in skirmishes, I am convinced that both the passengers and the FA's on this flight were very grateful for his assistance.. .[/list=a]
Pretty easy to criticise this bloke from the safety and comfort of a computer chair. . .In the end he helped put an end to a terryfying situation, possibly saving both the aircraft and it's occupants from worse things happening.
For now, he's one of the good guys in my book.