Capt, Claret,
How can you know how an airline works and say such a thing? The proper way to do it would be to have one person fly the aircraft and the other handle the emergency. We do it with engine failures, fires, smoke in the cockpit etc, Why would this be different? It is just another Emergency Procedure!
Does the mear thought of a gun turn your brain to that much jello?
We both know that security will never be perfect. IF you can't keep knives out of prisons where everyone is regularly stripped searched and has no rights, how will you keep them off of aircraft? ANd even if you keep most weapons off the aircraft, if you put 10 people on the aircraft that are SKILLED in hand to hand fighting, they are going to be able to force their way forward and breach the cockpit, atleast untill the permanent doors are installed which will take years.
Sky marshals wont work because there will never be enough and they also interfer with the revenue of the airline. Do you really want to take 2-4 seats out of every airplane in such a marginal business? Plus who would pay for it all?
Cheers
Wino