Hello Wallabie
That was not the point. As I said I want to put the article in another light than SaturnV's inverting the airplane to thwart hijackers thread.
The point is, if you want to hit the hijacker with your broom because you think that is the best decision, shouldn't you be allowed to do so??
I am sure, if you are flying for an airline, that you have to comply with the hijacker's demands according to your procedures (probably atleast before Sep 11th).
Do you think that there should be procedures for everything? Personally I think that much more should be left to the pilot (the right stuff that thinks for himself and makes decisions accordingly) and not be laid down in endless procedures for the "systemoperator" (the wrong stuff) to comply with blindly.