I always thought pilots were given cable ties to restrain violent pax?
We are, several pairs, and handcuffs too. But can you see the problem with that? The required equipment is on the wrong side of the door! In flight, the best tools to deal with this problem are mature, well trained cabin crew - who it appears were present when dealing with drunken oaf from Malta. As ever, the best way of handling these problems is prevention but that is easier said than done. However, Easyjet could do everyone a big favour and very loudly announce that this guy will never fly with them again. We also need a very public bit of litigation where a perpetrator is sued by an airline for the recovery costs of incurred. This should be a David & Goliath type event, but in reverse!