Charlton it is pure arrogance to think that a pilot, trained to fly, would overpower a terrorist, trained to kill, in a one one one in the cockpit.
That's why we need guns. It evens the playing field.
On Sept 11 it is highly likely that the terrorists would have overpowered the pilots and crew, even if the crew had guns, because the terrorists were highly trained to do so.
It wasn't just likely, they DID overpower the crew and take the aircraft. Had they known what we know now, some of them might still be alive, armed or not.
Pilots are trained to fly. As we know that takes up quite enough of our time. We can never expect to achieve the level of expertise as the terrorist can who spend all of their time training to be a terrorist.
So we sit quietly and accept our fate? I do not understand this line of thinking.
The powers that be will never (even if they actually tried to) be able to keep bad guys off the airplanes. Any cockpit door that can be opened, can be breached.