And if that person had had an "attention getter" in their lap....say a short length of 2x4...at what point might they have used it?
I'm always amazed at people who sit there and watch as someone tries to kill them, not doing much. I'm lucky that it has happened very rarely; only the occasional moment my wife is driving and goes into a red-mist moment about some perceived misdemeanour of mine. There are no CRM skills dreamt of that can solve those moments. 2x4 in a confined space is difficult. Tasers might have the calming effect as we crash into whatever is in front of us; and the threat of same will be a bluff-calling standoff. Theory in a classroom is great, but in real life it somehow doesn't always work as planned. Not easy times, especially with cockpit gradients in some places getting very steep; and the monkey is not always in the seat you'd expect.