Originally Posted by undflyboy06

To prevent one of those nutjobs from slicing the throat of the average joe; you or me. We are naturally at a disadvantage because we are concentrating on flying the aircraft and can't foresee when an attack will occur. Also, the majority of pilots have no significant training in protecting their selves. The attacker will always be motivated, with one thing in mind, to kill you. We need everything we can get to make a slight advantage or to give us a second more to help defend the cockpit.