for my flight attendant mom

Fighting the friendly skies?:

Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, is not very happy with the training she and her fellow flight attendants are receiving. They’re taught to fight fires, but not terrorists. Instead, flight attendants are still being taught to cooperate and remain complacent with hijackers. Adding insult to injury, air marshals are being taught to “shoot through” flight attendants if necessary.

Got the message, flight attendants? You can’t fight the bad guys but you might get shot on purpose by the good guys. Sheesh.

It's nice, however, to know that pretty much all flight attendants would discard their passivist training in about the time it takes the terrorists to whip out their smuggled knitting needles.