File this under "what could possibly go wrong?" If we have, indeed, turned into a nation of lawless thugs, air marshals on flights need to become a serious probability instead of just an off-chance. I'd certainly see it as a good use of my tax dollars.
It's certainly true that as flying became more affordable, it meant that the average airline passenger started to more closely resemble the average American. The only refuge these days is to fly business class, especially on long flights.
It's not a coincidence that this sort of thing has increased since right wing media have started using phrases like "dumb mask mandate" and encouraging people who are told to wear them on airlines or in stores as victims of oppression as bad as the Holocaust who are entirely justified in aggression and violence.
When you legitimize, encourage, and even glorify aggression and violence, you get more aggression and violence. Duh.
"Montgomery asked Kelly to lobby federal officials for more federal air marshals on flights and to ban passengers who violate rules instead of putting them on another flight." Yes to both.
And yet vaccinations and proof of same have been part of international travel for decades. Perhaps if you hadn't slept through history class, you'd know that.
