I think most people even remotely familiar with prisons would beg to differ with your opinion.
I reckon you could get on a plane with a couple of wooden stakes no worries - metal detectors won’t pick them up - so all you need to do is stick 'em in your pockets…
According to this link
They also said on the news last night that there were no air marshalls on that flight and although the cockpit door was locked, it didn’t have one of the new security door thingys yet.
Oh, I think everyone is getting a litte over dramatic here.
Yes, he had two sticks.
Yes, he tried to get into the cockpit (where the report of crashing the plane came from I really don’t know).
The dramatic injuries to the staff were a little over estimated on the news last night and in reports this morning. According to the ambo’s who attended, they were simple lacerations and nothing at all like the deep and horrible gashes through to the skull that some hacks were suggesting today.
While the people that assisted the staff were certainly brave (not necessarily knowing exactly what was going on), they were treated at the airport by the ambo’s and released so there weren’t any injuries to them at all.
It’s a rare media occassion in Oz for this type of thing to happen, so the less reputable sources are making hay while the sun shines to the detrimental image of Australia.
Simply, do not believe much of what is being reported.
Oh, and he was on his way to Tasmania and if I were ever on a plane to Launceston, I would probably hijack the plane to take me somewhere else too 
OK, we’ll let some nutcase at you with a bad attitude and a pair of sharpened pencils. Then we’ll see if you consider facial lacerations a big deal.
Point is, the attendant risked his life to bring the guy down before he reached the cabin. He didn’t have to. He could have very easily been killed.
Sounds good enough to be called “hero” to me.
And when Jack’s story is finished, would you grind his bones to make your bread anyway? 
Stuff like this makes me love this board. Thanks, WE.
Hey, if he’s going to be a World Eater, it’s a given he’d know what utensils to use in a variety of situations.
Nonononono, that’s giants. Ogres are much worse…