I agree with your point - but pragmatically - who is going to deal with passengers throwing punches? If on the ground you can call in air port police. In the air you have flight attendants and other passengers. Neither of whom are likely trained or equipped to handle unruly passengers. Neither signed up to get their noses or jaws broken or worse by an asshat who thinks starting a fight on an airplane is a good idea.
I agree cops don’t make things better nor do the right thing all the time. But if people are hurting other people daily on flights, I am not sure what other option there is.
I am open to other solutions and suggestions.
