Jeff,
Not to start a flame war, but...
I felt stongly about the subject until a friend asked, " What would *we*
be doing if the roles were reversed?" Answer. Except for the apology
part, EXACTLY the same thing.
We would hold the flight crew in seclusion pending a determination of
whether they wished to defect or not. Our 'experts' would be taking the
aircraft apart. We would be stalling the other side until our 'experts'
were finished.
Jim