Let me dramatise the situation on Teesside at the moment.

This drama would cast The University of Durham as the flight crew - pilots - of an airliner and The University of Teesside as the cabin crew and Cleveland police as the sky marshal.

The present situation is that of the chief steward going to the sky marshal and saying we, the cabin crew outnumber the flight crew, Go, take your gun and install us on the flight deck.