Since airline employees have a great deal of discretionary control over how passengers will be accommodated, being well mannered and polite is the best defensive flying technique of all.
So while Allan Sherman used to sing that "good advice costs nothing, and it's worth the price," it may be wise to consider the tips frequent fliers use, and engage in what the Department of Transportation creatively describes as "defensive flying".
Defence coach Mike Ford described Wilkinson has the world's best defensive fly-half but backed Cipriani to ably fill his boots in that department on Saturday.
And he never stopped being one of the best defensive fly-halves and one of the best pound-for-pound tacklers I played with or against.
Just by thrusting his long arms in the right way at the right time, he can send defensive linemen flying.
In the Operations notes, Formation Flying, orders specifically stated that the formation, as a whole, was not to stay together, saying each six aircraft section was to be a self-contained defensive unit, flying at different heights, stating that more than 12 aircraft per formation made it unwieldy and unmanageable by one leader.
Detroit also curtailed Minnesota's rushing attack by having defensive backs fly into the run front on the outside (the Vikings were running almost exclusively outside in the second half because Ndamukong Suh and Corey Williams owned the trenches).
She planned to be "defensive in my flying, protecting my children," she added.
One Vine has shown a defensive lineman go flying hundreds of feet in the air, while another has linebacker Christian Kirksey - who stands at 6ft 2in and 16.6 stone in real life - miniaturised to about a foot tall.
That having plans is nice, but once the game begins, after Lewis makes one of those bone-crunching tackles, and the 340-pound Tony Siragusa becomes that immovable object, and the defensive backs begin flying around like fighter jets, everything changes.
The offensive and defensive linemen are smacking heads, running backs are colliding with linebackers, tight ends are blocking defensive ends, safeties are flying in to make tackles.
