The word 'leverage' can only mean one thing - and despite the desperation of the play it certainly makes a little more sense than storming the cockpit. Not that he would have avoided that decision either.

"Just stay quiet and walk," he whispers; "both of you. We don't want to announce to the rest of them that we've got the advantage."

He leaves his gun drawn, his nerves on edge as they make their way toward the front.