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Eyes in the sky: Inside the undercover world of U.S. air marshals
When you board a commercial flight, there’s a chance the person seated next you is an undercover air marshal. (news.yahoo.com) المزيد...
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I’m glad there are air marshals on airlines. If something were to happen, and it might, they would be in a position to help stop it. I don’t think they would be alone in trying to prevent a hijacking though. It's gotten to where 9-11 will most likely never happen again, at least with airliners being commandeered and forced to fly as a weapon into a target. The American people are now fighting back and joining together to combat rowdy, disruptive, and dangerous passengers. How many times has the news reported passengers helping to subdue a particular passenger who was causing trouble or interfering with the flight? Todd Beamer and the rest of the passengers on Flight 93 set an example and though the plane went down, prevented it from being used as a terror weapon against an American target. People seemed to have learned from this and are now fighting back. I don't believe people would not sit idly by anymore while the plane was hijacked. There's strength in numbers and I think the people on the plane would somehow fight back at the first opportunity. And if they did, I'd like to hope they rip the guts out of the ones trying to hijack the aircraft and send them to God to be judged.
Lets see them handle a knee defender space terrorist.....
Besides the guy they shot in Miami airport I haven't heard of them shooting anyone else. If they took out a few roudy jack weeds once in a while the skies might get more friendly. Before you get ballistic, i don't mean shoot them. Maybe just bitch slap them around, cuff them, and lay them in the floor for the rest of the flight. That would give us a little more bang for the buck. :-)
The Israelis invented this type of security measures in the 70s and with excellent results. My ex and myself took an El Al 707 flight from Athens (after clearing Israeli Customs and Immigration at the old Hellinikon Airport) to Tel Aviv in 1976 and the commandos were all over the place: from gate, in the bus to the plane, stairs (no bridges), up front, middle and way back sections, they were as distinguishable as the flight attendants and pilots in their uniforms, not to mention the Guzis hanging from the shoulder and small arms too. Lousy service aboard but who cared, safety was the name of the game.
Just another knee-kerk reaction of the government to waste our hard-earned tax dollars. Honestly, after 9/11, as high strung as people are on airplanes these days, if someone as much as hinted or started to do something on a plane, I'm sure you'd have all the passengers on him immediately.
I, too, believe there has been wasted monies on knee-jerk policy and programs. That being said, what we have here is part and parcel of a multi-layered defense. Since the possibility of thwarting a terrorist attack at a single point is low, I believe a multi-layered 'fence' makes sense.
Just the fact that no one knows if there is, or isn’t an marshal is a wild card that complicates the act of a threat.
You argue the flying public is more aware, and there is strength in numbers, to which I also agree. However, these air marshals are trained to react quickly and precisely, and bear the brunt of the risk.
We're spending multiple times more money on inefficient airport security than for air marshal salary. Once I get past that hassle, I'm on my own. OTOH, the air marshal goes the distance.
Just the fact that no one knows if there is, or isn’t an marshal is a wild card that complicates the act of a threat.
You argue the flying public is more aware, and there is strength in numbers, to which I also agree. However, these air marshals are trained to react quickly and precisely, and bear the brunt of the risk.
We're spending multiple times more money on inefficient airport security than for air marshal salary. Once I get past that hassle, I'm on my own. OTOH, the air marshal goes the distance.
Passengers on a plane are not trained to act upon incidents such as terrorists. If you and family were on a flight, they just might save your lives, dip s__t.
