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August 1, 2003

Sky Marshalls, Security & Responsibility

by Joe Katzman at August 1, 2003 5:44 PM

In the wake of Armed Liberal's "Too Friendly Skies" heads-up over the cutbacks in the U.S. Sky Marshall program, LaughingWolf has a good post on how the rules have changed, some of the problems, the failure of some government agencies to adapt, and what you can do.

UPDATE: He has also added a follow-on post. It's a fine idea, and I believe it would work.

"Right after 9-11, the need for increased security on flights, as opposed to security at airports, was well known and discussed. Among the many suggestions for providing improved in-flight security was one that went in both officially and back channel. This method was rejected, even though it could be done at very low cost and exponentially increase in-flight security...."

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#1 from BruceR at 9:52 pm on Aug 01, 2003

It's spelled "marshal." Any other spelling is wrong.

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