By Howie Katz
The Biden administration has removed the Air Marshals from airliners and sent them to the southern border to do administrative work. The should not be missed by the air traveling public.
The Federal Air Marshal Service began on March 2, 1962in response to a number of plane hijackings by Palestinian terrorists.
In 2005, two Air Marshals shot and killed a man on the boarding bridge of an American Airlines plane in Miami. The man had been unruly on the plane which he left even though the flight crew told him he could not do so. He then claimed to have a bomb in his backpack. That is the only instance involving Air Marshals that I know of.
Federal air marshals perform tactical training at the William J. Hughs Technical Center in Pomona, N.J.
It's just as well that they have been remove from our airliners. Although they hat to meet the toughest firearms qualification standards and received special training in close quarter combat, there was always the real danger of innocent passengers getting shot if the Marshals became involved in an onboard gunfight. There was also the possibility of aircraft decompression.
And that;s why I say the Air Marshals should not be missed.
1 comment:
I think you are wrong on that one Howie. I think the knowledge that there MIGHT BE on on a flight was a useful deterrent. Whether it was worth the cost involved is of course a reasonable question. My preference is to arm the flight crew. Flight attendants with .45s. That's the way to go. Or maybe not.
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