What having a sky marshal really means

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:33:57 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Seems counterproductive to me.

How is the flight crew's knowledge of the location and identities of
FAMs "counterproductive"?

-J

Jack Davis
B-737


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"Jack Davis" wrote in message
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How is the flight crew's knowledge of the location and identities of
FAMs "counterproductive"?


Such knowledge would make it possible for them to identify the marshal to a
terrorist.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:16:25 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Such knowledge would make it possible for them to identify the marshal to a
terrorist.

Why would we do that? The FAM will make his own "introduction" to the
terrorist long before we could get involved!

-J

Jack Davis
B-737


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"Jack Davis" wrote in message
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Why would we do that?


It does not have to be intentional.



The FAM will make his own "introduction" to the
terrorist long before we could get involved!


The terrorist might choose to get you involved as his first order of
business.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:28:47 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

The terrorist might choose to get you involved as his first order of
business

Since I'll be locked behind the "Taliban door" he'll never get the
chance to get me involved.

If there is any kind of serious altercation between a terrorist and a
Flight Attendant, the FAM will, as I said earlier, make his own
introductions.

-J

Jack Davis
B-737


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"Jack Davis" wrote in message
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If there is any kind of serious altercation between a terrorist and a
Flight Attendant, the FAM will, as I said earlier, make his own
introductions.


The purpose of an altercation between a terrorist and a flight attendant may
be for the purpose of identifying the marshal to the terrorist by the flight
attendant. It's better if the flight crew doesn't know who the marshal is
or even if one is aboard.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:51:17 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

The purpose of an altercation between a terrorist and a flight attendant may
be for the purpose of identifying the marshal to the terrorist by the flight
attendant. It's better if the flight crew doesn't know who the marshal is
or even if one is aboard.

No, it isn't better for us to be in the dark. If things go to hell it
would be best if we knew who was on our side, especially considering
that some pilots are now carrying as well. It is also for this reason
that the crews need to know the identities and locations of other law
enforcement types as well.

Second, there have already been several cases where the cover of on
board FAMs have been compromised and in none of those case has the
flight crew been implicated or even involved. As is usually the case,
the well-trained and professional FAMs have secured the situation long
before the crews even knew what was happening.

-J

Jack Davis
B-737


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