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As cost-effectiveness goes, the air marshal service leaves a lot to be desired. The whole of the agency averages four arrests per year (at a cost of $215 million per arrest) and have proved to be little deterrent for the current threat. Again, passengers are the real first responders, tackling bombers (and even drunk and belligerent travelers who might be bombers) reliably since late 2001.
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Air Marshalls and bomb detecting dogs are more cost efficient than these radiation laden naked scanners. I guess George Soros didn't invest in bomb sniffing dogs or air marshalls so that is not where the money is being paid back, er, spent.
Air Marshalls and bomb detecting dogs are more cost efficient than these radiation laden naked scanners. I guess George Soros didn't invest in bomb sniffing dogs or air marshalls so that is not where the money is being paid back, er, spent.
Thats like saying our nuclear weapon program is useless because it isn't used. Simply not true. Air marshals are not there to make arrests, they're there to make sure people don't enter the cockpit and cause all sorts of issues.
Thats like saying our nuclear weapon program is useless because it isn't used. Simply not true. Air marshals are not there to make arrests, they're there to make sure people don't enter the cockpit and cause all sorts of issues.
The CAN'T enter the cockpit. The pilots don't leave the cockpit anymore either. The doors have been strengthened and pilots can carry weapons. The doors of the planes cannot be opened while in the air and once again, the passengers will be on a menace long before they can attempt to do much of anything.
I have a family member who is a former air marshal. He has since left to join the private (and higher-paying) sector. His take is that we are at a greater risk from unscreened cargo than from passengers.
That said, I imagine we are wasting far more on other useless "security" measures than on air marshals' salaries.
The CAN'T enter the cockpit. The pilots don't leave the cockpit anymore either. The doors have been strengthened and pilots can carry weapons. The doors of the planes cannot be opened while in the air and once again, the passengers will be on a menace long before they can attempt to do much of anything.
Air marshals...not needed.
Uh, where are you getting your data? Which doors cannot be opened while in the air?
I have a family member who is a former air marshal. He has since left to join the private (and higher-paying) sector. His take is that we are at a greater risk from unscreened cargo than from passengers.
And how does an Air Marshall sitting in his seat on an airplane deal with the unscreened cargo problem?
Get rid of them; huge waste of money with very little accomplished. Wait, I think I've just defined the word "government"!
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