To: cyncooper
A buddy of mine is a pilot for a major airline and returned from France today. He said he's never seen such tight security. Once they arrived at Newark, they were greeted by a SWAT team in the immigration area. The armed SWAT guys demanded to see everyone's passport in a business like manner. Luggage was pulled off the plane for a recheck, and the three Air Marshalls were very jumpy.
619 posted on
12/24/2003 3:11:21 PM PST by
Bug
To: Bug
and the three Air Marshalls were very jumpy
That brings up an interesting question: do the SWAT passport checkers know who is an air marshall on the plane beforehand? If they're only checking passports I suppose it doesn't matter. But if it involves looking them over for weapons it could get a little hairy.
621 posted on
12/24/2003 3:19:47 PM PST by
lelio
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