[AnotherUnixGeek]

He said so many FAM were on standby for the VIP congressional program that now he and many of his colleagues are “sitting around the airport waiting for a mission.”

As a taxpayer, I'd prefer not to pay federal workers to sit around airports waiting for something to do. Fire them and let them go find useful work in private industry.

[ridesthemiles]

NOT the fault of the Air Marshal. They get assigned from above.

[old curmudgeon]

I think the point is that they are needed for commercial flights, but paperwork in the government is slow.

They will get their orders.

[Pining_4_TX]

Put them on flights with a lot of “diversity” to put a stop to the in-flight brawls.