Air marshals facing mandatory border deployment plan ‘mutiny’ on Biden admin leaving flights unguarded: report

foxnews ^ | 11/30/2022 | danielle wallace

[bitt]

Deploying air marshals to border leaves US 'vulnerable to attack' during holiday travel season, official claims

U.S. air marshals are reportedly staging a "mutiny" on the Biden administration over its immigration policies, as they plan to refuse mandatory deployment orders to the southern border and, therefore, face possible termination.

Though refusing the order puts them at risk of termination, dozens of air marshals argue that abandoning their current assignments will leave American fliers more vulnerable to threats over the busy holiday travel season.

Amid an influx of illegal immigrants held in custody, the Federal Air Marshal Service asked for volunteers to deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border for 30 days in mid-2021. But earlier this month, the Biden administration announced air marshals, considered federal law enforcement agents within the Transportation Security Administration, would face mandatory deployments as the shortage of Border Patrol agents worsens.

In an interview with the Washington Examiner, David Londo, president of the Air Marshal National Council, said, "Rank and file air marshals are going to refuse to deploy and risk termination," as the Biden administration plan would strip 99% of commercial airline flights from federal protection.

[logi_cal869]

When I first read of this directive, it smacked of a setup for a false flag event. Flyers have told me personally that some airports are more lax re TSA than others.

I suppose that we shall see, huh?

[1Old Pro]

"Rank and file air marshals are going to refuse to deploy and risk termination,"

How many?

[Conservat1]

Bkmrk.

[Jotmo]

Remind me...Air Marshals have stopped exactly how many terrorists attempts to hijack or bring down airplanes?

Certainly it must be a significant number if removing them will constitute such a grave threat to air travel.

[T.B. Yoits]

Every time there is a dust up on a commercial flight it is sorted out by the passengers and crew. I don’t recall a single case of an air marshal subduing the perps.

The air marshals are likely trained to not get involved in a passenger fight as it could be a distraction while the real attackers go for the cockpit.

[hanamizu]

Fire them and hire someone who would appreciate the job, no matter where you had to do it.

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I do get your point, but if you sign up for, get hired and trained to be an air marshal and are then told you are going to used as a border patrol agent, I can see why they might be upset.

And maybe more to the point, why is there a shortage of border patrol agents? Are there fewer of them and/or are there so many illegals crossing the border that more agents are need to deal with them?

[Vaduz]

Another Biden administration plans down the shitter and another one another one another one..........................

[HKMk23]

PSST!

TSA is to flight safety as mask is to COVID prevention.

Pass it on.

[Does so]

>>Air Marshals have stopped exactly how many terrorists attempts to hijack or bring down airplanes?<<

Southern border has opened the gates to Terrorists...