[Bobby777]

they are paid for 50 hours of straight time each week

not a surprise ... many I/T firms expect employees to work 60-70 hours per week for long periods ... months and years ...

but we should have an air marshal on every single flight ... the airline should have to give up the free seat for their portion and the gov't (us) foot the bill for the air marshall added to the ticket ... on a 120-seat plane with the guy flying two flights per day ... shouldn't cost more than $3-$4 per ticket ... IMHO ... our way of life has changed forever ... (dons flame-proof suit ... LOL)

[waxhaw]

And here's the crux: who do we believe, USA Today and what it says is a problem or Tom Quinn, the government head of the program? Tom Quinn's statement to the effect that "professionals embrace change" makes absolutely no sense at all. True professionals do not embrace change simply for the sake of change but only if the change will enhance or improve a progam's efficiency. And lastly I would say that poor morale is one very big indication of poor management - does Tom Quinn have a canned response to that?

[Long Cut]

And THIS is the "organization" whose existence negates the need for pilots to carry guns?!?

Words cannot express my outrage. I had thought of joining the Air Marshals myself, should I leave the Navy (I am, after all, a combat Aircrewman) but this is absolutely unnacceptable. What a bunch of morons we have at the TSA.

Until these clowns can get their house in some form of order, (perhaps hiring an ass-kicking Navy Chief or Marine Sargeant to straighten things out would do the trick), the so-called "Homeland Security" Department should be shelved. Hell, we already HAVE such a department, anyway: the Department of Defense.

[PsyOp]

Bump & Ping

[CWRWinger]

..sources say one marshal was suspended after he left his gun in a lavatory aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington to Las Vegas in December. A passenger discovered the weapon.

LOL!

[CWRWinger]

'We are so obvious, the terrorists don't need to bring guns on the planes anymore. They just need to gang up on us and take our guns.''

With armed passengers, the terrorists would find themselves getting entry wounds in their backs.