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To: Tom Smith who wrote (272158)	12/29/2003 12:32:58 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

That's too obvious, terrorists will never think of exploiting the weak link. Nice we can get on board and wonder if a) our pilot is a terrorist; or b) our armed marshal is a terrorist. There aren't that many terrorists in relation to the population as a whole. They should just issue everybody a gun, because I'm confident the peaceful passengers could win any shootout with terrorists.

To: Tom Smith who wrote (272158)	12/29/2003 9:46:38 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Tom, <<if a hostile pilot can fly the plane, can a hostile marshall ride?>> ... the bad idea of having armed local national air marshalls on board planes seems just a marinated bit of cooking ingredient, at best, like a piece of crazy cow ribeye. The whole idea will get the kabosh after the first incident where a terrorist is piloting the plane, protected by an armed terrorist air marshall. Next up, American national air marshalls on board foreign flights, at a cost of USD 90k per annum, followed by much law suits due to job-related diseases and such. After that, lower cost Chinese Kung Fu masters without weapons, taking away American jobs, at a cost of RMB 12k per year. Chugs, Jay