[CTRL] Airline allegedly hindered marshals
-Caveat Lector- Airline allegedly hindered marshals Wed Mar 6, 6:32 AM ET Blake Morrison USA TODAY Two Federal Air Marshals say an American Airlines employee told them that the airline ''was growing tired of air marshals taking high-revenue seats'' and refused to allow them to sit near the cockpit during a flight late last month, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. In addition, another airline employee identified the marshals, who are supposed to travel anonymously, by saying in front of passengers, ''These air marshals have been a nuisance all week,'' the marshals say in a report written after Flight 1718 of Feb. 20. An American spokesman said the airline ''challenges just about everything in those marshals' report'' and insisted that employees never used the phrase ''high-revenue seats.'' The alleged incidents occurred more than five months after terrorists hijacked and crashed two American jets Sept. 11 by gaining access to their cockpits. Two United jets were also hijacked that day. Although the Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) schedules marshals, officials with the new Transportation Security Administration operate the program. A senior TSA official said that agency was investigating the claims. He characterized initial reports as ''disturbing'' but cautioned, ''There are always two sides to every story.'' Federal regulations require all airlines to ''assign the specific seat requested by a Federal Air Marshal'' even if that means changing where passengers sit. Current and former aviation security officials say at least one marshal always sits in first class to remain between passengers and the cockpit. That wasn't the case for air marshals assigned to fly from Palm Springs, Calif., through Dallas to Charlotte two weeks ago. In the report, the marshals allege: * An American ''gate agent stated that she did not want to reposition passengers'' to seat the marshals in first class. * Another American employee said that the federal regulation on seating marshals was ''not American Airlines' policy'' and that the airline ''had no intention of complying with that regulation.'' * The gate agent boarded passengers before the marshals could search the jet, ''insisting that she have an 'on-time' departure.'' A senior TSA official acknowledged that the officials had been misbooked in coach. American spokesman John Hotard said the airline might well have been complying with federal regulations because it had reserved the seats requested by the program operators. One American employee who witnessed parts of the incident told USA TODAY that the conduct by company employees rendered the marshals ''useless. . . . The reason (the air marshals) were supposed to be there was all null and void.'' The employee requested anonymity for fear of reprisals. ''My concern is, what's the use of having them if the guidelines aren't going to be followed? It just defeats the purpose of what they're trying to do,'' the employee said. The air marshal program has grown rapidly since Sept. 11. Before that, fewer than 50 air marshals traveled only on international flights. Now, federal officials deploy hundreds of air marshals each day. Their routes are secret, and the names of the two marshals were blacked out on documents obtained by USA TODAY. In little more than a year we have gone from enjoying peace and the most prosperous economy in our history, to a nation plunged into war, recession and fear. This is a nation being transformed before our very eyes. http://www.truthout.com Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Airline allegedly hindered marshals
Title: Message Airline allegedly hindered marshals http://www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2002/03/06/usat-airmarshals.htm By Blake Morrison, USA TODAY Two Federal Air Marshals say an American Airlines employee told them that the airline "was growing tired of air marshals taking high-revenue seats" and refused to allow them to sit near the cockpit during a flight late last month, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. In addition, another airline employee identified the marshals, who are supposed to travel anonymously, by saying in front of passengers, "These air marshals have been a nuisance all week," the marshals say in a report written after Flight 1718 of Feb. 20 DiVERSiONZNews, View, Issues AmusementsTo Hop On The Bushttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DiversionzWeb Presence (Recent Highlights)http://www.geocities.com/peatluke/Diversionz.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.324 / Virus Database: 181 - Release Date: 2/14/2002
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-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 3/6/02 3:28:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Airline allegedly hindered marshals Good. Now, lets get to work on the security check point people. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 3/6/02 6:28:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Two Federal Air Marshals say an American Airlines employee told them that the airline was growing tired of air marshals taking high-revenue seats and refused to allow them to sit near the cockpit during a flight late last month, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. In addition, another airline employee identified the marshals, who are supposed to travel anonymously, by saying in front of passengers, These air marshals have been a nuisance all week, the marshals say in a report written after Flight 1718 of Feb. 20 It may be that the air marshals are confused as to what their job is anyway. Why would the air marshals want to sit near the cockpit? The pilots are not a problem. From that seat, the air marshals might be very comfortable and be able to share in the first class goodies, but they have no way of watching the passengers. They should be sitting in the last row, possibly in seats raised especially to allow them to view all the people with little effort. If we're going to pay for the hire of air marshals, it would be nice to think of them as actually guarding the planes, not hanging out next to the cockpit. Prudy A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
