Article: Congress rejects TSA plan to reduce air marshal programme.

Article: Critics question air marshal programme.
Airline Industry Information;  September 5, 2002 ;     381 words ... ... 2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Critics of the federal air marshal programme claim that post-11 September changes to the way ... decrease safety. The comments were made after an air marshal aboard a Delta Air Lines flight on 31 August pointed ...

Article: Federal air marshal programme to include ...
Airline Industry Information;  February 7, 2002 ;     395 words ... ... 60 days, according to officials. It will be the first time that regular police have been used in the federal air marshal programme. The proposal was approved on 5 February after months of negotiations, reported The Associated Press. ((Comments ...

Article: TSA seeks to reduce air marshal programme.
Airline Industry Information;  July 31, 2003 ;     336 words ... ... possibility of al-Qaida plans to conduct more suicide hijackings, the TSA has proposed a USD104m cut from its air marshal programme to help offset a USD900m budget shortfall. It is unclear how many air marshals will be affected by the plan ...

Article: TSA to improve air marshal training programme after ...
Airline Industry Information;  August 1, 2003 ;     416 words ... ... C)1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has altered its air marshal programme as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by a doctor of Indian descent. The doctor, a retired lieutenant colonel ...

Article: Government Revamps Federal Air Marshal Program.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  May 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... is hurriedly revitalizing the Federal Air Marshal program. In one cramped room that serves ... marshals. Tom Quinn, the director of the air marshal program, said there are already more ... officials stressed the importance of the air marshal program, explaining that technology ...

Article: 'Air marshal' program to protect air travelers
The Quill;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... protect the skies through the Federal Air Marshal Program, directed by the Federal Aviation ... Pentagon. Since 1985, the Federal Air Marshal program has provided specially trained ... No one on board a flight will know an air marshal is present except for the pilot and ...

Article: AIR MARSHAL THORNTON VISITS AETC BASES, LEARNS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2007 ;     694 words ... ... the learning process. The visitor was Air Marshal Barry Thornton, Commander in Chief ... Command, British Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Thornton is the equivalent of Gen ... Training special activities team band. Air Marshal Thornton made stops at the 982nd Maintenance ...