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Article: Pilots angry as sky marshals set to guard British passenger flights.(News)

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The Birmingham Post (England)
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December 29, 2003
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Byline: Sam Sheringham

The Government's decision to deploy armed sky marshals on UK passenger flights has provoked an angry reaction among pilots, it emerged yesterday.

The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said it was disappointed not to have been consulted about measures which would do 'more harm than good'.

The group said it would be advising pilots who were not happy with the new initiative not to fly their planes ...

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