Pater,
"I will agree to your premise that El-Al is safer due to its use of marshals if you can present a single example of a terrorist that was dissuaded from a hijacking attempt on an El-Al flight due to the fact that the flight may have been carrying a marshal"
Thanks for making my point for me with you last post. Laela Khalil was not deterred by the presence of the Sky Marshals and they had to arrest her.
Do you know where to look for stats on hijackings?
46Driver,
“I would argue that having skymarshals on board an aircraft can be compared to an increased police presence in a city. If police are out and visible, then crime is lower. If police are absent, more than likely crime will be higher. How you prove it statistically I don't know, but it is simple cause and effect.”
I would agree with you in this in regards to visible policing, however, as far as I have read the proposals state that the Sky Marshals will be undercover and not readily noticeable.
Cheers
BHR