air marshals on Canadian airline flights

[francine]

gleaned this bit from the Oct 20 issue of YYZ News ( [email protected] ):

"The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) announced they are joing the ALPA and the First Air Pilots Association in asking that Transport Canada establish a corps of properly trained and equipped air marshals to provide security on Canadian airline flights."

Strange days indeed!

[Squawk 8888]

Won't happen. The Liberals don't give a rat's ass about human life- they'd rather do things like give cops the authority to jail anyone for 3 days without cause or legal counsel (it's in the legislation introduced last week).

[pigboat]

Lessee...the Minister of Tragedy won't allow the last line of defence against hijacking on an aircraft, but the Minister of Defence will allow a hijacked aircraft to be shot down.
Is it just me, or is there some priority fu***d here? :confused:

[francine]

you're right. Simply reinforcing cockpit doors has got to be little consolation to flight attendants or to an already skittish public.

[flyguy93]

hey listen! whatever it takes to get those flights full again. perhaps the new hiring scheme for f/a's will be 'bouncers', imagine the kinda inflight service ur pax are going to get. no more sweet smiles or turn ons. just plain service!! :D

[Squawk 8888]

Not such a bad idea flyguy- the best bouncers are trained to calm people down before they get stupid.