Air Marshal Training

[johnnyishootstuff]

Besides being a more boring job than watching paint dry, the Air Marshals have some pretty nice training facilities.

Fun Fact, more Air Marshals have been arrested then have made arrests.

http://westernshootingjournal.com/st...dgun-training/

[John A Brown]

How exactly do you know that being an Air Marshal is a boring job?

Have you ever been one?

John

www.3riverstraining.com

[Bill67]

More on the arrests?

[johnnyishootstuff]

How exactly do you know that being an Air Marshal is a boring job?

Have you ever been one?

John

www.3riverstraining.com

Have you ever flown coach? Now image being crammed into that little seat while armed (I have thanks to the TSA flying armed program). Now image 30 hours a week of being in the air crammed into the little seat, not able to put ear buds in to watch the inflight entertainment. At least the flight crew has something to do and keep them busy while in flight.

[johnnyishootstuff]

More on the arrests?

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...fectivene.html

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...rested-occupy/

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...als/index.html

http://www.propublica.org/article/ai...er-arrest-1113

http://blog.ohmygov.com/blogs/genera...in-droves.aspx

[John A Brown]

Have you ever flown coach? Now image being crammed into that little seat while armed (I have thanks to the TSA flying armed program). Now image 30 hours a week of being in the air crammed into the little seat, not able to put ear buds in to watch the inflight entertainment. At least the flight crew has something to do and keep them busy while in flight.

I was a Federal Air Marshal for 7 years before I took a contract position in Afghanistan.

I don't need to imagine anything.

You have no idea what the job is like. At all.

And the article you linked is filled with errors and untrue statements from beginning to end.

You know absolutely nothing about the Federal Air Marshal Service or what it is like to be a Federal Air Marshal.

John

www.3riverstraining.com

[ettorment1916]

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...fectivene.html

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...rested-occupy/

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...als/index.html

http://www.propublica.org/article/ai...er-arrest-1113

http://blog.ohmygov.com/blogs/genera...in-droves.aspx

I see that Google IS your friend. You've obviously Googled "air marshal arrests" and cherry picked a few of the links from the first page of results. I'd hardly consider that any real in-depth research of the topic.

I'll also add that your "fun fact" about air marshals arrest rate was taken directly from an article that's 3 years and 3 months old (not to mention it's just some guy's Blog..). Not the most up-to-date information.

Tell us again what the purpose of your thread is....and why the hell am I even bothering to respond to it....

[johnnyishootstuff]

I was a Federal Air Marshal for 7 years before I took a contract position in Afghanistan.

I don't need to imagine anything.

You have no idea what the job is like. At all.

And the article you linked is filled with errors and untrue statements from beginning to end.

You know absolutely nothing about the Federal Air Marshal Service or what it is like to be a Federal Air Marshal.

John

www.3riverstraining.com

You know, everyone in the Navy is a Navy SEAL too. The Air Marshals are one of the most dysfunctional federal agencies. The hype around them is the only thing that makes them effective. In fact, given the arrests of air marshals, the public would be safer without there actually being any of them. The whole program, post 2001, is nothing more than reactionary security theater to enemy who has changed tactics. In fact, there are been more cases of passengers restraining loons trying to get into a cockpit then there have been Air Marshals do the same.

[johnnyishootstuff]

I see that Google IS your friend. You've obviously Googled "air marshal arrests" and cherry picked a few of the links from the first page of results. I'd hardly consider that any real in-depth research of the topic.

I'll also add that your "fun fact" about air marshals arrest rate was taken directly from an article that's 3 years and 3 months old (not to mention it's just some guy's Blog..). Not the most up-to-date information.

Tell us again what the purpose of your thread is....and why the hell am I even bothering to respond to it....

Again, like my original post. They have nice training facilities, as shown by the video link. As for the topic of air marshals being arrested, those arrests were real and are documented as are the number of Air Marshal arrests. We could talk about the unarmed guy they shot back in 2005 inside the Miami Airport.

[ettorment1916]

In fact, there are been more cases of passengers restraining loons trying to get into a cockpit then there have been Air Marshals do the same.

Did you ever think that the mere presence of an air marshal would be a deterrent? Thus the skewed nature of your statement above.

Whip us up a Google search and make us all believe your statement above.