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September 11, 2001, was a day when our world changed for the worst. No longer were we invincible, we had enemies and they made themselves known to us in one of the worst possible ways. Two United Airlines flights and two American Airlines flights were hijacked, two of the hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, one flight was flown into the Pentagon and one flight was crashed by the passengers into a field in Pennsylvania after they confronted the terrorist. Since that fateful day almost three years ago Americans have flown less on average than at any other time in modern aviation. The airline industry is slowly beginning to rebuild itself due to new and improved safety measures implemented by the FAA and by the airlines themselves.

For the year 2000, a total of 599,909,724 passengers took to the friendly skies on domestic flights, for 2001 only 560,358,842 passengers flew (www.transtats.bts.gov). The drop in passenger traffic can be directly attributed to the September 11 terrorist attacks. As the public begins to feel safer with the new measures implemented by the FAA the number of pa

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Air marshals are to adhere to the established procedures for air carrier notification and check-in prior to boarding. Ballough Director, Flight Standards Service

MINIMUM CREW REQUIREMENT FOR BOARDING AND PRESENCE OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

http://www. They must be considered trusted agents. The only people who know that federal marshals are aboard are the pilot and the flight crew. Air marshals never work alone and they dress to blend in with the public. gov/ahr/Policy/hrpm/bulletin/bullet10. gov/Newsroom/factsheets/2001/factsheets_0109. The amount and kind of training is being done on a case-by-case basis depending on the experience of the recruit. It continued through the 1970’s to prevent hijackings from Cuba. Air marshals are not to interfere with air carrier servicing, catering, or maintenance duties. Due to Title 49 of the Federal Code of Regulations, air marshals are to ride in the numbers and manners specified by the Transportation Security Administration.

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