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Old Apr 13, 2017, 7:40 pm
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Allan38103
 
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Originally Posted by robinhood
I'm starting to wonder why this department even exists. They are unarmed and have apparently been trained to "run and hide" in the event of an active shooter scenario. They are not allowed to patrol outside the secure areas of the airport. Sounds to me like they basically work as bouncers for the airlines full time. Little surprise it came to this. Perhaps its time for the airlines and not the taxpayers to pay for their own goons.
So, you could say they do on the ground what FAM's do in the air?

Kinda like FAM wannabe's.
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