Originally Posted by
chongcao
By law Chinese airlines are required to have one security officer (air marshal as US know, in Chinese An Quan Yuan) on domestic flight and at least one in international flight. They always sit in first row or second row aisle seats in domestic flight. Very noticeable. On International flight they move around, sometimes in Business class sometimes in crew seats. I have yet to learn what is the international flight procedure yet.
It is interesting, in the U.S. Air Marshall’s are supposed to blend in, only be noticeable when something happens, in China they are a huge presence. I guess it is all part of Mr. Xi’s plan to make sure the security force is felt by all.