Originally Posted by bbc1969
Hey Teach,
Due to the fact that this thread is about Air Marshal's, and not the government, or cops, or whatever in general, could you please describe a
specific instance where a Federal Air Marshal has infringed upon your rights, and
loomed in your everyday life? I respectfully request specifics. Not theory, or second hand information, or opinion of government programs. Specifics please. This thread started very specific. About how a Federal Air Marshal supposedly "stole" a first class upgrade seat. We have (with much entertainment) disgressed from there.
Oh, and even though you don't buy into the program, we will still defend you if and when the time comes. And if and when the time comes we will do our best to bite our lip and not say " I told you so".
I'm sure your students are very lucky, as I am sure you put as much effort into their lesson plans, as you do this web board about your frequent flyer bennies.
Have a good day.
Hey, Marsha,
As you point out, this thread has digressed. Several people claiming to be FAM's came on like Bruce Willis "Die Hard" wannabes with bullsh*t rhetoric about saving us all, and nonsense about "there are things nobody knows about except some kind of brotherhood of 'rough men'"
Yawn.
So, if the thread got into a broader area regarding the need/justification for FAMs in the first place, look no further than your own.
Haven't seen any heroics yet specifically by a FAM ... or do you have some specific examples?
As to
your request for specifics, there are many threads on this site in different forums about FAMs and others in the "security" world interfering with passengers and other regular citizens without cause. One example was the poster who was detained and challenged to explain why he was traveling "mileage run style" on the same plane in both directions without luggage. Other stories about people being stopped from snapping pictures in departure areas, on trains, etc. You can do the research yourself, they are easy enough to find.
Thanks for your concerns for my students - insincere as they many be. As a teacher in private adult education whose students pay directly and who will only pay for an education with which they are satisfied, feedback about their satisfaction is always direct and specific. In my travel to three continents to work with hundreds of students, they do keep on coming back over a multiple year training. So, not to worry about them.
It is only some others who get a paycheck to be part of huge apparatus which first fans our fears then exists to baby sit them and who do get paid regardless of their productivity. But you are correct, you are being paid to
maybe, one day, perhaps, we all hope not, have to perform to try to save your own behind as well as those of the folks in first class you so obviously detest. I guess we all need to count on the former motivation.
In the ulikely event that you may be needed professionally, may your aim be better than your logic and may your emotional equilibrium under stress be more reliable than the fussiness you have shown here - for all our sakes.
Best wishes,
Teacher49