Originally Posted by bbc1969
My point is if the airlines, who are private companies, didnt want to put FAMS on the airplanes they would already be making inroads into getting us off of the airplanes. Loud and continuous complaints to their political contacts. Such loud and continuous complaints always make front page stories.
Each airline is different. Maybe there are some right now working behind the scenes to get rid of this program. For example maybe Northwest, whose CEO spoke of the costs regarding security fees, FAMS, and other government programs in his letter inside their In Flight Magazine within the past year. Maybe not. For those airlines who do support the program, and want it at this time, and welcome FAMS on their flights, is it not their right to have them? Is it not their right to place those FAMS anywhere they see fit, without hesitation if they believe the reason for putting these people where they say they need to be is believed by them?
The CEOs of at least two big airlines, American and Delta, complained at multiple congressional hearings about having to carry air marshals for free. If any airlines like carrying them, I've never seen any evidence of it. This unfunded initiative was crammed down the airlines' throats. They would do anything to end it. Don't fool yourself about this.
Bruce