AP2001,

I am not one who complains when I don't get an upgrade because a FAM has a F seat. That's just the way it is right now.

I think that there should be some FAMs flying - just at there are some transit cops on some buses and subways, in some shopping malls, and present to some degree in every venue where public life goes on. Several on every flight? No, IMO.

However, I do complain over the excesses of the "security" apparatus we have thrown together in the US. It was ill thought out, it is nearly impossbile to scale back, it is burgeoning and out of control.

As to standards of behavior, the FAMs who have been posting here and who have been posting on another board about this one have far exceeding the FT people in the race to the bottom.

Sad from both sides.

By the way, there are many on this board who are "patriots" who do not like the way the FAM program and other aspects of security are being run.

Welcome to FlyerTalk,

Best wishes,

Teacher49