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Old Nov 23, 2019, 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by Bearcat06
Hate to tell you but the FAM numbers are way down...... and slowly going down even more with folks hitting retirement age.

They haven't had a hiring class in two years or so....

If you are on a flight and you think its a FAM.... probably a Fed or someone local flying armed.
Yet TSA contemplates using FAM's in a new ground job. There is a question of how useful their air role is and a transition to ground duties might be an indication of TSA's thinking.
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