Originally Posted by bdschobel

Face it, already. The airlines do not get paid for air-marshal seats. The law doesn't provide for payment. At least two airline CEOs have testified that their companies are not paid, and the cost of carrying air marshals for free, usually in premium seats, is a serious financial burden. Some here may want to believe that this is some sort of unsolved mystery, just like some people insist on believing in "intelligent design" or even that the Earth is flat. It just ain't so. End of story.