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Oct 16, 2007, 4:10 pm

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law dawg

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Originally Posted by jonesing

Whatever the outcome of this thread, I nominate this as quote of the week!

Playing Devil's Advocate: If the function of the FAM is to protect the flight deck as has often been stated, then does their job go away if pilots were to complete the Federal Flight Deck Officer program?

@:-) I mean, with FFDOs flying the plane then why have a FAM on board? Or move the FAMs to the jump seat? Win-win: F pax don't get seats poached and the flight decks are protected.

In the case of an FFDO, my vote would be to move the FAMs to another flight.

Or, if a FFDO, then the FAMs are not needed so close to the front. Maybe a few rows back in coach. Because with the flight deck covered, the pax are still up for grabs and on their own.

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