This bills origin is clearly legitimate. On September 11th, 2001 terrorists essentially raided 4 airplanes with multiple box cutters. They gained access to the cockpits by slitting flight attendants throats un

Another problem with this bill is its broadness. There is too much room for interpretation. It says a marshal would be required on ?every scheduled passenger flight in air transportation and intrastate air transportation?? There are many scheduled passenger flights that take off in the US everyday. Charter airlines have scheduled flights with one or two passengers on them. Air taxis and regional airlines have as few as five people on their airplanes. Over 2000 of these flights depart daily in addition to all commercial operations (cas.faa.gov). To narrow the focus, the bill should provide that Air Marshals would be placed of every flight operating under FAR 121. Flights operated under FAR, or Federal Aviation Regulation 121, are primarily commercially scheduled passenger flights (faa.gov). This would assure that marshals would not be required on air taxi flights or charter airline flights.

The central problem with this bill, in my opinion, is that it attacks the tail of the problem, not the head. Supporters say with HR 15, September 11th wouldn?t have happened. I say without box cutters getting through security, September 11th wouldn?t have happened. What is needed is increased security at the root of the problem, the security checkpoints. If we completely stop the flow of weapons through such checkpoints we completely stop the threat of a hijacking. An unarmed man is no match for a hundred angry passengers. Eliminating the possibility of a terrorist having a weapon on board eliminates the need for having an armed marshal on board. This point is further proved by aviation security expert John Atkins, ?The best way to prevent terrorists on planes is to prevent them getting weapons on board in first place.? Mr. Atkins is one of among many experts who believe we should view what works and incorporate it into our plan (www.bbc.co.uk).

This clearly indicates a problem. Yet, even with this clear problem, HR 15 fails to even mention security at the airport. It only mentions security on flights.

In conclusion, I believe this bill is ultimately a valiant attempt to solve a complicated problem, but it falls sh

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