[geeks] Dos and similar games

[Michael Parson]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 03:26:28PM -0600, Dan Duncan wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> I think the real reason that they make the sky marshals plain clothes
>> here is so that the constituants won't notice to complain when the sky
>> marshalls stop being present.
>
> It's also cheaper than having to hire enough of them to cover every flight.

Two possible aspects to it.

1.  You never know if one is on the plane or not, is it worth it?

2.  If they are in uniform, might they just be the initial target?

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Michael Parson
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