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Sweden: No to US on armed guards
2004-01-01
Sweden has decided against putting armed police on its commercial flights to and from the United States, following an alternative agreement reached with US transportation authorities.
"Ya, sure! Dat's because we're against violence and stuff!"
"We have reached an agreement with the US authorities for other procedures in the event of a threat," Swedish Civil Aviation Administration spokesman Per Froeberg said. He explained that the Swedish agency had agreed with the Transportation Security Administration if a threat were issued against a Swedish flight, they would then discuss necessary security measures. Cancelling the flight would be the most likely option, Froeberg said.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  They'll get with the program or be denied landing rights. Embarrassing and expensive to have to turn around mid-atlantic and return to land
Posted by: Frank G   2004-1-1 12:58:42 PM  

#6  Interestingly, Sweden does not have a national airline. It shares a "national" airline with Denmark and Norway - aka SAS or Scandanavian Air Service. Now, it will be interesting if Denmark (the more right leaning of the 3) does allow air marshals out of Copenhagen. By the way, the south of Sweden (Skane) is heavily populated with Iraqi, Egyptian, Palestinian and Afghanis - a huge concentration in Malmo. I have always suspected that this could be a new hot spot for exporting AQ operatives. We have to wait and see.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2004-1-1 9:12:01 AM  

#5  Hmmm, I think cancelling any questionable Swedish flight with an air-to-air missile would be the optimal plan. How does that sound, Per Froeberg?
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2004-1-1 4:04:30 AM  

#4  Let's face it - the general public is going to find out which airlines have armed marshals, and gravitate to them. And the terrorists are going to pick out the airlines that don't have them. In a way, this is good - anyone who chooses to fly the Swedish airline can't say he did not have fair warning.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-1-1 2:40:49 AM  

#3  Reading the article's details about the various nations' opposition to armed air marshals, I came away with one impression:

What a bunch of sissies.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-1-1 1:05:58 AM  

#2  So, if already enroute, will their flights go to Canada? Oh, goody, free up some of those landing slots and the absurdity of 150 flights scheduled to leave simultaneously from the major airports.

Re: Canada, how's that Freedom Fence coming?
Posted by: .com   2004-1-1 12:56:00 AM  

#1  Hopefully those "other procedures" involve their planes not entering US airspace.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-1-1 12:33:55 AM  

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