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...ordering other countries to place armed guards on certain flights entering the U.S., as Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge did on Dec. 29. After all, the country making the rules still does not inspect the vast majority of its cargo or all of its checked baggage at its airports, standard procedures in some countries. And America's several thousand armed air marshals have figured in 600 reports of misconduct from October 2001 to July 2003. Last year a marshal was fired for drawing his gun on a man who had stolen his airport parking spot...
...Honolulu to Seattle discovered last month. A man, 29, with a history of assault convictions charged toward the cockpit, shouting that he wanted to see the pilot. He was quickly subdued by undercover marshals. They did not need to use guns. But because weapons can still make it past airport screeners, as test runs have shown, some security experts say marshals must be given deadly tools. "A gun on board is a piece of emergency equipment," says Steve Luckey, head of the security committee for a U.S. pilots' union. "Of course, there is a risk that it will be taken...
...mails. Plus, it was New Year's Eve, so no Dick Clark. "I find these flights very relaxing," says the engineer, 45, from Oakton, Va. "I actually get a lot of work done." This particular British Airways flight, arching across the Atlantic from London's Heathrow to Dulles airport outside Washington, was wonderfully unremarkable. Only the people on the ground watching it land would have seen the two F-16 fighter jets gliding behind the plane...
...along with its temperature and conditions. Hit the Down arrow on your phone, and you get, among other things, a still radar image and a severe-weather advisory, if there is one. Although Weathernews lacks some of the data that other services provide, it has unique features, including an airport-weather checker and an alarm clock that wakes you early in inclement conditions. Check your carrier's website to see if these programs are available with your service and phone. --By Wilson Rothman
...It’s still the best public transportation ever,” said Brenden S. Millstein ’06, who said he paid $5 to use the BART subway system in San Francisco earlier in the morning to get to the airport to return to Boston...