Flight safety attendant
An Air Marshal ( English in-flight security officer shortly IFSO or air marshal or sky marshal ), the German also air marshals , is a non- uniformed , specially trained officials mostly police , in some countries, but also intelligence authorities accompanied the passenger flights and To ensure the safety of the passengers, the crew and the aircraft. The main mission is to prevent aircraft hijackings and combat terrorism on board aircraft.
There are special requirements for character suitability for weapon carriers on board aircraft . When asked, the US Transportation Safety Authority (TSA) reported that between November 2002 and February 2012, more than 5000 cases of misconduct (lost equipment, missed flights) and there were 148 arrests of US flight safety attendants. 250 companions were dismissed, 400 have quit in the face of investigations.
history
Israel, Switzerland, GDR, Iraq and Sri Lanka
Since the 1970s, armed flight attendants have been on certain routes of the airlines Swissair , the Israeli El Al (members of the Sajeret Matkal special unit ), Interflug (employees of the AGMS department of the Ministry of State Security ), the Iraqi Iraqi Airways (employees of department M22 ( "Protective Services") of the Iraqi Intelligence Service ) and Air Lanka .
United States
The Federal Air Marshal Service has been in existence since 1962.
European Union
In Austria, flight safety attendants have been provided by the Cobra Task Force since 1981 . In Germany, the federal police have been using officers as flight safety attendants based on the model in the United States since November 24, 2001. In the UK , the Metropolitan Police Service provides flight safety attendants. Other EU countries such as France , Italy and Spain also declared their intention in 2004 to use flight safety attendants.
Turkey
In the official gazette of the Turkish governments of October 1, 2019, it was announced that a new regulation requires so-called flight police officers on all international flights. This includes all international flights with start or destination in Turkey, which are carried out with an aircraft registered in Turkey. Domestic flights within Turkey are excluded from this. The police officers report to the Ministry of the Interior .
Web links
- Protection against attacks on aviation security. Federal Police, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; Retrieved on December 1, 2015 : "To avert dangers to aviation safety, the Federal Police deploy specially trained law enforcement officers as flight safety escorts on board German aircraft."
- Sky Marshall - in action as a flight safety attendant. In: Bundespolizei compact 3-2011 (employee magazine). Federal Police, 2011, accessed on August 2, 2020 (report by a Sky Marshall in action).
- § 4a BPolG - security measures on board aircraft (legal basis in the Federal Republic)
- TV report about the training of Sky Marshals in Switzerland ( 10vor10 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ IIFSOC website. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Michael Grabell: The TSA Releases Data on Air Marshal Misconduct, 7 Years After We Asked. In: ProPublica . Feb. 24, 2016.
- ^ Jeffery C. Price, Jeffery S. Forrest: Practical Aviation Security. Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA 2009, ISBN 978-1-85617-610-1 , p. 138.
- ↑ Sky Marshall - As a flight safety attendant in action. In: Bundespolizei compact 3-2011 (employee magazine). Federal Police, 2011, accessed on August 2, 2020 (report by a Sky Marshall in action).
- ↑ Large EU countries rely on Sky Marshals. In: Tagesschau.de . February 17, 2004, archived from the original ; Retrieved on January 18, 2016 (depublished tagesschau.de article on tsarchive.wordpress.com).
- ↑ 1 Ekim 2019 SALI. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Turkey uses Air Marshals for the first time in history. Retrieved October 10, 2019 (American English).