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Just something from the press...
(not that hasn´t been a part of flight attendent training until now...)
SUNRISE (CBS4) ― American Airlines pilot Jerry Leekey practiced breaking a man's nose, twisting his wrist and throwing him to the ground. It's part of a crew member self-defense training class at the Federal Air Marshal compound in Sunrise.
"The war on terrorism that we're involved in right now is not always being fought over in Afghanistan and Iraq anymore," Leekey said. "Pretty much our passengers and our crew are on the front lines right now. If something happens on the airplane, it's up to us to defend ourselves."
Federal Air Marshals won't release the exact numbers of how many crew members are trained in this voluntary course, but they do say the number is in the thousands. It's a day long course that teaches crew members how to spot suspicious behavior and react to problems before it's too late.
"Maybe the training can make a difference some day in a life or death situation," said American Airlines Pilot Joe Jones.
In the case of the alleged shoe bomber, pro-active crew members and passengers did make the difference in taking down Richard Reid on that Miami bound flight. Prosecutors said if Reid would have been successful in igniting his shoe bomb, the plane would have been blown to pieces.
"We have different responses to each of those kinds of events," said James Bauer, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office for Federal Air Marshals. " (It) allows us to very rapidly gather intelligence on different techniques that are being used against us and meld them into lesson plans that we can put in action into practical exercises for our guys as they fly everyday."
Federal Air Marshals work closely with the crew members on all the flights that they take.
"We're not on every flight and the crew members are," said Bauer. "Anything that we can do to help arm them with more techniques and more self defense techniques is all to the good."
Crew members spend part of the day training on mats in a large exercise room and later move into a flight simulator. It's the cabin of a 727 aircraft built to scale. That is where they are able to practice reacting to threats as they would in their everyday work environment. It's also the place where Federal Air Marshals practice their tactics to respond to some of the worst situations. Everything in the cabin is utilized in a variety of scenarios.
"We have a drink cart. We'll put it out.There there are two full lavatories on this simulator and we use them to do deceptive things to throw problems into the mix," Bauer said.
It's a race to prepare for the unexpected in a time where anything goes.
"You also know that the threat is training daily and they're professionals in what they're trying to do," said Jones. "So it's not gonna be an easy task necessarily."
Source cbs4
(not that hasn´t been a part of flight attendent training until now...)
SUNRISE (CBS4) ― American Airlines pilot Jerry Leekey practiced breaking a man's nose, twisting his wrist and throwing him to the ground. It's part of a crew member self-defense training class at the Federal Air Marshal compound in Sunrise.
"The war on terrorism that we're involved in right now is not always being fought over in Afghanistan and Iraq anymore," Leekey said. "Pretty much our passengers and our crew are on the front lines right now. If something happens on the airplane, it's up to us to defend ourselves."
Federal Air Marshals won't release the exact numbers of how many crew members are trained in this voluntary course, but they do say the number is in the thousands. It's a day long course that teaches crew members how to spot suspicious behavior and react to problems before it's too late.
"Maybe the training can make a difference some day in a life or death situation," said American Airlines Pilot Joe Jones.
In the case of the alleged shoe bomber, pro-active crew members and passengers did make the difference in taking down Richard Reid on that Miami bound flight. Prosecutors said if Reid would have been successful in igniting his shoe bomb, the plane would have been blown to pieces.
"We have different responses to each of those kinds of events," said James Bauer, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office for Federal Air Marshals. " (It) allows us to very rapidly gather intelligence on different techniques that are being used against us and meld them into lesson plans that we can put in action into practical exercises for our guys as they fly everyday."
Federal Air Marshals work closely with the crew members on all the flights that they take.
"We're not on every flight and the crew members are," said Bauer. "Anything that we can do to help arm them with more techniques and more self defense techniques is all to the good."
Crew members spend part of the day training on mats in a large exercise room and later move into a flight simulator. It's the cabin of a 727 aircraft built to scale. That is where they are able to practice reacting to threats as they would in their everyday work environment. It's also the place where Federal Air Marshals practice their tactics to respond to some of the worst situations. Everything in the cabin is utilized in a variety of scenarios.
"We have a drink cart. We'll put it out.There there are two full lavatories on this simulator and we use them to do deceptive things to throw problems into the mix," Bauer said.
It's a race to prepare for the unexpected in a time where anything goes.
"You also know that the threat is training daily and they're professionals in what they're trying to do," said Jones. "So it's not gonna be an easy task necessarily."
Source cbs4
