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Armed Pilots and Air MarshalsMASSAD AYOOB: In a little-known incident from the 1970s, an armed 737 pilot named Glenn Hieronymus stopped a skyjacking to Russia.
MSNBC: U.S. decided to withdraw air marshals, but reversed policy with 24 hours. The decision to withdraw air marshals was motivated over budget constraints. GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE: Plan to arm pilots delayed by bureaucracy, political interests. The contract was narrowly drawn to favor Smith & Wesson pistols. Found via Kim du Toit. Comment Wednesday, August 06, 2003 (8/6/2003 07:31:15 PM) Les Search This Sitesince May 23, 2003 |
Which Les Jones are you?I'm the good-looking one. In the early days of the web around 1994 someone did a WebCrawler search for "les or leslie or lesley or lester jones" and made a mailing list. There were hundreds of us. I graduated Maryville (TN) High School and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (with a degree in biology). I worked for U.S. Internet until about a year after the IPO, and now work as an e-commerce manager in Knoxville. I was the author and owner of the award-winning 56K.COM from 1997 to 2003. Email me at blog(at)lesjones.com. Rocky Top Brigade
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