So what do you passengers think about this - would you feel safer with armed guards on board your flight? Or as some suggest if the alert is so high then just cancle that specific flight. Furthermore, is it fair that 1 country, in this case USA, should impose its rules on all the others?
"US officials have announced that foreign airliners entering US airspace could be required to have armed police on board.
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he rule “requires the same level of cooperation from all airlines,” he said. “We are getting voluntary cooperation from several airlines. This makes cooperation mandatory, not voluntary.”
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“We cannot agree with the government’s decision to put armed guards on aircraft as we believe this will do more harm than good,” said BALPA’s General Secretary Jim McAuslan.
“We do not want guns on planes.”"