New Delhi: The growing menace of unruly flyers — who are increasingly putting lives of fellow passengers at risk — may have instilled fear of flying among air travellers but the government is yet to provide adequate safeguards against this risk. India is awaiting the result of an International Civil Aviation Organization's working group recommendation to tackle this issue and then consider them for implementing here.
But the simplest thing that can be done — increasing the presence of sky marshals from the elite National Security Guard (NSG) — is being shied away from due to logistical issues like lack of personnel and costs involved for airlines in providing hotel accommodation to them. At present, sky marshals are mostly provided on some international routes and some sensitive
domestic ones.
"The requirement is constantly assessed by the Bureau for Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), security and intelligence agencies. The threat perception determines deployment of sky marshals. Under no circumstance are they present on each and every flight. That is simply not possible," said sources.
09/11/12 Times of India
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But the simplest thing that can be done — increasing the presence of sky marshals from the elite National Security Guard (NSG) — is being shied away from due to logistical issues like lack of personnel and costs involved for airlines in providing hotel accommodation to them. At present, sky marshals are mostly provided on some international routes and some sensitive
domestic ones.
"The requirement is constantly assessed by the Bureau for Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), security and intelligence agencies. The threat perception determines deployment of sky marshals. Under no circumstance are they present on each and every flight. That is simply not possible," said sources.
09/11/12 Times of India
