Britain's biggest holiday flight operator, Thomas Cook Airlines, has become the first carrier to display open dissent to the government's new security requirements by refusing to carry sky marshals on flights to the US.
The company, which operates 40 flights a week through US airspace, broke ranks over measures viewed as draconian by many airlines and pilots.
The lack of clear protocols over sky marshals has triggered concern at the Metropolitan Police Authority. Scotland Yard was asked to supply 40 trained officers and struck a deal to provide 20.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1116896,00.htmlO.K. Would the real Captain please step forward!
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