In the wake of Armed Liberal's "Too Friendly Skies" heads-up over the cutbacks in the U.S. Sky Marshall program, LaughingWolf has a good post on how the rules have changed, some of the problems, the failure of some government agencies to adapt, and what you can do. UPDATE: He has also added a follow-on post. It's a fine idea, and I believe it would work. bq. "Right after 9-11, the need for increased security on flights, as opposed to security at airports, was well known and discussed. Among the many suggestions for providing improved in-flight security was one that went in both officially and back channel. This method was rejected, even though it could be done at very low cost and exponentially increase in-flight security...."