On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:57:14 -0500, you wrote: >Interesting story. Here in US media reports that this flight was = cancelled >twice because of security concerns. >People in the UK, including insiders in PPRUNE report that the flight = was >cancelled because BAW wanted to put >sky marshalls in them , and it was the crew who turned down flying with >armed guards on board. > Incorrect. Top BA management does not want sky marshalls on BA flights. The view of BA is that no flight will operate unless it is safe to do so. This effectively means that no UK sky mashalls will be on BA flights as their number (24) is so small that they could only be deployed on flights which have been identified as risky. -- Visit Caribbean Aviation: http://www.caribbeanaviation.com/