Federal Air Marshals and Attrition
News & Happenings
March 24, 2008
Many thousands of dedicated and highly trained Federal Air Marshals work diligently around the globe to make air travel safer than it has ever been. The Federal Air Marshal Service employs an intelligence driven, risk based approach to selecting flights to cover each and every day. The air marshal deployment strategy, in combination with all of the layers of security, maximizes the protections air marshals provide.
Since 9/11, air marshal attrition is 6.5 percent annually. This attrition rate is in line with other federal law enforcement agencies and has allowed the service to deploy air marshals in this intelligence driven, risk based manner.
Because of this low attrition rate and a comprehensive training program, the Federal Air Marshal Service has been able to rapidly and effectively deploy law enforcement professionals where they are needed most, including deployments to New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of hurricane Katrina; to Cyprus to aid evacuation efforts during the civil unrest in Lebanon in 2006; and during the heightened threats to aviation security in London in August of 2006.
Thousands of federal air marshals fly around the globe day in and day out to ensure the safety of the traveling public. These dedicated public servants also stand ready at a moment's notice to answer the call of duty whenever and wherever they are needed.
More than 40 new Air Marshals take to the sky. Read more.
