Contents:

• New Hours of Operation for Future Crew Scheduling
• Security Newsclips:

Ridge: "Arming pilots doesn't make a lot of sense"
Fewer Marshals on Flights At National, Pilots Say
BWI's Subtle But Serious Security Rollout of New Measures Puts Focus on Efficiency

New Hours of Operation for Future Crew Scheduling

US Airways Future Crew Scheduling will have new hours effective March 11,2002:

DOMESTIC      0700-1900
INTERNATIONAL 0700-2100
DAILY         24 HOURS

This will enable crew scheduling to have more schedulers available during peak daylight hours.

Security Newsclips:

By Judy Keen
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge says pilots should not be allowed to keep guns in cockpits to thwart hijackings.

"I don't think we want to equip our pilots with firearms," Ridge said in an interview.  "That doesn't make a lot of sense to me."

Ridge's opposition echoes Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, who told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Saturday that he, too, opposes pilots' demands for firearms to defend cockpits.  Mineta said he would support stun guns, which use electrical current to temporarily disable an attacker.  Ridge did not express an opinion on stun guns.

Ridge's and Mineta's opposition makes it unlikely that the Bush administration will permit guns in cockpits.  John Magaw, head of the new Transportation Security Administration, will decide, but not "in the immediate future," said Jim Mitchell, a spokesman for Magaw.

Read the USA TODAY article: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020304/3909653s.htm

Fewer Marshals on Flights At National

By Sara Kehaulani Goo and Greg Schneider
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 5, 2002; Page A03

A group of American Airlines pilots said yesterday that a declining number of federal air marshals are aboard flights using Reagan National Airport, arguing that in-flight security remains so uncertain that pilots should be able to carry guns in the cockpit.

Despite other steps taken to protect aircraft -- including strengthening cockpit doors and training air crews to resist hijackers -- many pilots say they will continue to feel unsafe until they are allowed to carry guns.

Read the Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38427-2002Mar4.html

By Sara Kehaulani Goo
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 4, 2002; Page A01

The first signs of the government's multibillion-dollar, round-the-clock effort to build a new airport security system will be on display at Baltimore-Washington International Airport this week, but they might not be what the traveling public expects.

Instead of high-tech scanners or well-paid guards in spiffy uniforms, look for: new types of bins for putting cell phones through X-ray machines; courteous hosts who keep lines moving; and electronic signs with snappy slogans such as, "No Weapons, No Waiting."

The enormous task of hiring and training thousands of federal baggage screeners remains to be done.  In the meantime, the Transportation Security Administration is using BWI as a laboratory for developing and testing new ideas to keep the security system moving efficiently even as travelers undergo a higher level of scrutiny.

Read the Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33127-2002Mar3.html