“It’s certainly an idea that needs to be considered. All ideas should be on the table. They need to be sifted out and the practicable and effective ones should be implemented,” he says. “An air marshal could probably cover several flights a day, but you’d need to have more than one, because if one of the terrorists starts doing something, and the marshal goes over, he’d be promptly attacked in the back by terrorist number two.”
While airline officials reassess newly implemented policies and struggle to strike this balance, however, the passengers are already beginning to get on with their plans.
When Hutchigs came to the airport to sell his fresh lobster on Saturday, he said passengers seemed frightened.
“Today, it’s a little changed. There’s less apprehension on people’s faces,” he said yesterday. “It’s a little calmer. They want to go on with their journey.”
—Crimson staff writer Daniela J. Lamas can be reached at lamas@fas.harvard.edu.