# Airline Flts per day: 28,000
Airborne Right Now: 4988
Flights Protected by 2
Armed Pilots: <3%
Flights Protected by
Air Marshals: (est.) 2%
At Risk Flights: 95%
Taxes Spent on Airline
Security: $12B
Airport Screening Failure
Rate against concealed
weapons: 75-95%
#Pilot Volunteers Refusing
to Fly Armed Due to Program
Problems: 50,000
Cost to Protect 2% of flights
with Air Marshals: $700M/year
Cost to Protect 100% of flights with Armed Pilots: $15 M/year |