Dress code wearing thin on air marshals

The beauracrat in charge should be gone...

Link here: Dress code wearing thin on air marshals
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Thanksgiving Day morale booster for federal air marshals has instead turned into possible pink slips for air cops who ignore their strict dress code.
Thomas Quinn, director of the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), paid a surprise visit to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thanksgiving to thank the law-enforcement officials for their holiday work. He reportedly was angered when nearly 30 marshals deplaned and only one was dressed satisfactorily.
In response, supervisors are being assigned to airports nationwide to inspect the air cops before and after flights to make sure business suits or sports coats are being worn, according to numerous memos issued last week and obtained by The Washington Times.
"The most recent incidents with [New York marshals have] shown that they are not adhering to the agency's dress-code policy," said one memo.
Air marshals are being told that if their dress is not up to snuff, they will be suspended from flight duty. They are referring to the incident as the "Thanksgiving Day massacre."
A spokesman for FAMS could not be reached for comment.
One air marshal who asked not to be identified called it "ridiculous" that marshals are expected to blend in with holiday travelers by wearing a suit.
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This is the ultimate in stupidity, and the moron responsible for this policy should be shown the door at the earliest possible convenience.

Any idiot that is more concerned with the dress code than the job performance and ability of the FAMs to do their jobs should be called in front of Congress to be explaining why and how his job should be saved.

I've worked for idiots like this in the past, always more concerned with appearances or more concerned with having automaton employees that show up punctually but can't be bothered to stay and put in extra time to see that the project or task gets done on time, or further can't be bothered to actually expend any real effort to get a job done. Normally I'd laugh it off when I see or hear that this sort of manager is in the government (ha! great place for them), but the FAMs perform a critical task, which shouldn't be compromised by idiotic policies such as this.

I'm going to be writing a few letters to my political representatives, and I sincerely hope they get involved and help to get this beauracrat retired/fired. I encourage others to please do the same.

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this beauracrat retired/fired

This bureaucrat needs to be fired alright. But not from his job. Someting along the lines of a firing squad might be more appro.

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The "dress code" of the air marshals should be, "whatever you need to wear to fit in".

I had a security job, busting shoplifters, for awhile.

The greatest compliment I ever had was a time when 3 of the store employees followed me around, suspecting me of being a shoplifter!! lol

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