All sides want more federal air marshals, enhanced security and protections in airplane cockpits.
Aviation insurers as well as unions representing flight attendants, pilots and federal air marshals have also publically opposed the plan.
However, not all flights have federal air marshals or armed pilots onboard.
The precautions were to include armed federal air marshals on every flight in and out of the airport and double screenings of passengers.
Security at various airports overseas has been stepped up ahead of the anniversary, and federal air marshals have been sent abroad, ABC reported.
The precautions are expected to include armed federal air marshals on every flight in and out of the airport and double screenings of passengers.
Those measures include a ban on all knives aboard planes, the elimination of curbside and off-airport check-ins, and the use of federal air marshals.
The policy, which goes into effect April 25, has sparked strong opposition from flight attendants, federal air marshals, some pilot unions, and even aviation insurers.
He added that gun-carrying pilots, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provided security to protect against the misuse of the newly added items.
"The passenger was detained, not arrested, and then released pending further investigation by the TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) and federal air marshals, " said Tom McKenna, a Kansas City International Airport spokesman.
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Pistole said his agency consulted with its federal air marshals and other experts before making the change, and that led to the continued prohibition of the sturdier knifes with short blades.
This includes increasing the number of federal air marshals.
These funds will be used to sustain the current cap level of 46, 000 full time screening personnel, and for explosive detection systems, security enforcement, cargo inspections, Federal Air Marshals, and other TSA activities.
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The presence on flights of gun-carrying pilots traveling as passengers, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provide additional layers of security to protect against misuse of the items, he said.
On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that aviation security was being tightened to include enhanced random screening, additional federal air marshals and the addition of names to the terrorist watch list.
In the nine days since the TSA opened a can of worms by announcing it would ease the ban on small knives in airline cabins, the list of groups concerned or opposed to the idea has grown to include airlines, airport screeners, federal air marshals, flight attendants and pilots.
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The president also released a report detailing the failures that allowed a man to very nearly kill 300 people on Christmas Day, he has ordered the government to enhance screening and detection, to increase the use of federal air marshals and to improve the dissemination and integration of intelligence.
The administration already is borrowing agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service and other federal agencies to serve temporarily as air marshals while others are hired and trained for this role.
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