Editing El Al (section)

===Flight security measures===
Undercover agents (sometimes referred to as [[sky marshal]]s) carrying concealed firearms sit among the passengers on every international El Al flight.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2097352.stm | title=El Al sets security standards | date=2002-07-05| access-date=2007-05-07 | work=[[BBC News]] }}</ref> Most El Al pilots are former [[Israeli Air Force]] pilots.<ref name="Security">{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/09/26/rec.el.al.security |title=Model for air travel security may be El Al |date=2001-09-26 |access-date=2007-05-07 |work=[[CNN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624055720/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/09/26/rec.el.al.security/ |archive-date=2007-06-24 }}</ref>{{refn|Most, but not all, El Al's pilots are former pilots of the [[Israeli Air Force]]. An article dedicated to an El Al female captain can be found at [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007212602/http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/137646/ "With Yom Haatzmaut Festivities, a Gender Barrier Is Broken"], The Sisterhood, ''[[The Forward]]''. |group=note}} The cockpits in all El Al aircraft have double doors to prevent entry by unauthorized persons. A code is required to access the doors, and the second door will open only after the first has closed and the person has been identified by the captain or first officer.<ref name="Security" /> Furthermore, there are reinforced steel floors separating the passenger cabin from the baggage hold.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10396216 | title=Flying under the eagle eyes of El Al's famed high security | access-date=2006-08-15 | newspaper=[[New Zealand Herald]] |last=Silver |first=Eric| date=2006-08-15}}</ref>

In April 2013, the Israeli government increased payments to El Al to secure 97.5% of the airline's security costs ahead of the Open Skies agreement to take effect in 2014 with the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/israel-increases-el-al-security-payments-end-strike-over-open-skies-deal |title=Israel Increases El Al Security Payments To End Strike Over Open Skies Deal |publisher=The Jewish Week |date=2013-04-22 |access-date=2013-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501040729/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/israel-increases-el-al-security-payments-end-strike-over-open-skies-deal |archive-date=2013-05-01 }}</ref>