Arming pilots still running into problems

[bg]

The current Admin seems to think having pilots armed will keep the skies safe, yet
it has them doing an odd thing when out of the cockpit.

The Airlines at least a few of them, don't care to have armed pilots at all.
Why ? >
http://www.yahoo.com/_ylh=X3oDMTEwdnZjMjFhBF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEdGVzdAMwBHRtcGwDaW5kZXgtY3Nz/s/238559

 

[Cool Hand Luke 22:36]

The current Admin seems to think having pilots armed will keep the skies safe, yet it has them doing an odd thing when out of the cockpit.

Bush is very well aware of the efforts of the FAA and TSA to prevent pilots from having handguns in the cockpit. He has resisted Congressional efforts to put pressure on these agencies to follow the laws passed to allow pilots to arm themselves.

Bush does not deserve a pass on this issue. He is solidly opposed to arming pilots.

 

[jefnvk]

TSA flatly rejects such equivalence. "Being fit to fly a plane does not mean that they're fit to use deadly force," von Walter said. "That's what makes this position unique in law enforcement."

If you deem them fit to fly an airplane with 500 people, what would make you think they couldn't handle carrying a gun while doing so.

It all comes back to the belief that a gun will make someone snap and go on a rampage, and as soon as the gun is removed, everything goes back to normal.

What I support is building airplanes with cockpits that are damn near impossible to enter while in flight. As in, when the plane takes off, the cockpit is sealed, and the door doesn't open until the plane is on the ground. Don't know if that is possible or not, but to me anyways, seems like an idea. If a person can't get into the cockpit, it is kind of hard to take over the plane.

 

[Scottmkiv]

El Al airlines does exactly that. From what I understand, there isn't a door between the cabin and the cockpit at all, and the pilots have to climb in and out through the nose gear opening.

 

[Waitone]

Lemme see here. Pilot in a big and slow plane is not qualified to use deadly force in extreme circumstances for fear of injuring someone while defending the cockpit from intruders who intend on killing everyone in the plane. Now while a hypothetical fight is taking place in the big and slow plane, there is a small and fast plane outside which has been tasked to shoot down and kill everyone on board. Now the pilot of the small and fast plane has at his fingertips the ability to unhinge the doors of hell on anyone he becomes PO's at. Furthermore, he is no doubt qualifed to shoot a .38 spl. Does he get examined for loose marbles like the pilots of big and slow planes.

It seems to me Bush and Minetta are concentrating on the irrelevant. In my view if a pilot is not qualified psychologically to use a .38 he should not be flying a plane.

I'm developing a list of incidents over which I will join Teddy Kennedy in forcing the impeachment of Bush. First, a terror attack originating south of the Mexican border for which the perps had to transit an unguarded border. The joker has been warned an deserves no mercy when it happens. The second incident will be the hijacking of a plane where the perps get control of the cockpit. He's been warned here also but chooses to not spend his political capital.

 

[neoncowboy]

I'm a pilot, working my way toward flying jets for a living.

I have an FAA medical. The medical application requirements for a 1st class medical (what you must have to be an airline pilot) are WAY more stringent than the requirements for my GA CHL.

Pilots, like everyone else, ought to be able to decide for themselves whether they should carry.

 

[Boats]

TSA flatly rejects such equivalence. "Being fit to fly a plane does not mean that they're fit to use deadly force," von Walter said. "That's what makes this position unique in law enforcement."

Evidently, the mental qualifications for a DC bureaucrat are still as low as they have ever been.

 

[saltydog]

It seems to me Bush and Minetta are concentrating on the irrelevant. In my view if a pilot is not qualified psychologically to use a .38 he should not be flying a plane.

I don't understand why our Govt officials can't understand that same logic!

 

[Standing Wolf]

Another reason I voted for Badnarik last November.

Bush is just too busy polishing his scheme for amnesty for illegal aliens to be bothered with the nation's defenses.