Have had armed guards on one or two of my flights and had no problems with it. In fact it was comforting to know that they were there especially when the No.1 every now and then lets us know about dodgy looking and oddly behaving passengers
Im sure it has been mentioned before (Cant be bothered to go through over 10 pages) but at the end of the day i'ts the Americans choice and if Balpa and associated L/H pailots are not going to agree then we might as well close down BA Virgin etc etc and save the terrorists the bother.
Why can the French the Germans etc etc have no problems and we have to kick off about it when its going to happen in anycase (If we want to keep our jobs).
If 9/11 had happened on this side of the pond then maybe just maybe UK opinions might be different.
Why also are Balpa talking about this this in such a public arena when prolonged public debate will only scare off more precious customers.
This industry is only just begining to get back on its feet and it seems every day the press and others tries to kill it off again.