Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
It's been a few years, but I seem to recall that after 9-11 some American pilots were carrying personal weapons on the flight deck.
(I'll ask a recently retired Southwest Captain I know if he did, because I think that he did for a while if I try to resurrect some conversations we had while he was still flying...). That would offer a precedent for armed FOs and Captains on the flight deck. (Though I suspect that your recommendation is made with tongue squarely in cheek).
Not sure if that was a thing in other places.
I love your screening form proposal.
Sounds like the
Federal Flight Deck Officer program. I remember it was pretty much under the radar until a US Airways captain inadvertantly put a round through the side of an Airbus (as noted in the Wiki piece). Not sure if it's still an active program.