One more thought on all this. As I understand it, the carrying of stun guns is presently illegal in UK, so if BA are going to do this, somewhere the law will have to be changed. Curious to know if the exemption would be likely to apply to ONLY BA crews, or ALL airline pilots. If the latter, would that allow any airline pilot in UK to carry one, or would they also require their own airline to apply for exemption ?
Can anyone with legal knowledge guess an answer to that?