Gentlemen,
I share the anger and bewilderment felt by most of us in the profession. Allow me, however, to point out something which may seem far-fetched, but nevertheless remains a disturbing possibility.
At the risk of sounding alarmist, does your company know the complete background, list of acquaintances past and present, personal habits, and any other relevant detail of each and every pilot in its employ. Is it possible that a sleeper cell of terrorists already have in place one or more pilots working for a Western carrier, awaiting a signal from Bin Latte. And if not, is each and every pilot in the Western world immune to recruitment by these people via coercion, blackmail, large sums of money, or the well-known methods of persuasion and brainwash in use by various religious cults
For these reasons alone, perhaps sealing off the cockpit completely and avoiding weapons of any kind is the sensible thing to do.
We live in a changed world.