Skiingman wrote:
I think this needs to be repeated a couple dozen more times. The perception of security and the genuine article are two completely different things, and most TSA initiatives are squarely aimed at the former.
I can only speak for myself, but my personal perception is that I am LESS secure on a flight where anyone--even a trained pilot--has brought a gun aboard. The possibility of an accident (like the one that started this thread) or a hijacker managing to steal the gun...or even a pilot having a nervous breakdown and using the gun...seems to me to be more likely than the gun serving a useful purpose in the unlikely event of a hijacking.
Bobbsy