Originally Posted by Wino
But even so, if you are pointing the gun away from you and your copilot (as this captain apparently was, which you should ALWAYS be doing when handling) the risk is ZERO
Erm... the compartment the pilot and copilot of the airplane occupy is called COCKPIT. It's full of very technical thinghies that help pilot and copilot navigate their airplane. While cokpit WINDOWS won't shatter wen getting hit by single small calibre bullet, these technical thingies are mostly made of plastic, conductors and semiconductors and are not particularly bullet-proof. Putting any one of these little thingies out of action by placing a bullet through them certainly increases risk. Good thing that the captain has pointed the gun at the panel that has no wires running behind it - certanly a mark of a good quality gun training and thorough knowledge of aircraft systems.