DominicYPGV
...If you had a pilot come on board with a pistol of such or another weapon...
Not only are you missing the point(by a country mile!) about the reasons for the resistance to the ID card issue, you have clearly lost the plot when it comes to weapons. Give your brain a chance before you hit the keyboard.
Heres a quiz, that even people who demonstrate a sub100 IQ should still be able to do well:
What is the most dangerous weapon to the
...lives of possibly 350 or more people...
that a pilot may have:
a) a pistol,
or
b) 200+ ton bomb packed with fuel, oil, bodies and crusty sandwiches, and - shock horror - controlled by one of those troublesome argumentative pilots.
answers on a postcard to......
There is no need to force through the ID card issue with the undue haste that is so clearly apparent, when aircrew currently have more than adequate means of proving their credentials. Perhaps the government should instead 1) review its policy on allowing any Tom Dick and Mustaffa to just walk into the country, and 2) be firmer in deporting those who once in, lawfully or otherwise, seek to do ill harm to the people, values and established way of living in the UK.
DominicYPGV - get a grip of the bigger picture will ya plse.
Rant over.