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Old 21st June 2002 | 09:45
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Capt. Crosswind
 
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Armed Flight Deck

Point taken & acknowledged WW1
I guess the point I wanted to get across is that to be a competent deterent to suicide hijackers, pilots don't need the
training of Special Forces / Law Enforcement professionals.
Safe handling of the firearm and being able to hit a barn door at ten paces is adequate training for this situation.
What recurrent training is required I leave to those more knowledgable in this field.
In my military time we did an annual refresher on the range
which seemed okay for the basic proficiency level to which we were trained.
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