The carriage of firearms on aircraft.
Having spent over 12yrs in the aviation industry I have become a little confused. As far as I am aware if a passenger is transffering from one flight to another the said firearm is screened by the transiting airport. Say for argument sake the hunting rifle is inbound on a wide body , transferring to say an aircraft with a hold that has access to it from the cabin. ie say a Dash 8. I have always been told that the firearm must not be allowed to travel. This has been standard practice for many years.
Have the rules changed, I hope not . Or have profits taken priority over saftey. Perhaps its the hunters fed up of flying into local UK airports, transferring up to the far north only to find that their prides of joy have to travel by couirer or taxi 24hrs later. If airlines allow the carriage of firearms in an unsecured hold are they not in breech of aviation law.
So says the slug