Armed Pilots
So it,s a sad day for the aviation Industry when we have (US) to Arm pilots . Another Knee -Jerk reaction, In an Knee Jerk Goverment. No thought Has been given to this dangerous programme, I am not anti American mearly anti-Gun on aircraft, The basic security implications of storage ,ammunition types(cos some will choose their own) no matter what the rule book say,s How many Negligent discharges of firearms will we have in the cockpit (no such thing as an accidental disharge). having spent a large percentage of my working life round firearms and a/c , the two should never be intoduced to each other. 18 months ago i had to seperate 2 pilots beating 10 bells out of each other in a cockpit, had they been armed ? who knows what would have happened. so we can forget all the knives, cutlery knitting needles cos the pilots got a gun, last line of defence I dont think so?. I wont be using their services back to BA me thinks