Blimey, glad I was sitting down when reading 411A's last post, both for the radio phone-in story
and for his (unexpected!) views on guns in the cockpit! Good for you, Sir - it's not often I agree with you, but 100% with you this time!!
A few thoughts:
When (& where) are these gun-toting Wyatt Earps (Earpesses) going to load (& unload) their little toys?
Will they be allowed to have a round fed into the chamber at all stages of flight?
What ammunition will be cleared for use?
What recurrent training will they have to do?
What if the other (unarmed) pilot says "No way, I don't want to fly with a gun in the cockpit"?
Don't want to know the security system, but how is TSA going to handle this at security checkpoints?
Oh well, time to take the kevlar vest out of storage & give it some frequent flyer miles when hopping around on internal USA flights!! Bet the standard aircraft first aid kit doesn't have the dressings for gunshot wounds - they'll need them at some stage in the future.....
