junior.VH-LFA
Fair enough. I
was just thinking of a controller in a tower.
I'd have to say that my experiences of services contracted out were mostly positive.
Again, in my opinion, the only reason there is a "problem" with giving contractors weapons is due to the extreme risk-averse nature of the Australian military. The U.S. armed their contractors with side-arms (and sometimes longs) where necessary, and had very few problems that I saw.
Hempy
Very amusing.
However, an ATCO in a tower is about as rear-echelon as you can get, and in an Australian context will have an inordinate amount of Australian soldiers and hardware protecting that facility. For that person to draw his/her 9mm means that an awful lot of Aussies are already dead.
DIVOSH!