Originally Posted by
GL1DE
Most likely a rumour, arms would be only allowed on board let alone airside and handed to the crew member, after it has been made safe.
Being "made safe" means, carrying out the following procedure:
Mags removed.
Bullet ejected from the firing chamber.
If the above was done.
Arm then fired safely via the trigger to ensure nothing is inside, as it should.
Then trigger locked.
After which, arm and mag separately handed to the Captain for safe storage, before boarding.
Well I guess you don't fly in business/corporate jets and have quite clearly never flown east of Europe or especially in Russia.
When the lovely blonde customs lady hands me a bag of side arms the body guard normally has a concealed one around his ankle, so I always make sure I have the loaded one from the bag.
Side arms in corporate aviation are almost the norm when carrying high profile individuals and bears no resemblance what so ever to airline ops.
In Russia the nice customs lady asked me if there were any firearms onboard, I said yes here is mine and reached inside my uniform to show her, she immediately stopped me and said no you are ok I mean firearms for the pax
