[marktwain]

Pilots were required to be armed as mail carriers in the past. FAA left the decision as to arming the flight crews to the certificate holder until 1994, when the Clinton administration quietly rescinded the regulation.

Interesting, isn't it, that it was the Clinton administration that disarmed flight crews priot to 9/11. Actually, they rescinded a policy that had existed since the beginning of manned flight, for many decades, just seven years before 9/11.

[jonno]

“Actually, they rescinded a policy that had existed since the beginning of manned flight, for many decades, just seven years before 9/11.”

Thanks for the info - I did not know that...