BUREAUCRATS STYMIE ARMING OF AIRLINE PILOTS

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[LuisBasco]

Let's let congresscritters know how we feel about their abdicating their responsibities and allowing the bureaucrats take command!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Forget contacting Bush, he opposed it in the first place.

[Blood of Tyrants]

P.S. When this passed, I said that the buruearacrats would do everything they could to make carrying a gun so difficult and the process so tiresome that few would bother.

And what REALLY pisses me off is that a FREAKING POULTRY INSPECTOR can carry a gun with hardly a signed name required!

[Search4Truth]

Demand Reasonable Airline Security Measures!

[Ohioan]

It is a sad day for America when there is even an issue about the right of the captain of a ship to arm himself, for his own protection and that of his crew and passengers. Why do we denigrate aircraft pilots in a way that it would have been unthinkable to denigrate the captains of ships?

This is outrageous, any way that you look at it. It is not the sort of thing which makes Americans want to trust the Federal Bureaucracy--nor should it!

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[harpseal]

I guess poultry inspecors are not subject to chicken Sh*t regulations like the pilots

[Ravenstar]

Harpseal! we agree on something!

Ravenstar

[elbucko]

I am not flying until the following conditions:

1. It's a Boeing.

2. Boeing has qualified US pilot.

3. Pilot has suitable firearm.

4. Firearm is loaded and placed within the reach of the pilot.

I don't think that the "powers that be" have given any consideration to the possibility that a large sector of the public is NOT flying because pilots aren't armed yet.

[caltrop]

Bush could put a stop to this in a hurry if he wanted to. I'm not inclined to call my Congressman on this again. At this point, the ball is in Bush's court. Those of us who care about this issue should be in touch with the NRA, GOA, etc. to tell them to explain the facts of life to Bush and, probably more importantly, Rove. When they do, I hope they'll point out that any Supreme Court nominations will be viewed with special scrutiny after the way they've handled this.

[meadsjn]

Airline pilots score way too high on IQ tests for the government to trust them with a firearm.

[LuisBasco]

Firearm is loaded and placed within the reach of the pilot.

This will be at the top of my list!

[TigersEye]

Signed and sent.

[Ravenstar]

Unfortunately I think your right especially considering the fact that many of them are ex-military pilots and so are used to handling firearms in a flight situation.

Ravenstar

[USNBandit]

The problem with the opposition is they misunderstand what that pilot with a gun is going to do. In the event of a hijacking, the people in the back of the airplane are still on their own. The chance of their being an air marshal on board is slim to none. The armed pilot isn't going to use his weapon until the cockpit is threatened. Right now if the same scenario happens all he has is a crash axe. If we can get at least 15% of the aircrew carrying weapons that will be a much greater deterrant than a few air marshals spread throughout the thousands of aircraft flying everyday.

[Howie]

The inevitable!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The use of lots of capital letters in any communication should be sufficient grounds to revoke the flying status of any pilot due to instability.

[fire_eye]

I don't think that the "powers that be" have given any consideration to the possibility that a large sector of the public is NOT flying because pilots aren't armed yet.

Or that we're not flying until they stop searching grandmothers in wheelchairs...

Here is the pilots' organization dedicated to defending the lives of American pilots from the bureaucrats (including unfortunately George Bush, of whom I must reluctantly conclude that he is unwilling to put a stop to this lunacy):

Airline Pilots' Security Alliance
8190 Beechmont Ave # 340
Cincinnati, OH 45255-6117

[Redbob]

I wonder to what extent that pilots' organization supports the right of citizens generally to arm ourselves for our own defense.

Probably not at all, in which case I say, fine:
I'll support arming pilots when pilots support an armed citizenry.

[longtermmemmory]

I just went through JFK, a few weeks ago. Everyone's shoes were being inpected, some of the workers did NOT speak english. It seemed like the keystone cops on parade.

How many axes are allowed in the cockpit? Heavy duty flashlights?

[Atlas Sneezed]

I just met with a fella who was complaining about the added time it takes at the airport these days so that he can carry his loaded gun as a passenger on commercial flights.

His employer? The FOREST SERVICE!