[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.

[LuisBasco]

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

This will be at the top of my list!

[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