Huh? preparation for landing includes leaving the cockpit..I never knew that.
They never blame the operator of the firearm. It’s always the firearm or some BS circumstance.
Pilot error. The pilot has no business "leaving the cockpit" while he's trying to fly the plane
The correct sequence is (1) land the plane, (2) when the plane has taxied and come to a complete stop, secure the firearm, (3) exit the cockpit
this was suggested by a few on the original thread as the cause
What the.....? What kind of cockamamied system is that?
I'm glad there's an explanation. I was afraid this was a Barney Fife incident. Still, I'm sure the guy is embarrassed
Sorry, boys, but it’s definately “pilot error” (brain fart) here. There shouldn’t have been a round chambered in the first place. If there’s a round chambered, nothing goes inside the trigger guard but your trigger finger.
He was in too much of a hurry to take the time to handle his gun in a responsible manner appears to be his excuse.
It sounds like he should lose his ability to carry a gun on a plane for a while and go through some basic gun handling classes where simple safety procedures are drilled into him over and over again.
An this should be his only warning. Next time, fire him.
So install a lockbox in the cockpit. The gun stays in the lockbox. The lockbox door gets locked when the pilot leaves the cockpit without the pilot touching the gun
I would be very hesitant to have the pilot walk into the passenger cabin with a sidearm, unless he's been extensively trained in weapons retention and disarming techniques, with periodic refresher training
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Of course whenever there’s an ND, obviously more care should have been exercised. But that said, I’m going to stick up for the pilot in this case. That locking holster is a truly flawed idea. Having to handle the weapon that often and then putting something through across the trigger— when all that has to happen is to get the thing backwards and the weapon can fire in the holster... it is a setup for ND’s.
Bad idea, when a locking box would solve the problem.
Read this blog (second one down) it will explain the thinking of firearms experts on this.
http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/
Accidential discharge? Sounds like a faulty prostate.
didn’t need to read any further than “...accidental discharge...”
Most airliners have two pilots in the cockpit.
What was the other one doing while all this was going on?
The armed guy couldn't simply say to the other guy, 'Hey, can you take the controls whilst I lock up my pistol?'
Most airliners also have map lights in the cockpit so the pilots can read their maps at night.
I wonder where all of the brain surgeons on the previous thread who swore that it HAD TO BE GLOCK are right about now?
Ahhh .... the sound of silence!
This is what happens when we let dumbasses who’ve never used a gun write gun laws.
How’s about we carry a gun with grip safety or one with a heavy enough double action trigger to keep this from happening.
Some guns with light DA triggers are susceptible to this kind of discharges. Normally, before storage, those guns are pointed in a safe direction and unloaded before storage. Since there is no safe direction on an airplane, a different kind of weapon is in order.
A 1911 is the first gun to come to mind. Next would be pretty much any revolver. The DA pull and the extra safety on a Ruger P-series would be a good choice as well.
Nothing faulty about the rule that says 'keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire'.