[JETDRVR]

Good post! this is a problem. IMHO I fully support armed sky marshals.....in the back with the pax , where the shooting(God forbid if any) will occur. My disagreement with arming pilots is this....Who is going to fly the airplane??? We are forgetting the #1 rule every single aviator of any type learns in case of emergency.......FLY THE AIRPLANE.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Who is going to fly the airplane???

We've pregressed quite a bit since the 1940's when the pilot had to have his hands on the control stick at all times. Now we have such things as autopilot as well as multiple people in the cockpit, all of them capable of taking control of the plane if they had to.

[freeeee]

My disagreement with arming pilots is this....Who is going to fly the airplane???

Hate to break it to you, but most of the time you're in the plane it's on auto pilot. Barring turbulence or some other disturbance, after take off and before landing most of what the cockpit crew does is monitor instruments.

Even in the astronomically small chance that didn't work, there's a co-pilot who can fly the plane.

Who is going to fly the airplane???

Without handguns in the cockpit, in the event of a terrorist attack, this guy will be.

[Freeper john]

That's easy! The second pilot will fly the airplane.