[Atlas Sneezed]

"Ordering a private company to arm their employees involves liabilities."

So just PERMIT them to have armed pilots, and make them liable for a failure to do so, should such failure be found to be negligence.

[terilyn]

"So just PERMIT them to have armed pilots, and make them liable for a failure to do so, should such failure be found to be negligence."

I'll go ya one better.

Just PERMIT them to have armed pilots, let each airline decide if they want to allow it or not, announce it and then let the flying public decide which airlines THEY want to fly on.

Takes the liability off the government, (translated to the taxpayers), and onto the airlines. They either sink or swim...er...fly, based on their decision.

[Shooter 2.5]

I was already in a discussion about the armed pilots to a person when we discussed the problem of the airlines. The problem isn't the government. It's the airlines.
When I mentioned that we should e mail every airline to ask them to fight for armed pilots, he said, don't bother. He had already contacted every airline and they gave the same response.
They don't want their pilots to be armed. It's a liability question. If you don't believe it, contact the airlines yourself. By the way, Southwest doesn't answer e mail.