[Mulder]

*bang_list

Reason #3412 not to fly.

[E Rocc]

The original TSA guy didn't want the pilots to be armed, so he set out to keep this from happening by making it very distasteful and inconvenient to be armed.

That would be John Magaw, one of the worst of the JBTs.

The fact that the first head of the TSA ran perhaps the most out of control federal agency (BATF) during the most out of control administration in recent memory spoke volumes about what TSA was meant to be. At best, President Bush got some really bad advice there.

-Eric

[Arkie2]

Don't know where Vin gets his info but the FAA doesn't require semi annual psychlogical exams. I go in for my physical twice a year, that's it.

[Djarum]

To get around admitting that it could ever, ever be a good thing to allow mere "civilians" to go armed, the authorities have mandated that pilots who complete the training will now be officially deputized. "You get a badge and everything; you're a `federal flight deck officer.'"

Unreal...

[LibKill]

While the term "Federal Flight Deck Officer" is ludicrous, the badge has a beneficial effect.

A pilot landing in NYC who has this badge is immune to the insane anti-gun laws of that municipality.

If he did not have such a badge and designation, he would be arrested as soon as his weapon was detected by the local yokels.

Of course, all this would be unneccesary if the 2nd amendment was in full force throughout the land.