. . . that have now armed over 1,000 of our pilots . .
Really. What is your source?
According to the
New York Post, Jan. 6, 2004, only 500-800 have been ceritified - out of
100,000 pilots.
" About half the pilots applying for the program were rejected in the initial screening process. No explanations for those rejections have been provided, making the entire system unaccountable. " -
National Review
That sounds right. 800 pilots armed in January and another 200+ should have graduated between then and now.
Oh, that's 1000+ as I said, by the way... even by your source.