[gonzo]

I am too f*cking tired to argue about it anymore! The Pilots want Handguns to protect themselves, their ships, their passengers, and crew! WHAT-THE-F*CK is OUR Federal Government doing, meddling in Private Business?? And why does anyone assume that the Federales should now be in charge of OUR security, when their own Agencies couldn't keep these F*cking-Murderous-Terrorists out of OUR Country in the first place!!

When Americans say: "I'M NOT GONNA FLY ON THAT PLANE, UNLESS I KNOW THAT THE PILOT CAN KEEP ME SAFE", we'll have air-travel again.

More likely is the Pilots simply refusing to fly anymore, after the next aircraft is destroyed by a terrorist.

Arm the Pilots --- It's a no-brainer to everybody in the whole Country, except Washingtoon! I'm sick of their shit! You guys fight this one - I voted for GWB, and he shoulda done better! Maybe we'll get an American again, someday........FRegards

[Beenliedto]

More likely is the Pilots simply refusing to fly anymore, after the next aircraft is destroyed by a terrorist.

Whatever happened to the ALPA on this one? Back in September and October, I thought they were about to go out on strike over the "carry" thing, and it suddenly went away (like a lot of stuff does).

[Howie]

Just got this in a newsletter, some of you may have read it , many probably have not:

[FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STEP INTO THE FRAY: Why stop with the pilots? Why not give the flight attendants guns as well? That's what the 50,000-member union, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), is advocating.

The union recently took a stand against arming pilots, unless the cockpit crew was required to leave its fortified sanctuary and defend the main cabin. Not surprisingly, the Air Line Pilots Association says pilots, and their weapons, should stay in the cockpit. At AVweb, we're wondering when the pax are going to get together and demand their right to bear arms.

NOTE: AVweb's NewsWire at http://avweb.com/n/?19b includes more details, plus a link to the complete text of the AFA press release about guns on airplanes.]