[leadpenny]

Thanks for posting. The piece by Kurt Wolz is very thoughtful and well-reasoned. It reflects the discussions that must be going on within the professional pilot community. To me, it is a bit of an overkill. Additionally, by including guns-on-a-cable as part of cockpit equipment, assumes that all pilots would have to be trained in the use of hand guns.

A shoulder holster should be all that is necessary to store a firearm while in the cockpit. The concern for armed pilots in the terminals is real, and can be remedied by allowing pilots to be armed only between departure dispatch/ops and destination dispatch/ops. Guns would be stored in company safes at all other times. Pilots always have to pick-up a dispatch-release. They would just be adding the pick-up of a sidearm, if desired.

All armed personnel on an airplane should always know the status of each other. Regular passengers should only assume there are arms on the airplane.

[leadpenny]

Over here!