airline pilots DO NOT carry firearms. however, after 9/11 each flight is required to have an air force officer or some sort of an armed forces member that has aviation experience. because the member is part of the military, they are usually...
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Security can and should be improved, ... Carefully selected guns and ammunition would provide airline pilots with a last resort, final line of defense to keep hijackers out of the cockpit. ... Each pilot authorized to carry a firearm in the cockpit would be a volunteer, would have to pass a rigorous training program and would...
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www.secure-skies.org/Arming_Pilots.php
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be followed by tens of thousands more airline pilots who ... But before they get the right to carry firearms onboard, ... should not carry guns onto a plane, even though they were...
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As for pilots, I'd feel much safer if they were armed with knives or pistol-crossbows than firearms. ... I think airline pilots should be allowed to carry guns as long as they are fitted with rubber bullets. The first thing that needs to be done is the construction of new cockpit doors.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted Wednesday in favor of anti-terror legislation letting commercial airline pilots carry firearms in the cockpit. ... "Do you really think that 9-11 would have happened if our pilots had been armed, as they should have been armed?" said Rep. Don Young,
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archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/7/10/194540....
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Thousands of pilots have signed a petition indicating that they want to carry handguns when they fly. The government should listen to that request; after all, nobody has more concern about air safety than the pilots.
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Hot Topic--Should Airline Pilots be equipped with firearms? 170084 - 2002/09/05 01:46 AM ; ... On the other hand--the reason the hijackers got INTO the cockpit in the first place is the pilots were "lured" out because of "potential danger" to the rest of the crew AND the passengers. Locking the doors is of little use,
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I think if the pilot wants to carry he/she should be able to get the training and carry. A great deal of airline pilots are former military anyhow, ... I doubt that the increased weight and cost of installing equipment to fortify cockpits would really cost more than training and arming pilots to carry firearms.
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After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. ... Commercial pilots say only a few of their colleagues are signing up to carry guns in the cockpit because the Bush administration has made it harder than necessary to participate.
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wizbangblog.com/content/2009/03/17/barack-obama-ending-...
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