Dave,
without commenting on my opinion of firearms, carry, etc etc,
The concept of aircraft crew carrying confuses me. The pilots are now
locked in their ivory tower basically hermetically sealed from the cabin. In
order for their fire arms to be effective they must open that door. Once the
cockpit door has been opened, the gun holder is faced with the question of who
to shoot (or shoot at) as well as not knowing how many perps and what kind of
weaponry they may be carrying. and who may be just at the door waiting to
disable them and grab the weapon. Does this carrying arms really increase the
safety of flight?
It would protect the pilot from his Co or vice virtue, of course if they
successfully shot each other better hope for external conversion to remote
piloting.
Perhaps it is the flight attendants that should carry-- or are they subject
to the possible forcible confiscation of their weapons.
This seems to be a problem, much more complex and sophisticated than just
arm everybody.
Perhaps the instantaneous injection of an anesthetic gas to incapacitate
all in the cabin after which the pilots with appropriate breathing apparatus
could do a triage and secure the aircraft.-- But then we have to consider the
potential possible lethal side effects.
How effective has the Sky martial program been. I do know that the pilot is
notified when one is on board.
Wondering.....
Gen aviation is the way to go--- just look in the back seat prior to
flight
Rich
In a message dated 2/10/2013 9:48:07 A.M. Central Standard Time,
wdleonard@gmail.com writes:
Easy for you to say, you must not live in the Socialist Republic of CA
:-)
It's funny that so man people feel so strongly about DOing SOMEthing
about to help prevent these tragedies. Great, what we should DO, at a
federal level, is make it easier and more socially acceptable to carry
concealed, or even open carry. That is the most feasible way in my mind
to minimize these events. I buddy of mine went through the federal
program for commercial pilots. He said it was very well done, about
a week worth of training. There should be a
Federal Concealed Carry program of similar scope open to all
(non felons etc) as a constitutional right to carry (part of bearing
arms, cannot be excluded by states, valid nation-wide).
But I am preaching to the believers.
--
David Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Bill Bradburry
<bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:
This may just be a
concealed, concealed carry list!
:>)
If you don’t have a
CWP, allow me to recommend it!
Bill
B