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
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