On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:52:27 -0700, Little John
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:50:49 -0000, in a fit of unbridled digital verbosity,
once again proving the problem is located between the seat and the keyboard,
"nick" two-fingered to all:

|"Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline pilots' union
|called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on board."
|
|"Airline pilots should not take off with marshals on board, the British
|Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) has said."
|
|"Capt Granshaw defended pilots' right to take action and said: "Our advice
|to pilots is that until adequate written and agreed assurances are received,
|flight crew should not operate flights where sky marshals are carried."
|
|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3357309.stm

Bunch of pussies.

Well, now, wait a sec...
Nick's complaining that the British pilots aren't sure abou the
efficacy of having BRITISH marshals on board.
I can see that. They have so little actual experience with guns, you
know. There's no telling whether they actually know what to do with
them.

"We want to hear that the captain will be the one in command of the
aircraft at all times, we seek reassurances about the weapons to be
used and the training given."

--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"