WingFlaps wrote in
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On Mar 25, 6:26*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"gatt" wrote

ews.com:

http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/...nc-032308-sjf-
gunonplan
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1c4cabd1.html

Awfer... * *there went that experiment.

" CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A gun carried by a US Airways pilot
accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte
Saturday, according to a statement released by the airline...."

Oh that's interesting. I have a friend who opted in to that program.
Be interesting to hear what he thinks about this!

Well he obviously had un-holstered it to point it at a terrorist who
was smashing his way into the cockpit! In this case it was obviously
in the pilot's mind and he needs a reality check. Why don't the
airlines consider disabling terrorists by depressurizing ? Knock
everone out, tie up the bad guys and repressurize?


We're not allowed allowed to talk about tactics, but the guys carrying
guns get a pretty good course in hand to hand. The problem with this has
always been the 2%. The idiots that want to carry a gun for all the
wrong reasons or the just plain nuts. The training is desinged to weed
some of them out and to ensure that the guys who are carrying are
competent if it ever comes down to it. No point in carrying a gun if all
that happens is that it ends up stuffed up your own nose.
Still, if it can happen, it will..


Bertie