DISQUS

SigFan · 8 months ago

Not that I would wish for another hijacking to happen, but if it does and it can be proved that the pilots could have prevented it if armed ... buh, bye, Obambi.

This makes as much sense as having law enforcement officers disarmed. In fact it is the equivalent as the pilot (or Captain) of an aircraft is the law while the aircraft is in the air. What's next? I know, let's cut back or end the sky marshall program.

Lyn · 8 months ago

Obama does not worry about airline safety. He flies Air Force One. As for the rest of the common people - the suckers, the dupes, the rubes, the voters - Obama wants you to keep working and paying your taxes. That's as far as his thinking goes; your safety is not on his list of priorities.

Also this is just another personal thing for Obama. Former Pres. Bush started the armed pilot program, and Obama ends it.

U238 · 8 months ago

In playing Devil's advocate, what is the "upside" to changing this rule?
We don't have reported gun mishaps, we haven't had a hijacking where the pilots gun was taken or used. We don't, to my knowledge, have any applicable data to judge the merits for or against the armed pilot rule. That, in it's self, can be a form of data, because nothing has happened, I suppose.
Still, what is the upside from removing the guns? I'd honestly like to see a compelling arguement for it.

Buzz · 8 months ago

I wonder why guards in prisons aren't allowed to carry guns?
Any guesses? Would you think that "something far fetched, some scheme from terrorists" wouldn't include incorporating the pilots gun into the hijacking? Do you think that the pilot would be willing to shoot through the child that the terrorist is holding in front of him?

The armed pilot walks out of the cockpit with the terrorists 225 feet ahead of him with 300 people between them. How many shots will it take to kill him, or them. How many are there, and where are they. The program is only a ruse to make the would be terrorists think there is security on the plane. The real security is the passengers. More terrorists have been taken down by the passengers than the pilots.

AR-15 · 8 months ago

Another brilliant move by the top idiot.

Carrick · 8 months ago

Buzz:

I wonder why guards in prisons aren't allowed to carry guns?

I dunna. Why not ask this guy?

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Buzz · 8 months ago

[quote]Buzz:

I wonder why guards in prisons aren't allowed to carry guns?

I dunna. Why not ask this guy?[/quote]

In prisons moron, not on top of prisons. If you can be touched by a prisoner you can not have a gun. But you know that anyway.

Pilgrim · 8 months ago

Buzz....it's NOT the pilot's job to go out into the plane and play rescue ranger. It's his job to use that weapon to keep the cockpit in the hands of the right people.

If they somehow manage to breach the secured cockpit door, THEN the gun comes into play.

The armed pilot does NOT leave the cockpit. Clear it up any for you?

Hannitized · 8 months ago

I don't understand this move...it will be interesting to learn more as time progresses.

But Carrick, for arguments sake. What does a pilot do if a Terrorist comes to the cockpit with children or passengers as human shields? Why not just give them tazers or rubber bullets?

Hawk · 8 months ago

[quote]Buzz....it's NOT the pilot's job to go out into the plane and play rescue ranger. It's his job to use that weapon to keep the cockpit in the hands of the right people. [/quote]We ought to make it that while the plane is in flight the cockpit door cannot be opened. If we want somebody armed to be on a plane, which I personally think would be a poor use of resources, than get an air marshall.

Eddie_the_Hated · 8 months ago

[quote]wouldn't include incorporating the pilots gun into the hijacking? [/quote]
The firearm is the first line of defense. If the terrorist has gotten within close quarters combat range, there's already a problem.

robert108 · 8 months ago

The math is simple: armed pilots=no crashes into the Twin Towers or the Pentagon on 9/11. Even govt school educated lefties can do that math.

Mo · 8 months ago

this is the best news i have heard since 2003.

Bill M · 8 months ago

You know, as a pilot, I'm a little confused. I've been hearing this "gun ban" story. Yesterday, I heard "do you hear what Obama is planning" from my copilot. As he asked that question, my Colt was in my bag in the compartment above my head. (I know, I should keep it with me, but it digs into my hip when I sit down.)

This afternoon, I'm in a hotel room with my laptop. (We don't fly out for another four hours.) I'm reading this story everywhere, but it all seems to track back to the Washington Times. That, and other blogs, are the only sources I'm finding.

In my email, there's nothing to tell me that my gun can't go with me. Don't even have one of those twice-a-week emails telling me that there's new paperwork I have to fill out.

And then I found this on Fox News.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/20...

I'm thinking that somebody at the Moonie Times got his wires crossed. There doesn't seem to be anything to this story.