You put the sucker on in the morning and took it off at night. When it wasn’t on your person, you secured it, because you had to account for the weapon and ammunition.
I flew wearing a sidearm. I would no more have considered messing with it while in the air, than messing with an aircraft exit.
If pilots are going to have them, they should be put on in a secure area at the departing airport, and taken off in a secure area of the next airport.
]]>Any procedure that requires putting a metal rod inside the trigger guard is stupid, and any holster design that leaves the trigger exposed is asking for trouble.
]]>otoh, it’s not clear [not to me at least, but maybe i missed something] whether the procedure is stupid for requiring the pilot to be stowing his gun during descent, or whether the pilot slipped up and didn’t follow procedure. i’m really curious about a couple of those blacked out sections in the police report.
after reading the precautionary tale of the pudding incident, i went out shopping for travel food with that [and the tsa’s 3 oz limit] in mind, especially since i’ve relied on those little packages of pudding [and applesauce] in the past. the only thing i found: you can get yogurt-for-kids in 3.1 oz containers. i was sorely tempted to buy some, just to see if they’d be confiscated for being over the limit.
]]>In the military you stow all the gear and are ready for landing at the beginning of descent because that is the point at which things can get “interesting”.
The rules and procedures make as much sense as stealing pudding from people, which is to say, none at all.
]]>when do we start calling them the transportation stupidity association? because this has got to be one of the stupider things i’ve ever heard of anybody purposely doing with a loaded gun.
i’m opposed to the whole idea, but if we’re going to do this, we need to just expand the sky marshals program. loaded guns on planes ought to be in the custody of people whose sole responsibility is that gun. i realize planes can fly themselves to some extent, but i’d rather the pilot focus on flying the plane, instead of on shooting [or trying not to shoot] a gun.
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