Originally Posted by
vilcas
I guess but I was serious I think this program should not be a taxpayer burden. If pilots want to carry weapons then they should foot the bill. There is no need for a weapon in the flight deck. If people tried to take over a airliner today the passengers are more than adequate to take care of the threat. This is like the opposition to the pen knives by the flight attendants, purely emotional.
Using that mindset, shouldn't Police Officer's, Firefighters and Federal Air Marshall's shoulder the Financial Burden for their own training as well? Maybe our Military personnel should have to pay for their own equipment too. Think of the all the money that could saved so it could be squandered creating some new Social Program.
The FFDO program is Cheap compared to other government programs.