How many parachutes attacked crews and crew members in the past few years?

09/11 seems too easily forgotten. I got sick to death of hearing lemmings who couldn't even count the stars on the flag mumble the same mantra "gawd bluss amurika" over and over, just to be one of the crowd. I'm a lot more disgusted, however, at those who forget, and who say "it could never happen again." Sure it could, and its for that reason and every other that we ought not ever give it the chance.

When did an airline crew effectively don a parachute and leave the aircraft?

A terrorist on an airliner is a federal, national concern. It's a major security issue. A pilot jumping out of a crippled aircraft in flight, assuming such were possible in a transport category airbus or boeing, is not.

It's a ridiculous comparison.

A pilot with a handgun is performing a designated function under a federal program to counter a national threat. He should be federally funded. He's already volunteering his time. Providing the weapon and the training on the federal nickel makes perfect sense.