Originally Posted by
Packrat
Because of the number of gun related incidents associated with FFDOs. Shooting a hole in an Airbus is just the tip of the iceberg, partner.
That discharge was caused by poor government mandated policies and procedures, and a poorly designed government issued holster. Numerous individuals pointed out the weakness in the system, the Swiss cheese holes, that would eventually lead to exactly what happened. As soon as it did, changes were implemented, changes that should have been procedure from the get go, and there hasn't been an issue since then.
Don't blame the pilot, blame the governmental idiot who came up with a dumb way of doing something that everyone knew would be an issue.