Originally Posted by
newKnow
I'd say 99% of the time it has happened, it was an accident.
I know of 4 times it happened at Northwest, between 2002 and now. I don't know that it matters if it was an accident. A pilot with a valid ID carrying a weapon through security even by accident represents
in the best-case, a "trusted agent" (as we contend) who doesn't know *** he's doing, and where his weapon is.
Bad, Bad, Bad.
Originally Posted by
newKnow
The only time I can think of that a pilot used a weapon in the cockpit was the Fe Ex incident.
I'm not arguing whether or not real airline pilots try to use weapons in the cockpit, I'm merely pointing out we might not be the "trusted agents" we claim to be when it comes to going through security in our studly uniforms, flashing our valid ID's.