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Originally Posted by Ramprat
(Post 1615175)
Never understood why any regional pilot would want to be a FFDO. Automatic rolleyes from me when the CA says "I'm armed!" Great we have captain america over here to save the day.
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Originally Posted by N9373M
(Post 1615648)
Is it possible that they have to inform the other pilot that they are armed? I'd want to know.
Avoid FFDO would be a nice addition to PBS :D |
Originally Posted by jpso
(Post 1615640)
[serious] What training programs are available like this? I'm interested in learning more.
My experience with firearms has been limited to my law enforcement training and that's about it. I couldn't imagine someone/company taking on the liability of training civilians to those standards. |
Originally Posted by John Carr
(Post 1615246)
In all my time commuting, I've run across those types. Didn't matter if it was a regional or a legacy.
Meh, opinions will vary on who should and shouldn't be selected. There's plenty of cops that wanted to become one because they were tired of getting their a$$ kicked, or feel te need to have to kick peoples a$$es due to this affliction you speak of. But I've known people that were turned down with mil backgrounds. One was a gaurd pilot, the other was a firearms instructor. We have a question: Do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It's an honest question. A lot of guys just want to appear to be cops. Gun, badge, pretend they're on TV. Yeah, a lot of people just wanna slam a n word's head through a plate-glass window. |
Originally Posted by mojo6911
(Post 1615831)
To quote the movie The Departed
We have a question: Do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It's an honest question. A lot of guys just want to appear to be cops. Gun, badge, pretend they're on TV. Yeah, a lot of people just wanna slam a n word's head through a plate-glass window. Dude!!!!!! One of my favorite movies!!!!! Wahlbberg was classic in that. And yeah, that was the FIRST quote that ran through my mind. Although Sheen's accent was a little over the top at times. How would you type it out to accuratetly reflect how he pronouunced it? Kyoppp, kouppp? No clue......... |
Originally Posted by jpso
(Post 1615640)
[serious] What training programs are available like this? I'm interested in learning more.
My experience with firearms has been limited to my law enforcement training and that's about it. I couldn't imagine someone/company taking on the liability of training civilians to those standards. Academi |
Originally Posted by SMACFUM
(Post 1615473)
My Google-fu is failing to produce any evidence on the investigation cited in the article (plenty of hits ca. 22 Mar 2008 re the incident, but no follow-up). Anything published on that? Curious to know the outcome, simply because "the gun went off" stated in most of the articles is nonsense. The trigger was pulled--whether that was the result of mis-handling or of poor procedures is the real question.... |
TSA is a joke. Period. There is more than one major airport with ZERO keypad locks to the ramp. Anyone getting off a jet can run out to the ramp.
TSA people have too much power for their brain size. |
Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob
(Post 1616058)
Try Academi. It was originally Blackwater but they were bought out. You got the money, they will train you.
Academi Looks like a great opportunity for people to get a good set of handgun fundamentals. |
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