Arming Pilots
From: "Ross, Ken" <KPRoss@newsamerica.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:17:38 -0500
To: custo@coair.com, InvestorRelationsdept@coair.com,
corpcomm@coair.com
Cc: letters@keepandbeararms.com
Subject: Arming Pilots
From an article: http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/WYO/29Attacks_Pilot.html
McCue said prior to Sept. 11, he would have cooperated with hijackers, hoping
to land the plane so experts could negotiate. "Those days are over,"
he said. "They will not gain entry into the cockpit."
So if pilots are not armed and the
cockpit is still sealed with a simple door, exactly how will armed terrorists
be stopped? Tasers? No, tasers are one shot weapons that can be defeated by
heavy clothing. Oh, and yes I said armed terrorists. Who knows what they can
get onto a plane? I have a friend of the family that works for an airline maintenance
crew. When planes reach their 100,000 mile service (or was it 300,000? I forget)
he mentioned they remove all the seats in the aircraft to do maintenance. There
were a number of seats on one flight that had box cutters taped to the bottom.
The FBI came in and started questioning, etc...blah blah. My point is that there
is NO way, you can fully secure an airplane. The pilot is the very last line
of defense. Arm him or her.
'Sky Marshals' are not an answer
either. There are WAY too many flights to put people on, delays, itinerary changes,
people get sick and have to be substituted... There's no sane way to keep a
marshal on each flight. Not to mention, who are the marshals? Basically Federal
rent-a-cops. What do YOU think of the mall-cops? These wouldn't be much better.
I trust the pilot with my life to get the plane in the air, to its destination
and on the ground with no accidents. I really think I can trust him with a firearm.
Ken Ross
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