[CWRWinger]

Commercial airlines are under Federal Aviation Administration orders to install new, heavier cockpit doors by April 9, 2003. They must lock from inside the cockpit and be strong enough that terrorists can't shoot off a lock or blow up the door.

Mean while, the F-16's are ready to blow you travelers out of the sky. The people who think this stuff up are fools with inflated egoes, believing they know better than anyone else.

[TiaS]

I think "to carry/not to carry" should be left to the discretion of the pilot.

[tickles]

Commercial airlines are under Federal Aviation Administration orders to install new, heavier cockpit doors by April 9, 2003. They must lock from inside the cockpit and be strong enough that terrorists can't shoot off a lock or blow up the door.>>>>>>>>>>

so how does one gain entrance if for some reason all personal inside are inconpacitated and someone needs to fly the plane? Oh I suppose they just shoot it out of the air rather then letting it try to land? (ok maybe I watched airport or whatever to many times, lol)

[gitmo]

Commercial airlines are under Federal Aviation Administration orders to install new, heavier cockpit doors by April 9, 2003. They must lock from inside the cockpit and be strong enough that terrorists can't shoot off a lock or blow up the door.

Mean while, the F-16's are ready to blow you travelers out of the sky. The people who think this stuff up are fools with inflated egoes, believing they know better than anyone else.

I guess their take is: why give the pilot a lil-ole gun when we already got a pilot up there with a heckuva gun. OUR pilot will blast that nasty ole hijacker to kingdom come, plane and all.

The important thing is, it's a Federal pilot that's carrying the gun!