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To: Ish who wrote (189859)	10/7/2001 10:56:33 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Thanks for the details. It's nice to know that any drunk Alaskan bush Bubba with a moose gun and a bad attitude can puncture the pipeline. I don't know about you, but it makes me feel real good about drilling for more oil and building more pipelines in our last true wilderness.

To: Ish who wrote (189859)	10/7/2001 6:24:01 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I always like to see the union of a good idea and some good people. Pilots: Arm Us Or We Won't Fly Airline pilots are pushing a resolution that demands that federal regulations be altered to allow them to be armed -- as NewsMax.com has supported editorially. "Had we had armed pilots on Sept. 11, we wouldn't have the horrific tragedy that we're dealing with at this point," United Airlines Captain Robert Guida told the Manchester (NH) Union Leader. "We're hearing members of Congress say they don't want a bunch of armed hooligans running around," said Giuda, also New Hampshire state representative. Disputing that, Guida told Union Leader reporter Kathryn Marchoki that there is "no more professionalized, highly-scrutinized group of people in the world than airline pilots." The resolution calling for an end to regulations banning pilots from carrying guns in flight is to be circulated among the various councils of the 67,000-member Air Line Pilots Association this month. Guida said that his fellow airline pilots will be asked to stop flying if they cannot have trained, armed pilots in the cockpits. According to the resolution pilots get firearms training from the FBI and would use their weapons only to defend against an attempted breach of the cockpit. The resolution also demands that pilots be federally licensed to carry concealed weapons and for the government to indemnify air carriers and their employees for the legitimate use of a firearm. Failure of the government to comply with the pilots' demands would result in "a national suspension of air service, at such times and in such manner as is deemed appropriate by the leadership of the Air Line Pilots Association," the resolution says. Guida warned that the security of the flight deck cannot depend solely on armed sky marshals, who, he said, can easily be picked out of a crowd and, if overpowered, would provide a hijacker with a weapon, Giuda said. "It's time to throw the gauntlet to the mat. We are going to get politicized into unarmed cockpits and then we'll get shot with the guns the marshals used because they will be taken away from them," he added. Arming pilots introduces the element of "risk, fear and doubt" into the mind of a potential hijacker, he told the newspaper. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee