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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (742118)	9/27/2013 11:32:54 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574061

What happens when the cockpit doors are unlocked so the pilots can come out to pee or get coffee? I think a pilot with a sidearm could have dealt with a couple guys with box cutters. Unless the pilot was a liberal. They're too stupid and mentally unbalanced to handle firearms. Heck, they shouldn't even be allowed to fly.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (742118)	9/27/2013 11:38:38 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574061

so the best way to fly a plane is in the fetal position ?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (742118)	9/27/2013 3:01:31 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By Jorj X Mckie Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574061

Maybe not, but if the cockpit doors been locked and armored as they are now, they wouldn't have been successful. Now that might work. Pre 9/11 the hijackers could probably have gotten the pilots to open the doors by killing passengers and/or flight crew until the pilots gave up. Of course they were poorly armed, and killing people might have gotten a violent response, so the attempt might have failed, and certainly locked and reinforced doors are a good idea, they just don't remove the utility of allowing pilots to be armed. But let me remind you of the Egypt Air crash.......remember how the pilot nosed the plane down into the ocean muttering "allah akbar".... No gun would have stopped him. That supports the argument for allowing pilots to have guns. The pilot doesn't need a gun if he wants to kill everyone on board. If the pilot is the terrorists your probably sunk. Your not increasing the danger in any significant way by letting pilots be armed. But you are increasing the pilots ability to deal with terrorists.