Guns in the cockpit (this isnt meant to be bait)

[C-150ETOPS]

If they were banging on the door, do you think I would just fly along straight and level allowing them to have their way with my door?
-GOO

So we go from the assertion that gun-totin' pilots are terrorist blasting Dirty Harry superheroes, to you thinking you're a Chuck Yeager super-pilot that will use his unmatched pilot skills to pin the terrorists against the galley ceiling like a gerbil on a velcro wall, while you shoot a CATIIIB by hand, then stop and shut down directly in front of the hostage rescue team. Tell us how long your skills will keep a group at bay while you are 2 hours from land on a SJU-JFK leg?

Unless you are flying little plane or a 727, you stand a big chance of getting out of sync with you evasive manuevers and causing very large structural parts to fail and fall off the aircraft. Let us know how much "G" available there is to throw the attackers off balance at FL390 while heavy.

How in the heck is someone else gonna open the cockpit door?
With their plastic spoon?-GOO

I won't cover what I think here, I can think of more than a few ways. Until I see this same type of doors in places like bank vaults and casinos, I expect to have another layer of safety for my aircraft and my country to back up the door in case of failure.
Install the door in a typical prison and see how long it lasts. All the inmates have is a bunch of plastic spoons, right?

 

[skydash]

Ffdo

Dear Mr. or Mrs."INTHEGOO"...can you please explain to all of us "gun freak losers" out here where you get your information?
1)"Come look at my shiny badge little girl." We were not issued a badge...just an identification card with a photo.
2)"99.9% of the pilots are laughing at the FFDO program" Really??99.9% of WHAT pilot group? Student pilots?? The pilots I know are overwhelmingly in favor of the FFDO program,even with it's flaws.The training is provided by some of the best instructors in the country...most of them ex or current special forces, as well as civilain law enforcement.
As you hurl your insults at those of us who are doing whatever we can to make this system safer,please be reminded of what JFK said in 1961:"When there is a visable enemy to fight in open combat...many serve,all applaud,and the tide of patriotism runs high.But,when there is a long,slow struggle with no immediate,visable foe,your choice will seem hard indeed." Seems pretty relevant...43 years later. Think about it.

 

[vetteracer]

I wonder how many terrorists read this board or others and eat up all the scenarios and gain intel on the firearms program. Or get excited to find that there are people that are foolish enough to lobby against guns in the cockpit.

Mark

 

[SuperFLUF]

No big secrets here.

More information than this thread can be found on the internet via the various newspaper stories on the FFDO program and the scenarios so for suggested are the most obvious that anyone brighter than Mr Mc(inthe)Goo can think of. No one has divulged any sensitive material here. We may have some red diaper doper babies that are opposed to armed pilots, but they also know that there are plenty out there as well. (unlike the BA pilots who have publicly stated they won't let any armed security personell on their aircraft)