Pilots with guns

[corytx]

what i understand...

First off, I don't work in the airline industry yet, I'm working on my PPL right now, but what I've been told by people that do work for airlines and TSA (no, not a screener) is that supposidly the gun of choice is a .40 Glock. Also, there is a special gov't load used that will kill a person, but won't have an exit wound.


BTW, haven't some pilots carried before? my sister was a FA and I thought I remember she telling me once that some pilots did carry a gun when they flew.

 

[KC-10 Driver]

There were a spate of hijackings in the '60's (mostly wackos trying to get to Cuba). After one hijacking gone very bad, one of the pilots was shot (and I think killed), there was a movement to arm flight crews. I think it did happen for some time.

Anyone have any more precise information? Specifically, what airline was involved in the shooting incident? I seem to recall it was a smaller regional airline.

 

[corytx]

There were a spate of hijackings in the '60's (mostly wackos trying to get to Cuba). After one hijacking gone very bad, one of the pilots was shot (and I think killed), there was a movement to arm flight crews. I think it did happen for some time.

Anyone have any more precise information? Specifically, what airline was involved in the shooting incident? I seem to recall it was a smaller regional airline.

It would be interesting to know the history of that incident. My sister was a FA from '98-'01. She left the company she worked for shortly after 9/11, but not because of fear, because she wasn't earning enough money. I thought it was interesting to hear that during her time she knew of pilots who carried guns.