Police nab pilot with loaded gun in luggage

[Tweaker]

I am a gun owner and I have never violated a gun law. Morons leave their firearms in luggage and try and act like it is no big deal. I always know where every one of my guns are and if they are loaded. BTW....my wife and kids can tell you the same info. It is called being a responsible gun owner!!!

I think you are wrong and don't even know it. If you have parked in a school parking lot with a gun in your trunk, you are a criminal. If you drive in VA on the interstate near DC but pass too close to federal property, you are a criminal. I've literally got 29,998 more of these.

 

[Tweaker]

http://m.cbsnews.com/blogsstorysynopsis.rbml?feed_id=71&catid=20005278&videofeed=null

Tweaker was right. I was deployed when this one happened.

It happens. The I'm right part. The wife said so just this week, so I won't get another admission like that till late 2013.

 

[Tweaker]

You wouldn't be thinking that if the Nut Job at JetBlue would've had a .357 on him.

I've found many of the people that are FFDO Pilots about half probably shouldn't even be carrying gun!!!

I feel the same way about those who shouldn't be able to vote. Fortunately, the threshold for denying rights is a bit steeper than, "I don't like the cut of his jib."

 

[Tweaker]

Accident?????? Not knowing where your Loaded .357 is??? Bad Judgement...... Accident hell no! I own a gun and I know were it is 24/7!!

Your ceaseless perfection an unblemished conscience is a model to us all. Perhaps you will consider putting on a conference or at least publishing a newsletter, so that we all might could reach your lofty performance levels?

 

[Tweaker]

It was an obvious accident, no need to clog the system with needless paperwork and prosecution. If anything, it points to a system error.

The TSA was reportedly dumbfounded and in disbelief that one can enter the "system" without evar having been screened.

I think they are actually dumb and I don't believe they are unaware of the 1001 ways to surreptitiously breach security.

There are 50 ways to leave your lover, and at least 50 squared ways to get a small metal object into the transportation system. Y'all know this.

 

[humveedriver]

Your ceaseless perfection an unblemished conscience is a model to us all. Perhaps you will consider putting on a conference or at least publishing a newsletter, so that we all might could reach your lofty performance levels?

It's just about preserving what freedoms we have left. I don't want Known Crewmember to take a hit, because the reactionary thinking idiots at TSA think all pilots should be strip searched after something like this. I keep my flying baggage sterile. Don't mix it with other activities. Otherwise I would have guns, gerbers, knives, tools and would probably misplace my passport.

 

[FishandFly]

Wow.

I can't really imagine how this happened without him being hugely irresponsible, however...

If Delta can land on mike, then all bets are off. Chalk both delta's landing and his error as odd mistakes that are bound to happen every once in a while.

Besides, the 27" bag is flipping huge. I've lost lots of stuff in there before.

 

[densoo]

The TSA was reportedly dumbfounded and in disbelief that one can enter the "system" without evar having been screened.

Two dozen employees get off the bus. Twelve pilots and FAs get into the "first class/handicapped/toddler/elderly/people-with-comfort-pets/crew" TSA line while the other twelve maintenance employees with lunch pails and backpacks in tow punch a code into a door that is right beside the TSA line, go through the door, and pop out on the other side of the security checkpoint. Huh? No touching or x-files flourescent flashlight to see if ID is valid, no bag check of any kind, no doffing of any personal items to go through a metal detector? Approved!

 

[Tweaker]

It's just about preserving what freedoms we have left. I don't want Known Crewmember to take a hit, because the reactionary thinking idiots at TSA think all pilots should be strip searched after something like this. I keep my flying baggage sterile. Don't mix it with other activities. Otherwise I would have guns, gerbers, knives, tools and would probably misplace my passport.

That is exactly my protocol, but exchange gerbers (a knife?)for gerbils. I really like to let my hair down with the Mrs.

 

[FlyinGuy]

I think you are wrong and don't even know it. If you have parked in a school parking lot with a gun in your trunk, you are a criminal. If you drive in VA on the interstate near DC but pass too close to federal property, you are a criminal. I've literally got 29,998 more of these.

I know I am right!!!

Never done either....keep em comming.

 

[humveedriver]

I think you are wrong and don't even know it. If you have parked in a school parking lot with a gun in your trunk, you are a criminal. If you drive in VA on the interstate near DC but pass too close to federal property, you are a criminal. I've literally got 29,998 more of these.

BTW those are examples of someone who may not be familiar with the firearm laws pertaining to certain localities. Home boy is a professional pilot going to work at the airport. Even of he had never seen these rules before in his life;

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1666.shtm

The x-ray machines and metal detectors would have been a dead give away that firearms are not permitted on the premises. I predict a 10-25,000 (if he is guilty) dollar fine as a message to the rest of us. Next offender beware type stuff.

 

[J.Otto]

it may have had something to do with a jilted lover and the married pilots concern for his safety b/c of backlash. very possible pilot was packing out of concern.

 

[CaptSeth]

Goodbye crewpass, thanks to this commuter dip********************

 

[tankerhead]

Two dozen employees get off the bus. Twelve pilots and FAs get into the "first class/handicapped/toddler/elderly/people-with-comfort-pets/crew" TSA line while the other twelve maintenance employees with lunch pails and backpacks in tow punch a code into a door that is right beside the TSA line, go through the door, and pop out on the other side of the security checkpoint. Huh? No touching or x-files flourescent flashlight to see if ID is valid, no bag check of any kind, no doffing of any personal items to go through a metal detector? Approved!

Bingo....and the wrong people are surely working to exploit this. Just a matter of time.

 

[tankerhead]

That is exactly my protocol, but exchange gerbers (a knife?)for gerbils. I really like to let my hair down with the Mrs.

Yuck. Do you select Elton John for your background music during these tender moments?

 

[Tweaker]

It is in the rotation, certainly! We prefer to call it back door music tho, not background.

 

[Smarta$$]

I think you are wrong and don't even know it. If you have parked in a school parking lot with a gun in your trunk, you are a criminal. If you drive in VA on the interstate near DC but pass too close to federal property, you are a criminal. I've literally got 29,998 more of these.

Who would do that? And you think other people shouldn't be able to vote...

 

[waveflyer]

Some would say they have a right to carry a gun in the trunk of their car at all times

 

[kf4amu]

Who would do that? And you think other people shouldn't be able to vote...

I would do it. How would I protect myself when I leave the school grounds?

 

[Smarta$$]

I would do it. How would I protect myself when I leave the school grounds?

You can't be serious. No wonder we have the HIGHEST violent crime rates of any industrialized nation.

Guns in and around schools... What could go wrong?

 

[kf4amu]

You can't be serious. No wonder we have the HIGHEST violent crime rates of any industrialized nation.

Guns in and around schools... What could go wrong?

For law abiding citizens, nothing. A law against guns on school property doesn't stop the psychos that show up and shoot everyone does it?

 

[Smarta$$]

For law abiding citizens, nothing. A law against guns on school property doesn't stop the psychos that show up and shoot everyone does it?

1. EVERYONE is law abiding, until they are not.

2. It is no coincidence that this country has very loose gun laws and simultaneously has unusually high violent crime rates for advanced western nations.

 

[waterskier]

Laws are not the answer to stopping criminals from doing what they want..... News flash!!! they do it anyway, that is what makes them C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-S!!!
All the gun laws do is shift the odds in their favor that no one there (airplane, school, federal property, ect.) will be able to fight back and defend them selves.
I personally think it is unconstitutional to restrict a law abiding citizen from exercising their 2nd amendment rights anywhere in this country.
The only time you should not be allowed to have a firearm is when you are drinking...

 

[Turtle21]

You can't be serious. No wonder we have the HIGHEST violent crime rates of any industrialized nation.

Guns in and around schools... What could go wrong?

Columbine... VA tech....

And yes I did notice your screen name.:lol:

 

[kf4amu]

1. EVERYONE is law abiding, until they are not.

2. It is no coincidence that this country has very loose gun laws and simultaneously has unusually high violent crime rates for advanced western nations.

So tell me what a law preventing me from having a gun in my car would accomplish if I decide to go shoot up a school? Not a damn thing. Think about it.

 

[FlyinGuy]

If you have parked in a school parking lot with a gun in your trunk

You might want to address this with some of your male flight attendants. I cannot for the life of me figure why someone would put a loaded gun in their trunk!!!!

 

[WSurf]

Your ceaseless perfection an unblemished conscience is a model to us all. Perhaps you will consider putting on a conference or at least publishing a newsletter, so that we all might could reach your lofty performance levels?

Are you serious??? Not being a FFDO and then bringing a .357 on a trip??? Perfection......... really???

 

[Tweaker]

You might want to address this with some of your male flight attendants. I cannot for the life of me figure why someone would put a loaded gun in their trunk!!!!

I have no idea what you are saying.

Why do so many people put spare tires and jacks in their trunk? My reason for a gun living there is identical. I may need it in an emergency, and I do not count on fairies, the po-lease or the kindness of strangers to get me out of trouble.

 

[Tweaker]

Are you serious??? Not being a FFDO and then bringing a .357 on a trip??? Perfection......... really???

Yes, Nancy Pelovski, I am serious.

Take your statement x 60,000 working pilots x 180 working days a year. 1 or 2 oversights? You do demand perfection from everybody or you are flabbergasted with disappointment. That is a silly perspective. You are once again appearing to be a silly person.

 

[humveedriver]

Yes, Nancy Pelovski, I am serious.

Take your statement x 60,000 working pilots x 180 working days a year. 1 or 2 oversights? You do demand perfection from everybody or you are flabbergasted with disappointment. That is a silly perspective. You are once again appearing to be a silly person.

It's called being held to a higher standard. So the goal would be zero infractions involving weapons as a group. That's why we should have crew pass/ known crewmember.