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Letter to the Editor
Aviation Week and Space Technology
March 22, 2004
<<A federal flight deck officer lost a Transportation Security Administration-issued weapon in Las Vegas in January. This should be no surprise, as TSA operating procedures place FFDO weapons in jeopardy every day. As an airline pilot with a background in federal law enforcement and firearms training, I advised TSA that its operating procedures would result in lost weapons. For my trouble I was dismissed from the first FFDO class last April.
TSA attorneys and bureaucrats opposed to armed pilots wrote the procedures. Minimizing pilot participation was the goal of TSA, and they have succeeded. Employees of 137 U.S. agencies are authorized to carry firearms on commercial airliners, all using a standard method of carrying that ensures weapon security. FFDOs are forced to carry their weapons in a manner that puts that security at risk everyday. While this is the first incident of an FFDO losing a TSA-issued weapon, it will not be the last.>>
First Officer Dean Roberts
Melbourne, Fla.
Aviation Week and Space Technology
March 22, 2004
<<A federal flight deck officer lost a Transportation Security Administration-issued weapon in Las Vegas in January. This should be no surprise, as TSA operating procedures place FFDO weapons in jeopardy every day. As an airline pilot with a background in federal law enforcement and firearms training, I advised TSA that its operating procedures would result in lost weapons. For my trouble I was dismissed from the first FFDO class last April.
TSA attorneys and bureaucrats opposed to armed pilots wrote the procedures. Minimizing pilot participation was the goal of TSA, and they have succeeded. Employees of 137 U.S. agencies are authorized to carry firearms on commercial airliners, all using a standard method of carrying that ensures weapon security. FFDOs are forced to carry their weapons in a manner that puts that security at risk everyday. While this is the first incident of an FFDO losing a TSA-issued weapon, it will not be the last.>>
First Officer Dean Roberts
Melbourne, Fla.
