I disagree with number 1 on that list. Weapons training in the military for the average Joe (twice in 34 years for me), especially officer pilot types, is a BB in a boxcar compared to the training the sky marshals are going through. I saw a TV segment on Dateline or some other type show of what the sky marshals go through in order to pass the course and their failure rate / washout rate is astronomical because the standards are so high. Jose Prize Fan of pilots carrying guns unless there's a sky marshal on every flight In a message dated 5/22/2002 11:22:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bahadiracuner@yahoo.com writes: > Subj:Re: U.S. Won't Allow Guns in Cockpits > Date:5/22/2002 11:22:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:bahadiracuner@yahoo.com";>bahadiracuner@yahoo.com</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > Sent from the Internet > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of > damiross@attbi.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:07 AM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: U.S. Won't Allow Guns in Cockpits > > 1. Many, if not most, airline pilots are either currently in the military > (i.e. National Guard/AF reserve) or are ex-military. Therefore, they have > weapons training. Many times, this would be better training than the air > marshalls. > > This really doesn't matter at all. You can be ex Green Beret if you want. > But a pilot is hired for piloting duties, not for "guarding the planes". > > 2. The pilots would be given training specifically on the use of weapons > in aircraft > > "See my reply to #1".