Well said, Joe. I feel that if you trust a pilot to an aircraft carrying hundreds of people and cargo that may be worth hundreds of thousands dollars, then you can trust him with a simple tool to help prevent hijackings. It works for El Al. If it's good enough for them, then it is good enough for us. To those out reading this who oppose guns in the cockpit: Get your friggin' head out of the sand and look around. The only way to fight these terrorists is with force. Yes, I know this statement offend some. If it does, then good - it's time to get your head. Had the pilots been armed last year, the death toll would have been way less than thousands. With any luck, it would have been just 19 stupid Musilims who, in their last moments on earth, would have realized they just lost their chance to get 72 virgins in paradise. David Ross > David, > Lets try this- we'll have some terrorists hijack 2 BA 767s and 2 757s, crash 2 > of the 767s into downtown London, have a 757 crash in a field on the countryside > and another one crash into buckingham palace. Then we'll see about being > unpopular pal. BRING ON THE FIREPOWER. The only way to deal with terrorists on > commercial airliners is one- kill them where they stand. > G-d Bless America and our rights to protect ourselves > Joe > > > "David J. Wallace" <katana.flyer@telinco.co.uk> wrote: > > Can't think why the US is so unpopular around the world when people spout > phrases like 'bring on the firepower' as freely as some do. > > ----- > > > Joe Pries Commercial Aviation Photography > Serving the airline industry with quality photography > AOL IM AIRLINE72 > http://www.joepries.com > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now