Lets all hope these "graduates" will be issued with black stetsons or = spur's or something, so we can identify them, and avoid flying with carriers who put up with this crap. Jeeeeeez! I cant even = get my nail clippers/shoes through security... I sure do not want to be ANYWHERE near the "CLASS OF 03" when THEY check in for = their flight's, or try to go through security Note the dateline on the AP report - BRUNSWICK, GA. hmmmmmmmm.... = GLYNCO, GA., must be a "fun" place to live.... Anyone know who is paying for this 50 hour "shootout in Glynco"? Liam. YVR. First group of airline pilots set to begin firearms training BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The first commercial airline pilots who will = carry guns into the cockpit are set to begin training. The 48 pilots in the inaugural class at the Federal Law Enforcement = Training Center will be taught how to handle .40-calibre semiautomatic = handguns, the only type of gun pilots will be authorized to carry. The = training program was signed into law last fall by President Bush. = Airline pilot organizations had lobbied for the program to prevent = terrorist hijackings after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World = Trade Center and the Pentagon. Agents from the U.S. Transportation = Security Administration will train the pilots in legal and psychological = aspects of firearm use, as well as defensive tactics, said TSA = spokeswoman Suzanne Luber. The 50-hour seminar will start April 13. = Pilots who complete the program will be deputized as federal law = enforcement officers. As a security precaution, authorities won't reveal = which airlines have pilots in the program, Luber said. Only volunteer = pilots who meet federal screening requirements - including psychological = evaluations and criminal background checks - will be allowed to carry = handguns, Luber said. The Air Line Pilots Association worked closely = with the TSA to develop the program. It also nominated 36 of the 48 = pilots in the inaugural class. Association spokesman John Mazor said = union officials will observe the training and then offer suggestions on = how to improve it. "Not every plane is going to have a pilot who is = armed," Mazor said. "But you won't know if your pilot is armed or not, = and that's the deterrent." The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center = in Glynco, near Brunswick, is run by the U.S. Department of Homeland = Security. It trains agents and officers for 76 federal agencies. ***************************************************=20 The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James)=20 escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx=20 Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/=20 Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.carstt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt ********************************************************* Yahoo! Groups Sponsor=20 =20 =20 SkyOne--The Airline News Channel To Post message: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 List owner: Skyone-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Skyone URL: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone=20 Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.=20