I agree with you 100%! Very nice area. My concern is with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Facility. NIMBY - especially knowing that one of the trainee's could very well be the Capt. on my next flight.... If we must have this facility, stick it out in desert somewhere. They even have a few nice golf courses in GA! Liam. YVR. Fan of a Canadian picking up a "Green Jacket" in Agusta this afternoon. > ....Actually, the Brunswick, GA area is a GREAT place > to live! Nearby St. Simons Island, and Sea Island > probably has as many multi-million dollar beach > 'Houses' as Nice or Monte Carlo.....Wish I could > afford to live in that area. Brunswick itself is > fairly middle to lower class, but it is far from being > a hole.... > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > FAN of St. Simons and Sea Island and Brunswick, where > you can get great Seafood... > > --- Liam Tully <lrtully@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com