Next time, dont keep your visit a secret. Trust you didnt get TOO wet - it's been kinda damp here recently. Most flights in/out of YVR last week were on floats! Liam. YVR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx> To: "The Airline List" <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Liam Tully" <lrtully@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Sky-1] First group of airline pilots set to begin firearms training > ..Hey, Liam, > > In my book, I could live in YVR, if the weather were > more like Georgia weather (that I am used to)! (we > were in Victoria and YVR last week!)..... > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > Very impressed with the Vancouver and Brunswick, GA > areas..... > > > --- Liam Tully <lrtully@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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.