Comments on: Oopsie http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197595 Eric Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:59:30 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197595 Oop. I responded to this post in my blog post aggregator before realizing there is a later post with a quote from Huebl. Dang. Oop. I responded to this post in my blog post aggregator before realizing there is a later post with a quote from Huebl. Dang.

]]> By: Eric http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197594 Eric Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:53:24 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197594 You may be interested in another view/background info here: Gun Accident in Airline Cockpit was TSA Engineered! http://www.crimefilenews.com/2008/03/gun-accident-in-airliner-cockpit-was.html TSA Arrogance Threatens Safety Of Air Travelers-Classified Information http://www.crimefilenews.com/2007/12/tsa-arrogance-threatens-safety-of-air.html Having a stupid system to lock up a gun does not relieve the pilot from the responsibility of NOT putting his finger on the trigger unless he has a terrorist forehead against the muzzle, but adding complexity to the process with trigger locks, boxes, taking in-and-out, just adds more opportunities to fail. The pistol should be in holster on the pilot, and it should stay there from the time he puts it on well before the flight until he takes it off, well after the flight. elb p.s. Trivia note: Huebl notes that pilots are have been issued both Sigs and HKs. You may be interested in another view/background info here:

Gun Accident in Airline Cockpit was TSA Engineered!
http://www.crimefilenews.com/2008/03/gun-accident-in-airliner-cockpit-was.html

TSA Arrogance Threatens Safety Of Air Travelers-Classified Information
http://www.crimefilenews.com/2007/12/tsa-arrogance-threatens-safety-of-air.html

Having a stupid system to lock up a gun does not relieve the pilot from the responsibility of NOT putting his finger on the trigger unless he has a terrorist forehead against the muzzle, but adding complexity to the process with trigger locks, boxes, taking in-and-out, just adds more opportunities to fail. The pistol should be in holster on the pilot, and it should stay there from the time he puts it on well before the flight until he takes it off, well after the flight.

elb

p.s. Trivia note: Huebl notes that pilots are have been issued both Sigs and HKs.

]]> By: gattsuru http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197590 gattsuru Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:29:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197590 Amazingly, the entire plane did not spontaneously explode from a half-inch hole. Amazingly, the entire plane did not spontaneously explode from a half-inch hole.

]]> By: Tam http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197583 Tam Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:30:59 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197583 If it was an FDO it was an HK, not a Glock. You don't get to tote whatever you want on the flight deck. You get to carry an HK with the LEM trigger. (In other words, a light double action with no manual safety.) If it was an FDO it was an HK, not a Glock.

You don’t get to tote whatever you want on the flight deck. You get to carry an HK with the LEM trigger. (In other words, a light double action with no manual safety.)

]]> By: HardCorps http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197580 HardCorps Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:26:43 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197580 glock leg? gee never heard of 1911 leg or we might not have won WWII. glock leg? gee never heard of 1911 leg or we might not have won WWII.

]]> By: Standard Mischief http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-197569 Standard Mischief Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:17:10 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/25/oopsie-3/#comment-197569 When pilots started carrying firearms again, they didn't actually get the right to bear arms back. They had to pass some goverment approval thingy and were issued firearms. (I'm too lazy to google, but that's what I recall) So <em>pilot</em> and <em>Air Marshal</em> might both be technically correct. When pilots started carrying firearms again, they didn’t actually get the right to bear arms back. They had to pass some goverment approval thingy and were issued firearms. (I’m too lazy to google, but that’s what I recall)

So pilot and Air Marshal might both be technically correct.

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