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Pilots for cockpit defense.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
ITEM: "After a slow start in training pilots to carry guns," said an Associated Press dispatch in the Kansas City Star for August 26th, "the government said ... that it has filled its weekly classes and expects to arm all quailed pilots who volunteer within a year."
The chief of the federal Transportation Security" Administration (TSA), James Loy, criticized for not favoring the program in the first place, "admitted he had wondered why the government would introduce weapons into airplanes when so much effort was going into making them safer. But, he said, 'it's the will of the people.' " BETWEEN THE LINES: Arming pilots will. make airplanes safer, but thus far few pilots have been armed. "They've turned it into a bureaucratic nightmare," said Capt. Phillip Beall of the Airline Pilots of the TSA ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 15, 1992 700+ words
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- Airline Pilots Against Age Discrimination takes fight online.(Airline Pilots...
- Magazine article from: Airline Industry Information November 4, 2004 700+ words
...discrimination by forcing pilots to retire at the age of...reports into the age of pilots, whether the limit should...aircraft is an experienced pilot. A spokesperson for the group said that airline pilots in the US deserve the same...
