Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - CX bulletproof

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/04/04/cockpit.doors.ap/
I SPOKE WITH A CX CAPTAIN YESTERDAY WHO TOLD ME CX HAD ALREADY COMPLIED

And do I feel in the slightest bit safer in the air? Not a bit.

Now guns in the cockpit is a bit worrying. I hope the airlines will lets us know when there are guns on a flight so that we can choose whether this is something we want to buy or something we want to avoid. I note that in 1999 nearly three times as many people in the USA were killed by accidental discharge of firearms (824) as by legal intervention with firearms (299). (Source: US National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm )

Why do we think it is likely to be any different in an aeroplane from anywhere else?

[This message has been edited by christep (edited 04-22-2003).]

I understood that only some of the CX aircraft have the bulletproof doors fitted... Wasn't that why when HXD went technical CX had to sub a 346 for SFO because that was the only aircraft they had available for the reinforced doors?

Incidentally, HXD opped down to AKL on Apr 16 and Sydney had a 340 service for CX100/1 (presumably because of SFO taking the 346) which hacked me off as I had been looking forward to seeing the 346 in Sydney.

As an aside, does anyone know if HXD is in 34C or 343 config?

[This message has been edited by B-HXB (edited 04-22-2003).]

thanks christep I used your figures in another thread on flyertalk
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