Originally Posted by Dovster
In other words, an unarmed drunk pilot would be okay?
No, it means that we seem to place a lot of faith in background checks or other equally stupid means of determining who is a threat and who isn't. TSA employees don't get shoe harassment, or for that matter, much harassment at all if they don't alarm at the WTMD. TSA management can bypass the WTMD, or at least not get checked out if they alarm at the WTMD. And thousands of airline/airport employees bypass the checkpoint entirely each day.
The point is that we harass travelers needlessly but give guns to those who could turn on us at any moment by blowing a fuse or showing up drunk.
It's time to stop the hypocrisy.