<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Jim Quan:
Another scenario: could the agent have identified himself on boarding and even visited the cockpit and offered to surrender his weapon for the duration of the flight?
Jim</font>
I may be wrong, but Federal agents (FBI, Secret Service, etc.) are required to carry their weapons.
Frankly, I would be a happy camper, if he would be on a flight that I was taking.
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