Originally Posted by
billinaz
Yea, thats it. Give em a fair trial............................... then hang em.
As I said, the round in the chamber was a prudent, acceptable, standard, safe thing to do.Funny, I see airline pilots driving 5000 pound bullets (cars) drunk, and they are aimed at innocent families.
Yet, they continue to keep their Medical Certificates and the FAA takes no enforcement action on their pilot certificates. I dont hear people screaming to pull their flying status because of this.... so why because of an ACCIDENT?
Maybe they should lose their pilots license if they are caught driving drunk. If their decision making process is so flawed as to think that it is acceptable to drive drunk, what makes you think they won't do it in the airplane. Some do, actually. Having a round in the chamber may be a prudent thing to do for a police officer on duty who has handled a weapon every day for the past 15 years, but stories such as this indicate why it is NOT always the best choice for a pilot whose primary job is to fly the plane. A pilot is going to have more time to react to a disturbance on the plane that may lead to a hijacking than a police officer confronted face to face with an armed criminal. I disagree that there was anything 'accidental' about the discharge of this firearm, unless it simply went off in the pilots leg holster, which I seriously doubt. Someone pulled the trigger.