Originally Posted by etch5895

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.