Is A Pilot With A Firearm Permit Now Unable To Bring Liquids?Gels Onboard?
Aug 12, 2006, 12:50 pm
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Is A Pilot With A Firearm Permit Now Unable To Bring Liquids?Gels Onboard?
Mod- If you need to merge/move/close please do, but this thought just occurred to me although, I'm sure others have posted about it. If TSA does not allow a pilot with a firearm permit to bring toothpaste onboard, I believe I might go into a temporary state of shock. There ARE pilots in the airline permitted firearm program, yes?
Aug 12, 2006, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by kaukau
Mod- If you need to merge/move/close please do, but this thought just occurred to me although, I'm sure others have posted about it. If TSA does not allow a pilot with a firearm permit to bring toothpaste onboard, I believe I might go into a temporary state of shock. There ARE pilots in the airline permitted firearm program, yes?
Aug 12, 2006, 2:32 pm
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A guy I used to work with had several connections from his days in the special forces, and was a deputy federal marshall despite the fact he worked as a software consultant.
Now, marshalls are allowed to carry firearms on planes outside of situations such as prisoner transport, unlike the police. Since he could bring a gun, wonder if he would also be allowed to bring water?
Maybe I need to see what it would take to be deputized.
Now, marshalls are allowed to carry firearms on planes outside of situations such as prisoner transport, unlike the police. Since he could bring a gun, wonder if he would also be allowed to bring water?
Maybe I need to see what it would take to be deputized.
Aug 12, 2006, 4:03 pm
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Nothng about this Aqua-Ban Ban Carnival suprises me any more. Banning water must have a good reason. Perhaps there is something in the water TSA management drinks that causes temporary insanity. They are only trying to protect us from the same fate.
If I saw this press release today, I would think it is real:
"FAA announces new study results: Dehydrated pilots with chapped lips are irritated thus less likely to fall asleep. This increases passenger safety.
TSA announces a clarification for pilots and FAMs carrying guns, who may still carry loaded guns provided they use lead bullets. They are subject to the gel ban, thus they are no longer permitted to use rubber bullets."
If I saw this press release today, I would think it is real:
"FAA announces new study results: Dehydrated pilots with chapped lips are irritated thus less likely to fall asleep. This increases passenger safety.
TSA announces a clarification for pilots and FAMs carrying guns, who may still carry loaded guns provided they use lead bullets. They are subject to the gel ban, thus they are no longer permitted to use rubber bullets."