Obama now wants to disarm U.S. pilots (to make it easier to hijack the planes)

[Sandy Eggo]

What makes you think a pilot is necessarily more stable than a hijacker?

[Ma and Pa]

I just appreciate that they're more stable than ME!   

[Exterminator]

Would that be one coming from a hijacker or a pilot?

How does a hijacker get a gun onto an airplane?

[Exterminator]

And airline pilots tend to be a highly trained, very well disciplined lot, in general, often with a military background.

Uh, I'm a skydiver so I know a lot of pilots and this simply isn't true.  In fact, a good friend of mine who flies in the left seat had some trauma in his life a few years back for which he should have gotten counseling but he avoided doing so for fear he'd lose his license.

[me]

Uh, I'm a skydiver so I know a lot of pilots and this simply isn't true.  In fact, a good friend of mine who flies in the left seat had some trauma in his life a few years back for which he should have gotten counseling but he avoided doing so for fear he'd lose his license.

You're talking about a small aircraft pilot not a pilot on a commercial airliner. Aren't there two, or more, different types of license's and a total different set of requirements from one to the other?

[Exterminator]

You're talking about a small aircraft pilot not a pilot on a commercial airliner. Aren't there two, or more, different types of license's and a total different set of requirements from one to the other?

Uh, no...my friend flies an Airbus A300 and if you had a clue, you would recognize that the reference to flying in the left seat means that he is a captain in an aircraft that requires two pilots.  There are plenty of commercial pilots who also skydive.

[Sandy Eggo]

That seems like a catch 22 - unable to get needed help for fear of losing your job. Poor guy.

[Ma and Pa]

Please refer to my post: I said airline pilots...in general....
I try not to say always or never, because there are usually (see, I did it again) exceptions to be found. And I stand by my post: Airline pilots, like surgeons and MOST teachers tend to take their jobs pretty seriously while on duty. If they need to get crazy off duty to decompress, I'm not the one to throw stones. Hope this clarifies.

[kimmi]

How about this - I don't want anyone in the cabin of the plane I'm in to have a gun!!!  That includes the pilot!! 

[me]

I don't intend to be in a plane.  I'm one of those people who feels that if I had been meant to fly I would have been given wings.

[Ma and Pa]

kimmi: I don't want anyone in the cabin of a plane I'm in to NEED a gun. But if a gun were needed, I'd rather it be in the hands of one of the "good guys". No disrespect intended to you for your dislike of firearms.

[me]

Uh, no...my friend flies an Airbus A300 and if you had a clue, you would recognize that the reference to flying in the left seat means that he is a captain in an aircraft that requires two pilots.  There are plenty of commercial pilots who also skydive.

That's why I asked instead to stated.  My uncle used to have his license and so did my aunt but I never got into the license end of it because I didn't care.  They are both in their 80's now so had to give it up due to failing health but my Uncle did do some commercial stuff, although not on a large scale, and also taught. 

[me]

Who initially gave them the power to carry weapons?

Congress did and Bush didn't think it was a good idea either so I have no clue why he even signed the bill unless it was stuffed in with a bill he couldn't not sign.  Didn't bother to check it out that far. 
(the double negative was on purpose Ex)

[Exterminator]

That's why I asked instead to stated.

No, you said, "You're talking about a small aircraft pilot not a pilot on a commercial airliner," and you were wrong.

[me]

No, you said, "You're talking about a small aircraft pilot not a pilot on a commercial airliner," and you were wrong.

I've never known anyone to parachute from a commercial airliner.  That is what I was referring to, you knowing pilots because you were a skydiver.

Uh, I'm a skydiver so I know a lot of pilots and this simply isn't true.  In fact, a good friend of mine who flies in the left seat had some trauma in his life a few years back for which he should have gotten counseling but he avoided doing so for fear he'd lose his license.