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April 18, 2008

US Airways Gun-In-Cockpit Incident: Pilot to be Fired?

Filed under: Travel Safety, News, Pilots — Rick Seaney @ 9:46 am

US Airways is keeping mum, but CNN is reporting that a pilot who accidentally fired his handgun in midflight last month will be axed. That’s per a spokesman for the Federal Flight Deck Officers Association (and here’s their website); the pilot is a member of the group.

You may recall that the pilot was legally allowed to have that gun and he had been trained in its proper use. It just wasn’t supposed to go off like that. No one was hurt in the March incident, but this could have been a real tragedy.

I don’t mind that some pilots are armed, and I know accidents happen. But some accidents are unforgivable. That wasn’t the case here, but I sure don’t want to read about similar incidents in the future…
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