[IP] Armed Pilot's Gun Goes Missing

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:53:18 -0800
From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>
Subject: Armed Pilot's Gun Goes Missing
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>

Thought you might like this for IP:

From AvWeb a web aviation magazine at http://www.avweb.com:

Armed Pilot's Gun Goes Missing

By Russ Niles
Newswriter, Editor

Southwest Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration are
investigating the disappearance of a Federal Flight Deck Officer's
(FFDO's) semi-automatic pistol stowed in his luggage aboard a flight
from Las Vegas to Oakland. The pilots blame the TSA's insistence that
the weapons be checked in baggage, when they are deadheading, for the
disappearance of the guns. Pilots say that instead of picking up their
gun-laden luggage from the cargo area, as the rules state, they often
find it on the carousel with the rest of the passengers' bags. [...]

Full article:
http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_11a/briefs/186852-1.html

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