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Estabrook:
Arm our pilots now — among other steps
In order to restore faith immediately in our nation’s air travel industry, it is time for the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and air carrier certificate holders to authorize the carriage of sidearms by all commercial airline pilots in the United States. Existing regulations permit such carriage (see Title 14, Chapter 1, Subchapter F, Part 108), and training should begin at once.
Long-term firearm safety courses could become permanent fixtures of commercial airline pilot training. Carriage of such weapons should be mandatory, as it is for police officers, Secret Service details and sky marshals...
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