[ RadSafe ] World’s Pilots Reject Naked Body Scanners Over Radiation Danger, Privacy Breach (re-sending without images)

[Doug Huffman]

The Federal Flight Deck Officers program was instituted by the FAA with 
federal requirements for arming volunteer pilots.  One requirement was 
for securing the pistol in a standard padlocking holster prior to 
landing and after reaching altitude.

There was much media hype when a pistol discharged as the pilot was 
engaging the padlock.

On 11/8/2010 19:00, Brennan, Mike (DOH) wrote:
> Pilots already have control of the plane.
 >Indeed, in the post-911 search for security, it was proposed that 
pilots be
 >given guns (I do not know if any airlines adopted this policy).
>