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Transportation Security Chief Approves Armed Pilot Program

Steve Scott

Monday, March 3rd, 2003

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Pilots decry requirement to carry guns in locked boxes when not in cockpit An initiative to arm volunteer U.S. airline pilots with handguns took a major step forward last week when Adm. James Loy, head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), approved the program's selection, training and operational details. The program immediately encountered flack from pilot associations, who criticized the TSA's requirement that pilots carry guns to and from their aircraft in lockboxes, rather than in concealed holsters. Once inside…

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