Re: Good grief ...

John_H wrote:
> the_dawggie wrote:
>> F$%^king hell, I carried a gun on an aircraft in the early 1990s (in
>> stored baggage not cabin), 1980's walked down the street with one.
> 
> The law was changed around 1990/91.  Prior to that concealable
> firearms licences used to be accompanied with the instructions for
> taking a licensed pistol onto a commercial aircraft.  It involved
> notifying the pilot, who then had the option of allowing the holder to
> carry it in the cabin (suitably concealed of course) or taking it into
> his own care.  IIRC there was nothing to prevent it from being carried
> loaded.
> 
> For some odd reason, aircraft hijackings were rare in those days!  :)
> 
Some years back at the club one of the members was a pilot for an arab 
airline and he used to always go armed in the cockpit , watching him 
practise my thoughts were any one trying to gain control was really 
gonna be in the ****e .