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Originally Posted by AMF
767 and I can just agree to disagree. I only asked that he explain to me the pieces that I seem to be missing.
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Let me say this again, VERY SLOWLY this time. Please pay attention. The program we are speaking about is highly classified arm of the Department of Homeland Security. I am not at liberty to discuss the details of how it operates. Most reasonable people understand the reasons why. Obviously, you are not amongst them. I am not at liberty to discuss if I am a member of the program, what training those in the program receive, where the training is given, how long it is, what is involved, how many pilots are participating, what type of equipment is used, what the rules of engagement are, what issues there may or may not be with the equipment used, etc.
Suffice to say, there have been some issues raised with regard to some of the equipment used, the limitations and risks of that equipment and the carry rules, etc. I cannot discuss the specifics of those issues. There have been other accidental discharges in the program, just as there have been in any department of Law Enforcement. This accidental discharge was NOT completely operator related. This one gets press because it was the first in an actual aircraft.
Again, you have awfully strong opinions for a person who knows virtually nothing of the program, the equipment, or the people involved. I will no longer waste my time on this issue with you, as I have no time for people who make
purposely provocative blanket statements in a vacuum of knowledge.
The pilots who volunteer for this program are solid people, loyal Americans who donate vast amounts of their own time and money to protect their aircraft and passengers from another tragedy like 9/11. They train on their time off, they pay their way back and forth to training and re-qualification, they pay for their room and board, they re-qualify at specified intervals during the year, all on their own time and money. They display more integrity and commitment to the public good in a day than most people do in a year. You want to hang this guy because in your completely clueless opinion he MAY have made a mistake? You should be ashamed of yourself.
Good bye.