armsmaster270
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At least you wouldn't have to worry about it getting lifted out of your suitcase and wait for your bag to be inspected.
If law permitted CCW on Airlines with a 8 hour training course would you do it?
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praetorian97
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God Bless America......
praetorian97
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My rebuttal to that is how non experienced shooters get tunnel vision. I dont care if you shoot every weekend. Thats not the "experience" I am referring too.
You simply cant learn that in an 8 hour course.
You simply cant learn that in an 8 hour course.
MidwestRookie
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not a chance in hell..
I'd stop flying if any idiot could take an 8-hour class and bring a gun on to a plane..
thank goodness this will never happen, so CCW crazies can keep their crap opinions that any place is ok to carry to themselves..case in point:
just dumb..not even worth a response.
I'd stop flying if any idiot could take an 8-hour class and bring a gun on to a plane..
thank goodness this will never happen, so CCW crazies can keep their crap opinions that any place is ok to carry to themselves..case in point:
just dumb..not even worth a response.
hardworker
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The problem is that many people who CCW think they are part of some elite group of do-gooders. They think that all CCWers will be able to make the perfect shot at the most opportune time, save the day, get the girl, blah blah blah...
The truth is I know people who own guns that shouldn't. I definitely don't want them on an airplane with one. Legally, they're no different from a responsible gun owner. That means they are entitled to the same rights as one as far as the law goes. Doesn't mean I trust them.
The truth is I know people who own guns that shouldn't. I definitely don't want them on an airplane with one. Legally, they're no different from a responsible gun owner. That means they are entitled to the same rights as one as far as the law goes. Doesn't mean I trust them.
Archie Bunker Gives His Opinion
While I know the liberal producers of the show are trying to make gun people look stupid, this is funny. Archie suggests arming all plane passengers in order to stop skyjackings. Priceless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjNJI54GMM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
While I know the liberal producers of the show are trying to make gun people look stupid, this is funny. Archie suggests arming all plane passengers in order to stop skyjackings. Priceless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjNJI54GMM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
praetorian97
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DITTO!
Ah so CCW alone qualifies us as crazy..... Do you carry a cop with you? Whats faster my right hand to my lawfully carried and employed pistol to save my life from a intended life threatening attack or calling 911?
Tell you want next time your around Minny look me up and I will get the kids cap gun out and you can pretend to be a BG and I will fire off a cap and our spouses can time it and then you can do the same and then we can google the police response times for where you live and see whos faster.....
The winner buys lunch and the loose buys the brew or whatever your taste in refreshment runs too.
Feel how you wish but your cell phone call time reaction from law enforcement will NEVER be faster than a lawful CCW Carrier with any reasonable amount of practice.......
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Ah so CCW alone qualifies us as crazy..... Do you carry a cop with you? Whats faster my right hand to my lawfully carried and employed pistol to save my life from a intended life threatening attack or calling 911?
Tell you want next time your around Minny look me up and I will get the kids cap gun out and you can pretend to be a BG and I will fire off a cap and our spouses can time it and then you can do the same and then we can google the police response times for where you live and see whos faster.....
Its the "It can never happen to me" crowd.......
Feel how you wish but your cell phone call time reaction from law enforcement will NEVER be faster than a lawful CCW Carrier with any reasonable amount of practice.......
Simmer down man, he didn't say all CCW holders are crazy, he said, "CCW crazies," which is a subset (that certainly does exist).
WayneinFL, based on the typical shooter I see at the range, when I go to a range, I would NOT want them trying to make a critical shot in an airplane packed with people. I would especially not want them to do that if they were firing toward the front end, where the pilots, controls, and avionics are clustered.
I know Federal Air Marshals. I know Federal Flight Deck Officers. I have a rough idea of the training they go through.
Trust me when I say it's way more than eight hours. Trust me when I say the FAMs shoot at a whole different level than most shooters, even the ones who compete on a fairly regular basis. (Unless those competitors train to shoot, around non-targets, while people to the sides hurl objects at them.)
I know Federal Air Marshals. I know Federal Flight Deck Officers. I have a rough idea of the training they go through.
Trust me when I say it's way more than eight hours. Trust me when I say the FAMs shoot at a whole different level than most shooters, even the ones who compete on a fairly regular basis. (Unless those competitors train to shoot, around non-targets, while people to the sides hurl objects at them.)
MidwestRookie
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Ralgha said:
thanks for helping him understand...this is exactly what I mean.
anyone know what exactly would happen when someone decides a shot fired is necessary, that shot misses everything and goes through the body of the plane or through one of the windows?
It can't be like movies where a giant hole opens up and sucks everyone out I assume, but there has to be some kind of pressure loss..anyone got an educated guess?
FBI's Hostage Rescue Team: No Heroes...
The motto of the elite HRT or Hostage Rescue Team is To Save Lives.
The author of the non-fiction book No Heroes is the FBI agent who started the unit.
That & Cold Zero are good reads & provide insight into real spec ops/hostage rescue training.
The motto of the elite HRT or Hostage Rescue Team is To Save Lives.
The author of the non-fiction book No Heroes is the FBI agent who started the unit.
That & Cold Zero are good reads & provide insight into real spec ops/hostage rescue training.
MidWestRookie,
A quick summary of the idea:
Bullet hole is not that large, and would most likely result in a very gradual depressurization, and most likely the aircraft would be able to maintain a fair amount of pressure.
Windows are usually in two plies, and are not prone to disintegrating easily. Assuming a complete failure of both window layers, and loss of a window, the aircraft would depressurize rapidly, but would not suck a human body out, nor cause the airplane to come apart.
Since somebody brought up "explosive decompression" in a post since then, I'll go over that in this post.
Worst case, what we'd call "explosive decompression" is not fun, but should not be fatal. In such a case, where pressure drops to outside levels in a matter of a second (or several seconds), there may be sinus injuries and ear-drum injuries. It will get cold; mist will form in the air. The aircraft's automated systems should sense the drop in cabin pressure, and drop oxygen masks without any inputs from the flight station. You've all had the flight attendant's briefing on how to use those.
Of course, the flight station has the ability to actively drop those masks, by flipping a switch or pulling a lever, depending on the aircraft.
And the flight attendants have a tool they can use to open the oxygen mask panels for each row of seats.
At the first indication of loss of pressure, the pilots (and flight engineer, if the aircraft has one) will put on quick-donning oxygen masks, with positive pressure, from a separate oxygen system. Such systems are designed to give the flight station crew over two hours (up to 3.5 hours) of oxygen. In other words, the pilots may experience physical discomfort (sinuses, ears, possible gas pains in the digestive tract), but should otherwise be able to function normally, due to the supplemental, positive-pressure oxygen.
Assuming the terrain below will allow it, after donning their masks and flipping the switch or pulling the lever to release passenger masks (that should have dropped already, but it's a redundancy thing), the pilots will initiate an emergency descent. This will typically result in a descent rate of 4,500-6,000fpm. From a typical cruise level of FL370 (37,000 ft MSL), the aircraft should be able to get down to 10,000' in five minutes or so, which is well within the endurance of the passenger oxygen system. At that point, oxygen is not necessary.
The worst case scenario would involve a transoceanic flight, with explosive decompression past the point of no return. (This is nominally half-way, but winds play a factor. Flying west into the jet stream - which may be 175-200kts - point of no return is past half-way in terms of distance, as there's a headwind going west but a tailwind if the plane turns around.) In such a case, the ability to descend to 10,000' may be iffy, as jet engines consume much more fuel at low altitudes; fuel consumption at 10,000 is over twice the consumption at FL370.
The next worst case would be over mountainous terrain. The crew won't descend below 2000' above the highest peak within 25NM. However, they will also be turning toward the nearest suitable field, and getting away from the high terrain as quickly as possible.
Going back to the concept of the thread, though, the real threat to passengers' lives would not be decompression, nor damage to control or fuel lines, or even damage to the pilots. The more likely threat would be bullets being fired by guys with 8-hr training certificates in an aluminum tube packed sardine-tight with people.
A quick summary of the idea:
Bullet hole is not that large, and would most likely result in a very gradual depressurization, and most likely the aircraft would be able to maintain a fair amount of pressure.
Windows are usually in two plies, and are not prone to disintegrating easily. Assuming a complete failure of both window layers, and loss of a window, the aircraft would depressurize rapidly, but would not suck a human body out, nor cause the airplane to come apart.
Since somebody brought up "explosive decompression" in a post since then, I'll go over that in this post.
Worst case, what we'd call "explosive decompression" is not fun, but should not be fatal. In such a case, where pressure drops to outside levels in a matter of a second (or several seconds), there may be sinus injuries and ear-drum injuries. It will get cold; mist will form in the air. The aircraft's automated systems should sense the drop in cabin pressure, and drop oxygen masks without any inputs from the flight station. You've all had the flight attendant's briefing on how to use those.
Of course, the flight station has the ability to actively drop those masks, by flipping a switch or pulling a lever, depending on the aircraft.
And the flight attendants have a tool they can use to open the oxygen mask panels for each row of seats.
At the first indication of loss of pressure, the pilots (and flight engineer, if the aircraft has one) will put on quick-donning oxygen masks, with positive pressure, from a separate oxygen system. Such systems are designed to give the flight station crew over two hours (up to 3.5 hours) of oxygen. In other words, the pilots may experience physical discomfort (sinuses, ears, possible gas pains in the digestive tract), but should otherwise be able to function normally, due to the supplemental, positive-pressure oxygen.
Assuming the terrain below will allow it, after donning their masks and flipping the switch or pulling the lever to release passenger masks (that should have dropped already, but it's a redundancy thing), the pilots will initiate an emergency descent. This will typically result in a descent rate of 4,500-6,000fpm. From a typical cruise level of FL370 (37,000 ft MSL), the aircraft should be able to get down to 10,000' in five minutes or so, which is well within the endurance of the passenger oxygen system. At that point, oxygen is not necessary.
The worst case scenario would involve a transoceanic flight, with explosive decompression past the point of no return. (This is nominally half-way, but winds play a factor. Flying west into the jet stream - which may be 175-200kts - point of no return is past half-way in terms of distance, as there's a headwind going west but a tailwind if the plane turns around.) In such a case, the ability to descend to 10,000' may be iffy, as jet engines consume much more fuel at low altitudes; fuel consumption at 10,000 is over twice the consumption at FL370.
The next worst case would be over mountainous terrain. The crew won't descend below 2000' above the highest peak within 25NM. However, they will also be turning toward the nearest suitable field, and getting away from the high terrain as quickly as possible.
Going back to the concept of the thread, though, the real threat to passengers' lives would not be decompression, nor damage to control or fuel lines, or even damage to the pilots. The more likely threat would be bullets being fired by guys with 8-hr training certificates in an aluminum tube packed sardine-tight with people.
Glockfan36
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I voted for the third option
...not because I'm crazy,or paranoid,or fancy myself some kind of QUICK-DRAW EXPERT GUN HERO or anything.I carry a concealed weapon for one reason-to extract myself and those I care about from a bad situation. So, if I save someone else's life in the process, so be it. End of discussion.
...not because I'm crazy,or paranoid,or fancy myself some kind of QUICK-DRAW EXPERT GUN HERO or anything.I carry a concealed weapon for one reason-to extract myself and those I care about from a bad situation. So, if I save someone else's life in the process, so be it. End of discussion.