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Legally Armed and Dangerous
Aviation Week & Space Technology
June 26, 2000
Reports filed with NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System raise questions about passengers who are legally authorized to carry weapons on board aircraft. Although these passengers are required to have proper identification and follow specific airline notification rules, aircrew have expressed concerns to ASRS over armed federal and government agents who are "white-knuckle" fliers and highly nervous on flights. In related incidents, nervous or forgetful government passengers authorized to carry weapons have left a gun and holster in a lavatory and tucked away in a seatback pocket. Flight crews have the option of requiring the gun to be unloaded and shipped as cargo or deplaning the passenger, ASRS points out. FAA said it is tightening security proceedures for law enforcement officers flying with weapons, including new counterfeit-proof credentials.
Aviation Week & Space Technology
June 26, 2000
Reports filed with NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System raise questions about passengers who are legally authorized to carry weapons on board aircraft. Although these passengers are required to have proper identification and follow specific airline notification rules, aircrew have expressed concerns to ASRS over armed federal and government agents who are "white-knuckle" fliers and highly nervous on flights. In related incidents, nervous or forgetful government passengers authorized to carry weapons have left a gun and holster in a lavatory and tucked away in a seatback pocket. Flight crews have the option of requiring the gun to be unloaded and shipped as cargo or deplaning the passenger, ASRS points out. FAA said it is tightening security proceedures for law enforcement officers flying with weapons, including new counterfeit-proof credentials.
