[President Obama’s Plan To
Kill Armed Pilot Program by Brian Darling] "The
President’s wants to end the Federal Flight Deck
Officer Program (FFDO), also known as the armed
pilots program. If Congress were to follow President
Obama’s recommendation contained in his $3.8
trillion FY2013 budget proposal, they would be
making a huge mistake. This anti-terrorism program
has been a success and a cost effective means to
protect the cockpits of commercial aviation from
9-11 style terrorism.
The President’s budget lists the FFDO program as one
of the few “cuts” to federal spending. They have
reduced the program from the $25 million they
received this year to $12 million for FY2013. This
massive cut to the program would destroy it.
Consider this evidence that the Obama Administration
would be more happy to rely on intrusive screening
procedures being applied to toddlers, the elderly,
and Senators, rather than pilots with guns to
provide a last line of defense to aviation
terrorism.
There is a saying in sports that the best referees
are the ones you don’t even notice. Not many
Americans understand the breadth and effectiveness
of the armed pilots program, because the program has
been scandal free. Our nation has not experienced
another 9-11 style terrorist attack thanks in no
small part to armed pilots in the cockpits of
commercial aircraft to stop terrorists intent on
using planes as weapons of mass destruction..." Full
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President Obama’s Plan To Kill Armed Pilot Program
Does Obama want
another 9-11?
