Remember that pilot who's pistol discharged...

[AMF]

Originally Posted by 427 S/O

AMF, speaking of banned!, could your limited presents here be the result of same?. After what! 15-20 post and you attack!. Who are you?.

I didn't attack anyone...personally or otherwise. We were having an adult debate about the issue.

I'm not speaking to just this thread, if you go into several of the other threads, MEAT has gotten into some juvenile (albeit typical these days) arguments in several threads.

Moreover, he JUMPS into this thread and his first post directed at me is contrite.

There's no prerequisite for posts to state your opinion or have an adult debate about things. That's what the lounge is for (on most sites). It's healthy, for people to discuss things, even heatedly. But name calling and just being a general jerk about things isn't stimulating or beneficial....it's just a nuisance.

767 and I can just agree to disagree. I only asked that he explain to me the pieces that I seem to be missing.

[767Jockey]

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.

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.

[meat]

Originally Posted by AMF

I didn't attack anyone...personally or otherwise.

Well, THAT'S certainly untrue.

Originally Posted by AMF

Moreover, he JUMPS into this thread and his first post directed at me is contrite.

Contrite? Hardly.

Smart assed? Certainly.

And - as a bonus just for you - I'm going to throw in a big ol' cup o' disrespectful as well from here on out. It's clear that I'm (obviously) smarter, wittier, a snappier dresser, a lightyears better writer, and have a far better grasp of the English language than you do. This observation is based your erroneous belief that I would ever write in a way that could be considered 'contrite' to someone who attacks others - like you've attacked both myself and 767 - without provocation and then flat-out lies about it. Maybe it's your tenuous pinky-grip of English, but the tone of your posts all seem to be angry and confrontational.

Now ... if you want to have an 'adult' conversation as you've alluded to repeatedly, I encourage you to do so ... and to change the tone of your posts as well.

It would be a welcome change from your attack posts.

Your pal,
Meat.