I have another thread going on this but they are also exempt from security screening. Like they just bypass the whole thing. Regular crew can too but they get “randomed” at about a 70% rate. I considered doing this for the perks but it would’ve made me a cop so I didn’t.

But hey it’s always fun to know that I’ll occasionally sit next to a guy that could just blow my brains out

Imagine going through all the bullshit required to become a pilot, and then adding on top of that all the bullshit that is no doubt required to get permission to carry a gun onto the plane you're flying, and then throwing that all away because you don't wanna just go land the plane where it has to land due to an emergency. What the fuck is going on in American brains? My man you're getting paid to fly the damn plane where it's gotta go why are you gonna throw your whole life away over it not going exactly where you thought it was gonna go

I'm almost amazed that FFDO isn't already part of pop culture because a decade ago somebody (Will Ferrell?) played a fictionalized version of a such a cowboy dipshit in a big budget Hollywood comedy. All you need is the right title. Flight Cop?