Quote Originally Posted by Floatsflyer View Post
Your enthusiasm for "common sense" rationalizing makes me very curious about 3 things that I hope you'll answer:

Why would a fully qualified pilot hired to fly airplanes so willingly accept the added and far lesser(and more dangerous) role of armed security guard?

Were you provided with proper and formal training to carry out the armed security role?

As a non-military commercial pilot flying presumably for a private company(unless it was Air America), what places were you flying to that required the need for armed security?

Sorry about all the BS you've gotten in response to a straight forward and honest question on this topic! First check your state laws on concealed carry they define where you cannot carry. Some states exclude airports. Next check with the airport authority that is in question as they may possibly prohibit even when state law does not. CC is different than Transporting. In most cases you can Transport (unloaded and cased) as long as you do not enter a SIDA area. Only law enforcement or military can carry inside any SIDA area. This is the part of the airport where commercial part 121 and some 135 operations are conducted. Charter and scheduled operations. If in doubt unload it,case it, and lock in the trunk or glove box and you should be fine.