Embarrassing JetBlue snafu! Airline pilot loses gun and flight gets grounded

[baldguy]

The Transportation Security Administration is probing Michael Connery Jr. after an embarrassing mixup nearly sent his government-issued firearm to Florida, while he was due to fly to Pennsylvania.

Connery, who is licensed by the TSA to pack heat in the cockpit, was the scheduled co-pilot on an 8:10 a.m. flight out of JFK to Pittsburgh, law enforcement sources said.

While he waited to board the plane, he placed his bag down and chatted up another pilot.

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Connery was so freaked out over losing it that he waited nearly 40 minutes before telling his bosses about the screwup, the sources said.

more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/01/14/2011-01-14_airhead_pilot_loses_gun_is_grounded.html#ixzz1B3dU8kbm

Great! The TSA is letting Homer Simpson fly a plane & carry a handgun in the air!