New York Post quotes OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine

OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine, who is a major airline pilot, was quoted for a story concerning New York Mayor Bloomberg's comments that the NY City Hall shooter slipped past security the same way pilots and "stewardesses" do at airports.

The only disappointment in this very short story is how much of Irvine's comments were not printed. In the interview, he explained that these types of shootings are much more prevalent in areas where firearms are banned. The Post also recently printed an op-ed from John Lott, who addressed the same issue.

Once again we see that victim zones exclusions exacerbate the problem.

Aviators fuming over Bloomberg's remarks about security
New York Post
Jul 25, 2003
pg. 005

Mayor Bloomberg's off-the-cuff remark in defense of a hole in City Hall security - saying officials were allowed to bypass metal detectors just like airline pilots and flight crews do - had aviators fuming.

"He's 100 percent wrong," said Jim Irvine, a pilot flying out of La Guardia Airport yesterday. "He has no idea what he's talking about . . . He's ignorant!"

Pilots and flight attendants go through the same security as passengers, said Capt. Sam Mayer, chairman of the New York Allied Pilots Association.