Pilot Sacked Over Cockpit Gunfire Reinstated

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An arbitrator has ruled the US Airways pilot whose government-issue gun accidentally went off in flight can have his job back. Jim Langenhahn was fired after the 2008 incident and his union is welcoming the arbitration decision. "The company overreacted," union spokesman James Ray told CBC news. "Captain Langenhahn has had a distinguished and untarnished record in his time at US Airways." Langenhahn's pistol shot a hole through the aircraft's fuselage, but the Department of Homeland Security helped his case when it faulted the design of the captain's holster. However, the Transportation Security Adminstration, which oversees the Federal Flight Deck Officer program claims, the same holster design has been used by thousands of pilots without incident.

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