Wow, so the presumed defender against a hijacking is likely to be the hijacker by using the gun to tell the captain what to and not to do.
Dunn then allegedly "told the captain they would be shot multiple times" if the flight was diverted, the inspector general said. Dunn was authorized to carry a gun as part of the Transportation Safety Administration's Federal Flight Deck Officer program, the inspector general said. Federal flight deck officers are airline pilots authorized by the TSA to be armed in the cockpit on domestic flights. They undergo special training to do so and are provided with a TSA-issued weapon to defend the flight deck against an attempted hijacking