Pilots lobby group endorses legislation against MANPADS
The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) on June 9 embraced legislation proposed by Democratic Reps. Steve Israel (N.Y.) and Melissa Bean (Ill.) to require the transportation secretary to buy shoulder-fired missile defense systems to protect the nation's fleet of 6,800 commercial aircraft...
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