The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is requesting public comments on the issue of airline
pilots carrying firearms and flight deck crewmembers carrying
less-than-lethal weapons on board commercial aircraft. Provisions of the
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) would authorize the arming
of pilots if certain approvals are granted. The deadline for comments is
February 14, 2002, and comments must be identified by Docket No.
FAA-2001-111229. Currently, the DOT is not accepting mail delivery through
the U.S. Postal Service, but comments can be faxed to the DOT at
202-267-5075, or can be filed by e-mail through the FAA's Web site at
[url]www.faa.gov.[/url] Under the "Regulatory/Advisory" headline, select
"Rulemaking," then select "Documents Open for Comment," and follow the
directions for submitting comments electronically.

1972

Polaroid introduces the instant colour camera. Texas Instruments launches the pocket calculator. Nolan Bushnell of Atari introduces Pong, the first major coin-operated electronic video game. Nike running shoes launched. World War II ends for Shoichi Yokoi of Japan, who give himself up on Guam Island where he has hidden for 27 years.