I'd be happy if all properly trained pilots were armed but I think the airlines should cover it. I'd rather them raise my ticket price a buck then have an agency dolling out more money via some bureaucracy and then mandating with some useless standard compliance guidelines.
The whole problem with our system is that security targets objects rather than people in the name of PC.
A man before his time.
What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree and to obey?
-- Ayn Rand, Anthem (Chapter 11)
The only jobs that you have to pay for your own job related training are scams.
"There are no finger prints under water."