white house seeks to cut the $25 million budget in half for the federal flight training program. >> the obama administration has had institutional hos stillty toward the concept -- hostility toward the concept of arming pilots since the beginning. >> panel hosted today, supporters of the volunteering program that trains the pilot, copilot and navigators to handle and carry handguns say it's cheaper than checking a single suitcase. >> to protect an aircraft, to protect possibly the potential of thousands of people, the federal flight deck officer costs $15 per flight. >> one pilot warned history might repeat itself, ralling they carried funs in the '90s. >> we lost 3,000 americans.