‘Flying the Friendly Skies:’ Why US Commercial Airline Pilots Want to Carry Guns
运用场理论和系统心理动力学，通过参与观察法研究9·11事件后美国商业航空公司飞行员希望携带枪支的心理防御机制，分析内外压力、个人倾向和工作变化如何共同导致这一诉求。
Previous studies of social systems have shown that organizations develop mechanisms to defend against anxiety inherent in the system. This article uses field theory, systems psychodynamics and a participant observer methodology to examine certain defenses that became activated within a US commercial airline in the post-11 September 2001 period. In particular, it analyzes forces affecting the event of arming pilots with handguns at work. This article’s central claim is that pilots’ desire to be armed resulted from a combination of external and internal pressures, personal valencies and work life changes.