THREE PILOTS WHO'D RATHER REMAIN UNARMED.(MAIN)

Byline: GEORGE WILL

HOUSTON -- Three pilots of a major airline recently gathered here at George Bush Intercontinental Airport to discuss whether, as an anti-terrorism measure, pilots should be armed. The Transportation Department says guns will not be permitted in cockpits. Some in Congress will try to overturn this ban. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents 62,000 pilots working for 42 airlines, adamantly favors arming them.

These three pilots -- two trained in the military, one in civilian life -- are ALPA members. They have a cumulative 75 years of experience flying for commercial airlines. None has an aversion to guns. Says one, ``I was raised around guns …