How to ruin a 32 yr career in 3-2-1.....

[A300Capt]

American Airlines flight cancelled after pilot allegedly attacks ground agent

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/...ter-pilot-allegedly-attacks-ground-agent.html

 

[Jordan93]

WWWWOORRLDDDDSTARRRRR!!!!

 

[Murdoughnut]

Union will save him.

"grabbed a female ground agent by the neck"

Scratch that.

 

[JordanD]

Hearing stories about how things work in Brasil kind of makes me question this a little bit.

 

[NickH]

Pilot was offended by the ground agent's opinion on something.

 

[jynxyjoe]

Hearing stories about how things work in Brasil kind of makes me question this a little bit.

I would echo that.

 

[NovemberEcho]

To be fair, if he was a cop, stepping on his foot is enough to constitute assault so anything after that is self defense

 

[BobDDuck]

Union will save .

You really should look at some data about that before making a comment like that.

 

[amorris311]

You really should look at some data about that before making a comment like that.

Yep. ~11% of the national workforce is unionized and they are the problem.

 

[ChasenSFO]

Maybe it was role-playing and they didn't realize they had an audience?

 

[NovemberEcho]

Maybe it was role-playing and they didn't realize they had an audience?

Right? A lot of chicks I know: "all he did was choke me, but I thought he was into me?"

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Union will save him.

"grabbed a female ground agent by the neck"

Scratch that.

And on International Womens Day no less!

 

[MikeD]

Maybe it was role-playing and they didn't realize they had an audience?

Its all fun and games...........until she goes unconscious

 

[dustoff17]

From the article, she stepped on his foot first. Maybe he was fighting back from the physical harrassment (footsie) she was subjecting him to.

Its all fun and games...........until she goes unconscious

Wait, I thought that WAS part of the game....
...err, so I've benn told. No first-hand experience.

 

[RetiredATLATC]

Its all fun and games...........until she goes unconscious

Yeah, that's funny

 

[MikeD]

Yeah, that's funny

People do a lot of surprisingly stupid stuff in life.

 

[RetiredATLATC]

Agreed, however the comment was crass.

 

[MikeD]

Agreed, however the comment was crass.

Indeed. Because one has to laugh and shake their head at people who do things where any other rational person would ask "at what point did you think this was a good idea?"

Probably like the OP's story, assuming it goes from alleged to fact.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Yep. ~11% of the national workforce is unionized and they are the problem.

Wasn’t meant as an affront on unions - apologies it was mistaken for that. Having never been union, I sometimes forget how sensitive a subject it is.

 

[gne in prog]

Damn it, Captain Steve.