scooter2525
Very well Member
Impressive!
JetBlue hires violent felon as a pilot
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Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
I think you misapprehend both the purpose of prison and (more to the point) its effectiveness. See recidivism discussion above.
ppragman
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Alright, let’s speculate and let’s make it funny.
It is pretty surprising to me, to be fair, but hey “pilot shortage.”
Still, who knows, I’ve had buddy’s with DUIs and people with drug problems in their past that rehabilitated and got through the screening process and got hired at major airlines. I think it really depends on the person, the incidents in question, and what you’ve done since the offending events.
I will tell you one thing, I bet he had a freaking awesome interview. Even if they had an HR policy of not asking about felonies etc I don’t know how you’d explain the gap in employment and presumably a dishonorable discharge?
“so tell me about a time you learned to work with a difficult person?”
“this one time in prison we had a guy stabbing people in the showers…”
ppragman
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Of course I get that - and also to isolate offenders from society and also to punish people…
but straight up, if he wasn’t ready to come out and rejoin society, should you be upset at JB, or the prison system?
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
He’s an investigative reporter for The Daily Wire, which is Ben Shapiro’s website.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Por que no los dos?
I'm not even upset, I'm more like flabbergasted at what I can only assume to be the idea that "maybe no one will notice or care". And of course genuinely curious as to how this all went down. I have to assume he had some people pulling REALLY hard for him on the inside.
Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
I’d fly with him if he was better at his job. By job, I mean his attack on his ex-fiancé.
It really was a dumb crime, in planning and execution. How could I trust him to fly the plane.
Also, it looks like he lacks the decisiveness I like to see. You need to drown or push a fiancé off a cliff before she breaks up with you and moves back home. Afterwards, you just just look nutty if you need to force entry. If you are going to kill somebody, make them nail you on circumstantial evidence.
I do think it’s interesting that some folks that won’t forgive somebody for crossing a picket line a couple of decades ago demand absolution for a guy like this.
It really was a dumb crime, in planning and execution. How could I trust him to fly the plane.
Also, it looks like he lacks the decisiveness I like to see. You need to drown or push a fiancé off a cliff before she breaks up with you and moves back home. Afterwards, you just just look nutty if you need to force entry. If you are going to kill somebody, make them nail you on circumstantial evidence.
I do think it’s interesting that some folks that won’t forgive somebody for crossing a picket line a couple of decades ago demand absolution for a guy like this.
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I have to check the week number. I'm probalby due for my testosterone shot as I'm just lazy, chill and unflappable today. LOL
Like I could sense the urgency in this thread but I'm full-on Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski but without the housecoat and the White Russian:
Like I could sense the urgency in this thread but I'm full-on Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski but without the housecoat and the White Russian:
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Seriously, though. If you can't even murder a former partner competently, how can I think that you won't fall apart in a legit emergency? I won't claim that I haven't had some close shaves, but when I murder people, I put some thought, care, and *attention to detail* in to my work. I, for one, do not want to fly with an amateur at ANYTHING. Especially not murder. The fascist legal system REALLY frowns on that.
Bruh, lets go murder! I want to see your handiwork!
Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
This guy is really an inspiration to thousands of inmates. Might as well knock out your written while still in the pen.
Eventually, a flight school is going to see prisons as an untapped market.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Which is also a disgrace.
I always forget you’re a conservative…until these discussions and your truly regressive views come to the fore.
Your attitude is a great way to boost recidivism rates, and is in fact one of the reasons the rate is already so high. Nobody has an incentive to be a good citizen when they are punished forever by society regardless of how they’ve changed.
So now you’re coming out full force in favor of “cancel culture?” Public opinion should dictate corporate decisions?
I’m one of the foremost SCAB haters in existence, but yes, I have forgiven some. I even put a couple in union positions at AirTran. Because they showed genuine remorse and clearly made terrible decisions when young and stupid.
As @ppragman said, people change. The person you were ten years ago is not the person you are today. To act as though people are static is silliness.
Maybe one of those prison letters too:
"Dear hiring department. I am a man encarcerated for a unfortunate situation which was placed upon me in a parcticular circumstance I found myself in. I am staying STRONG and doing my best to be the man I am, not the man the penal system bestowed upon me"
"Dear hiring department. I am a man encarcerated for a unfortunate situation which was placed upon me in a parcticular circumstance I found myself in. I am staying STRONG and doing my best to be the man I am, not the man the penal system bestowed upon me"
ppragman
FLIPY FLAPS!
Murdering is harder to practice than flying - it’s rare that the airplane active resists your control inputs lol
This is true.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Yo, CC, you up?
Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
Very true, many folks get worse.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
How could you forget that? It's practically stamped on my forehead. No more spliffs for you today, commie.
I wish I could find that picture of me at age like 10 with a cutout of Ronald Reagan on the steps of the Smithsonian, giving a big ole thumbs up, wearing GHWB glasses.