A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the captain if the flight was diverted

[FlyingAccountant]

The article doesn’t know the airline in question, but Salt Lake is mentioned a bunch… Sky West?

Salt Lake City and his type ratings(757, 767, DC9, A320) seem to suggest either Delta or AA.

EDIT: This article states it was in fact DL.

Former Delta co-pilot indicted for threatening to shoot captain during commercial flight, officials say

The co-pilot allegedly threatened to shoot the captain multiple times if the flight was diverted for a passenger who may have been suffering a medical emergency, authorities said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[///AMG]

I guess I just assumed Delta when I saw SLC......they're kinda a big deal there

 

[MikeD]

So, the $64,000 question. What was the problem with diverting due to a medical emergency? Enough to have the FFDO FO threaten to kill the Captain over it?

 

[DE727UPS]

He must have perceived a threat in the way the diversion was going down. Must be more to the story. Still, the grand jury charged him so who knows. Maybe he was a nut case.

 

[tcco94]

Gosh, I'm shocked. Shocked!

Pilots... being bat-guano crazy?!? Round up the usual suspects!

Also, unless this is a take-two, this is kinda stale "news".

When your local nut job goes crazy at the grocery store stocking shelves or desk job it doesn’t make the news because no one cares. When a pilot does some weird •, expect a front page article and 7 of your non aviation friends and family to text you if you “KNOW THIS GUY???”

 

[Roger Roger]

Crazy. Is this the same guy that owns Emerald coast? Same name at least.


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[trafficinsight]

When your local nut job goes crazy at the grocery store stocking shelves or desk job it doesn’t make the news because no one cares. When a pilot does some weird •, expect a front page article and 7 of your non aviation friends and family to text you if you “KNOW THIS GUY???”

So uh.... do you know him?

 

[FlyingAccountant]

When your local nut job goes crazy at the grocery store stocking shelves or desk job it doesn’t make the news because no one cares. When a pilot does some weird •, expect a front page article and 7 of your non aviation friends and family to text you if you “KNOW THIS GUY???”

I mean, having one pilot threaten to shoot the other for some bizarre reason isn’t exactly a common occurrence. Especially when you have 100+ lives in your hands.

 

[ahw01]

When your local nut job goes crazy at the grocery store stocking shelves or desk job it doesn’t make the news because no one cares. When a pilot does some weird •, expect a front page article and 7 of your non aviation friends and family to text you if you “KNOW THIS GUY???”

everybody knows tcco...

 

[ahw01]

So, the $64,000 question. What was the problem with diverting due to a medical emergency? Enough to have the FFDO FO threaten to kill the Captain over it?

But I got a hot date waiting in Fresno. You can't divert...

 

[ChasenSFO]

But I got a hot date waiting in Fresno. You can't divert...

"Depending on how horny I expect my wife to be when I get back to Fresno, you'd be surprised how long I can stretch out the 'minimums' call on an ILS" - A Brasilia pilot circa 2009.

 

[mikecweb]

Crazy. Is this the same guy that owns Emerald coast? Same name at least.


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No and it’s not the same name.

 

[CFI A&P]

No and it’s not the same name.

Isn’t it, works for a cargo outfit ?

 

[mikecweb]

Isn’t it, works for a cargo outfit ?

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[Beep]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. [March 2008] The pilot of a US Airways [A319] may have mishandled a firearm that went off in flight, piercing a hole in the cockpit wall, a federal air marshal said Tuesday.”This is an extremely safe and reliable weapon,” said Greg Alter of the Federal Air Marshal Service. “It’s not going to discharge on its own, is the bottom line.”The pistol a .40-caliber semiautomatic H&K USP discharged Saturday aboard Flight 1536 from Denver to Charlotte, as the plane was approaching to land. Photos obtained by The Associated Press show a small entry hole in the lower side of the cockpit wall and a small exit hole on the exterior below the cockpit window.

(It pains me endlessly that I cannot say which aircraft if was.)

Pilot whose gun discharged on plane is rehired

So for all those whom on here knew EVERYTHING about guns and this holster, and casted this man under the bus when this happen, now can sit back and admit to being wrong. Its a great read and great news for a man whom had an accident with a faulty holster design... Great news indeed after a...

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In response to the shooting the aircraft declared ( “ priority right! “ ).

 

[HJB]

Someone skipped CRM training.

 

[Inverted]

Another reason I can't stand the FFDO program.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Another reason I can't stand the FFDO program.

It’s rarely the most sane among us that sign up.

 

[Inverted]

It’s rarely the most sane among us that sign up.

Even with the recent incident at AS, I have had two FFDOs gloat about how they would have handled the situation so differently, even though the outcome was successful. I enjoy guns and own several but the nut cases that sign up for the program seem to get off on the idea of being an action hero.

 

[KLB]