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

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

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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.
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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?
 
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.
 
form810 said:
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".
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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???”
 
tcco94 said:
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???”
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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.
 
tcco94 said:
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???”
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everybody knows tcco...
 
mikecweb said:
No and it’s not the same name.
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Isn’t it, works for a cargo outfit ?

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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.)

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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! “ ).
 
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