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

knot4u said:
That's the story? I have a story about a hotel in Nassau with a deadbolt, a missing door handle that left a hole, and someone trying to peek in. It got interesting but I never wanted to kill anyone. My wife and I did leave immediately for a better resort and had a great time. Never thought about a gun.
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You're so full of crap a truck should be along to pump you out any minute.
 
Richman said:
eat my $24 club sammich from the computer generated named restaurant in the lobby
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I end up eating at these places a lot because I'm either tired or the downtown layover actually sucks, and it blows my mind what hotels get away with charging for stuff that's barely edible. The level of mediocrity actually makes me mad.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
What if I told you that you can pay people to bring you food?
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I pretty much quit using delivery apps. I've had multiple times in the last year where they either never find a driver, the driver straight up just never goes to the restaurant, or they pick up my order and drive to the opposite end of town (probably double dipping delivery apps) and it shows up cold. Or when the driver finally shows up to the restaurant, tells me the restaurant doesn't actually do Doordash, then the app passes it on from driver to driver forcing me to cancel the order and still charging me for it. The majority of the time it works, but the one or two times I spend what inevitably ends up being $35+40 for a an $18 entree and it doesn't show up makes me hesitant to keep doing it.
 
trafficinsight said:
You're so full of crap a truck should be along to pump you out any minute.
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Why? It's a true story. My wife and I went to the Bahamas from LA, there was a hang up in Tampa that caused us to arrive late into Nassau. When we got to the resort it was probably 10 pm, we were told our room wasn't ready and we'd have to stay overnight in some hotel in downtown Nassau. Both of us were pretty upset, but we went along with it until we saw the room in this hotel. We were already on the phone with our planned resort telling them this was unacceptable when I saw an eye looking in the hole where the doorknob should be. I did what any kid that grew up in the '70s and watched Saturday morning TV would do and I forcefully poked it with a finger. Oddly enough, the resort van picked us up about 10 minutes later and we had a great time for the rest of our vacation.
 
JordanD said:
I pretty much quit using delivery apps. I've had multiple times in the last year where they either never find a driver, the driver straight up just never goes to the restaurant, or they pick up my order and drive to the opposite end of town (probably double dipping delivery apps) and it shows up cold. Or when the driver finally shows up to the restaurant, tells me the restaurant doesn't actually do Doordash, then the app passes it on from driver to driver forcing me to cancel the order and still charging me for it. The majority of the time it works, but the one or two times I spend what inevitably ends up being $35+40 for a an $18 entree and it doesn't show up makes me hesitant to keep doing it.
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I don't trust door dash or any of the other apps. I do trust restaurants that employ delivery drivers. If things get real bad I'll order Dominos before I'd ask Doordash to grab me a burrito from Baja Fresh.
 
knot4u said:
I don't trust door dash or any of the other apps. I do trust restaurants that employ delivery drivers. If things get real bad I'll order Dominos before I'd ask Doordash to grab me a burrito from Baja Fresh.
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Funny you bring up Domino’s, the last time I ordered them in training they brought another pilot’s pizza but not mine, dude rushes back and brings me back the wrong pizza that was also ice cold.
 
knot4u said:
Why? It's a true story. My wife and I went to the Bahamas from LA, there was a hang up in Tampa that caused us to arrive late into Nassau. When we got to the resort it was probably 10 pm, we were told our room wasn't ready and we'd have to stay overnight in some hotel in downtown Nassau. Both of us were pretty upset, but we went along with it until we saw the room in this hotel. We were already on the phone with our planned resort telling them this was unacceptable when I saw an eye looking in the hole where the doorknob should be. I did what any kid that grew up in the '70s and watched Saturday morning TV would do and I forcefully poked it with a finger. Oddly enough, the resort van picked us up about 10 minutes later and we had a great time for the rest of our vacation.
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So, Ghandi, what would you do if someone was kicking your door in at 2:30am? Laugh it off and go back to sleep?
 
JordanD said:
Funny you bring up Domino’s, the last time I ordered them in training they brought another pilot’s pizza but not mine, dude rushes back and brings me back the wrong pizza that was also ice cold.
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Okay. I've never gotten a cold pizza from Dominos. Normally if I order it I'll let it cool for a few minutes before I dig in. That's just been my experience, it doesn't snow here.
 
trafficinsight said:
So, Ghandi, what would you do if someone was kicking your door in at 2:30am? Laugh it off and go back to sleep?
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It's obvious. I'd poke them in the eye. Honestly I don't know having never been in that situation. I'm sure your first thought was how to defend yourself in the moment, in hindsight you think if a gun was available you would've killed that person had they gotten into your room. But that assumes that had you had either an end table or a 1911 when they came in they might've rethought what they were doing. Sharks don't normally fight because if they get hurt they can't hunt and they die.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw0riLqQBj0
 
knot4u said:
It's obvious. I'd poke them in the eye. Honestly I don't know having never been in that situation. I'm sure your first thought was how to defend yourself in the moment, in hindsight you think if a gun was available you would've killed that person had they gotten into your room. But that assumes that had you had either an end table or a 1911 when they came in they might've rethought what they were doing. Sharks don't normally fight because if they get hurt they can't hunt and they die.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw0riLqQBj0
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When I woke up to the sound of the door being kicked it took me a second to figure out what it was but then it was pretty unmistakable. So the first thing I did was call the front desk and tell them someone was breaking into my room, they immediately said okay we're sending security.

I ran over to the door and looked quickly through the peephole and saw two men, got away from the door.

Only at that point did I think "hey I'd better figure out how to defend myself in case these guys get in before security gets here."

Look for something heavy you can swing... end table looks pretty sturdy, sharp edges, wood top with a metal frame. Gee, it'd be nice if I was an FFDO I wouldn't be worrying that the end table won't take the first guy out or scare the second guy enough to run away cuz im only gonna get one swing probably... Oh, good, security is here, sounds like they're not murdering him or anything.... crisis averted I guess.

Elapsed time about 4 minutes.

Sound reasonable to you, oh great and powerful Oz? Got anything else you know nothing about you'd like to comment on?
 
trafficinsight said:
Elapsed time about 4 minutes.
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My middle brother, who has an arsenal, is fond of pointing out that "when seconds count, the police are minutes away."

I don't know if I buy it or not, myself. I have no comment on my own defensive capabilities at home, too.
 
trafficinsight said:
When I woke up to the sound of the door being kicked it took me a second to figure out what it was but then it was pretty unmistakable. So the first thing I did was call the front desk and tell them someone was breaking into my room, they immediately said okay we're sending security.

I ran over to the door and looked quickly through the peephole and saw two men, got away from the door.

Only at that point did I think "hey I'd better figure out how to defend myself in case these guys get in before security gets here."

Look for something heavy you can swing... end table looks pretty sturdy, sharp edges, wood top with a metal frame. Gee, it'd be nice if I had a gun I wouldn't be worrying that the end table won't take the first guy out or scare the second guy enough to run away cuz im only gonna get one swing probably... Oh, good, security is here, sounds like they're not murdering him or anything.... crisis averted I guess.

Elapsed time about 4 minutes.

Sound reasonable to you, oh great and powerful Oz? Got anything else you know nothing about you'd like to comment on?
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So what you're saying is you wish you had a gun when you needed it despite how antithetical that thought might be to your espoused way of life. I don't think the gun is the problem here, I think you have an internal dispute about protecting yourself in modern society. It almost sounds like you're embarrassed to admit you were willing to brain someone trying to harm you with an end table, and you simultaneously wished you had a gun and hate yourself for thinking that. Am I wrong?
 
Autothrust Blue said:
My middle brother, who has an arsenal, is fond of pointing out that "when seconds count, the police are minutes away."

I don't know if I buy it or not, myself. I have no comment on my own defensive capabilities at home, too.
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What constitutes an arsenal? Honest question.
 
knot4u said:
So what you're saying is you wish you had a gun when you needed it despite how antithetical that thought might be to your espoused way of life. I don't think the gun is the problem here, I think you have an internal dispute about protecting yourself in modern society. It almost sounds like you're embarrassed to admit you were willing to brain someone trying to harm you with an end table, and you simultaneously wished you had a gun and hate yourself for thinking that. Am I wrong?
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What is my "espoused way of life" exactly?

You're doing it again, fighting the newsmax version of me, you really should use your own eyes and ears.
 
trafficinsight said:
What is my "espoused way of life" exactly?

You're doing it again, fighting the newsmax version of me, you really should use your own eyes and ears.
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You seem to lean pretty far left unapologetically based on what I've read, it's not a stretch for me to assume you'd rather the general public didn't have guns. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me why people should have guns.
 
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