Skywest pilot attempts to steal company plane

Some men (and some women too) can't deal with the rejection aspect of being broken up with. Something inside them snaps, and the results can be deadly.
 
z987k said:
How can a qualified pilot not manage to get an airplane back from a jetway and into the air?
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Goes to show airline pilots can't taxi without these guys.

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jhugz said:
This asshat is going to make my life more difficult, I feel bad for the kids but screw him. If you can't deal with the game, bail, I'm real tired of people making excuses for maniacs.
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Not defending, just requesting some folks exhibit a little class when posting.
 
jhugz said:
First people defend he JetBlue FA, then the CA, now this guy? Comical.
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I highly doubt any of these people just got up one day and said to themselves "I think I'm going to act batpoop crazy today." Obviously something was not right, and there's more to it than "he's an ahole and deserved it." A sad situation all over.

z987k said:
Personally, I generally hate those guys. I know where I'm going, and all they do is delay me getting there because I have to wait for them to get around to it.
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I've had a fair number of captains who taxi into the gate like numbnuts and can't follow hand signals worth crap (look in the AIM!). Then again, 99% of my coworkers can't marshal to save their lives so I can't really blame captains for ignoring anything other than "STOP!" Catch 22 I guess.
 
ComplexHiAv8r said:
Sad that yet another pilot had issues, didn't get help, and in the end took his life. Wish he could of gotten the help he most needed. RIP.
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I do feel the need to defend the company on this one...SkyWest has several good third party health related benefits, including free, confidential counseling. I've used it myself, because it's there. You just have to take the initiative to call them. Whether this ends up being drugs, alcohol, an un-diagnosed brain disorder, or the guy just going batpoo crazy, you can't blame this on lack of resources.
 
The other thing that agitates me a lot on this is that even as a flight crew member when going through security I feel like I am being treated as a potential Al-Qaida collaborator, even though I'm trusted to operate the a/c. There's been some significant gains made lately in terms of security and pilots (FAA considering int'l cockpit jumpseating and TSA may be forced to allow pilots to bypass security if they're in CASS, Known Crewmember system at IAD) then this asshat goes and does something in an airplane that could make the Feds reconsider...

Still, my condolences go out to the families...:(
 
Persian_Pilot said:
Does anyone know why they painted the plane's tail a few hours after the accident?
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Standard airline thing to do whenever there's potential negative press from an incident or accident. Though you can still usually tell the airline anyway from the livery.
 
MikeD said:
Standard airline thing to do whenever there's potential negative press from an incident or accident. Though you can still usually tell the airline anyway from the livery.
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I wouldn't call it 'standard' in an accident, if the airline can they will.

Have to be careful altering the aircraft anyway if it is going to fall under NTSB Jurisdiction.
 
Seggy said:
Have to be careful altering the aircraft anyway though if it is going to fall under NTSB Jurisdiction.
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Big time. NTSB frowns upon it, as it's technically evidence tampering; but no airline has gotten in trouble for it, since many request to do it after NTSB has taken charge. Ive yet to see one get in trouble for doing it beforehand, and I don't know why that is.
 
If I recall, CJC with 3407 asked to have it painted over the next day, and the NTSB said no way. Cruise, remember any of this or why the NTSB said no.
 
Seggy said:
If I recall, CJC with 3407 asked to have it painted over the next day, and the NTSB said no way. Cruise, remember any of this or why the NTSB said no.
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Interesting. Because in other accidents, the IIC has said ok. To me, done under supervision, I don't see the big deal if parts unrelated to the accident are covered up.......whether tarp or paint. Just depends on the individual accident.

But its kind of pointless anyway, because most people can still tell what airline it was. Or the news coverage will say so.
 
Persian_Pilot said:
Does anyone know why they painted the plane's tail a few hours after the accident?
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I was always told it's to keep the public calm. Jets are pretty big and hard to hide, so if, for instance a planeload of pax on a Delta flight taxis past a mangled Delta jet that hasn't been masked.. Well, they don't need 100 pax freaking out and demanding to be let off the plane.
 
Once the plane is back online, I'm not sure I'd feel cozy in a cockpit that a guy shot himself in. Assuming this is where it took place, I'd bet it was.
 
Seggy said:
If I recall, CJC with 3407 asked to have it painted over the next day, and the NTSB said no way. Cruise, remember any of this or why the NTSB said no.
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Unfortunately, I don't recall. Although, it doesn't surprise me to hear the IIC turned down the request.

I certainly understand why a company would want the tail painted....that damn thing was a somewhat iconic focal point for ALL the media photos/ video.
 
In the Aloha Flight 243 decompression accident of 1988, the Maui station chief sent somebody to Sears for some Weatherbeater. A photo was floating around showing a guy with a paint roller obscuring the tail logo.

That sends a different message.
 
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