deadstick
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So the author plagiarized Google content?
UA Pilot arrested for Human trafficking
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So the author plagiarized Google content?
I don't know if I would consider it "google content" more than google was the medium used to find the link.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Can we stop using the phrase "human trafficking" for prostitution that doesn't involve anyone being trafficked? Not directed at the OP - this seems to be a popular phrase among law enforcement and the media.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
Bob Ridpath
Pit Bull love
" ... involuntary ... or forced ... "
Certainly possible in this case, but (I'm betting) unlikely.
Certainly possible in this case, but (I'm betting) unlikely.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
By those standards, most of us are being trafficked by our spouses.
Bob Ridpath
Pit Bull love
ATN_Pilot?
pullup
Homewrecker
Cloud Surfer
All Roads lead to Trantor
So what the OP is trying to say is that United will be hiring for one more additional FO this summer beyond what was expected.... Gotcha. Classy act by this guy....
Skåning
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He was a 787 Captain (rumor), '85 hire as flight attendant then as a pilot in '95. Shame to throw that all away!
rockman2343@aol.com
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It plays better for the uninformed public.
I made a comment on the "United Pilot is a Pimp" thread on the SouthernJets forum referring to the Goodyear blimp and Ice Cube and I'll bet you out of 13K-ish pilots (or however many it is, I don't know), probably two get the reference.
They be like...
They be like...
He's got the type.
FM_Weasel
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Many of the women were from Russia. They paid him to work. Though the article doesn't say how much farther his control of the women went, I think it's incredibly likely that this scenario falls within the definitions of human traficking. At the least, I couldn't confidently pose the argument that it wasn't human trafficking. I'm not sure why anyone would bother arguing that, what do you gain?
Baronman
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Just means he flies it right?
pressclick
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You do hear District Attorney's/cops using the term with increasingly regularity to justify their ridiculously elaborate and expensive sting operations to arrest a couple of toothless street walkers and johns for misdemeanors. Law enforcement and activist groups also use the term with ever increasing frequency, regardless of validity, to push back against the 'victimless crime' argument. Furthermore, the online media has figured out that they get more clicks out of it because it sounds so much more horrible than prostitution.
If people are being abducted and forced into prostitution against their will, that's really bad, but the instances of that being the case in the U.S. are undoubtedly far fewer than the instances of the term being used. Of course all bets are off in Asia/Eastern Europe.
So you don't gain anything arguing against it; it's just tedious and annoying seeing it in so many click bait headlines and hearing the government/LEOs subtly lie to the public to make it sound like they are really busting some major criminals.
pressclick
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My response above was general in nature.
With regards to this article, I'd say not enough information to tell; however, given the length and detail of the investigation, I would think the po po would be loudly describing it as a 'major human trafficking ring' if they had anything to support that with.
With regards to this article, I'd say not enough information to tell; however, given the length and detail of the investigation, I would think the po po would be loudly describing it as a 'major human trafficking ring' if they had anything to support that with.