JetBlue Pilots beat up cab driver

[clickclickboom]

This sounds crazy but in June I was in South Beach with some friends after a 5 star dinner we came to the conclusion that the solid gold was the place we needed to be.

BOTH ways to and from the beacon the cabbies took advantage of us to no end. Especially the return to the hotel. I mentioned to him that he was jacking us off and he became irate to the point that we were concerned for our safety. We ended up calling the police as the cabbie refused to stop the car or let us out. We were told a $60-70 fare he tried to add an additional $40.

Officer told us that there was a recurring problem with this and then found a few issues with his cab and wrote him a ticket.

I am sure the double breasted shuttle commanders would love to throw these guys under the bus and follow up with some rj capacity to clog jfk but lets not take a media report as fact

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Hey, I am really glad to see we stand together as pilots. Its great that we can stand up for a cabbie as opposed to our own. It speaks well for our national cause of trying to save "our profession" when we throw a couple guys under the bus right off the bat. Geez, are we our own worst enemies? Why don't we wait for actual facts rather than listening to the always correct press that always seems to get aviation stories right?

Well..... the thing of it is... you see.....



Most professionals should be smart enough not to get themselves in the situation on the first place... but we are all human.. and mistakes happen.

Why are they jetblue pilots? Where they on duty and/or in uniform? On a layover? Why are they labeled pilots?

I just hope they get fair process.... I know that can be hard at a union free house....

It is just too tempting to fire the guys and make it go away....

 

[Charlie Brown]

I heard they got pi$$ed when, during the course of the ride, it came out in conversation that the cabbie liked to post on FI under the name "Tanker Clown".

BTW- That clean the cab comment was pretty dam funny......

 

[BigMeat]

I wouldnt be too hard on those guys. They were probably under too much stress due to contract negotiations....

 

[realmanofgenius]

real man of genius...Mr. Predisposed to violence, mild mannered discount airline pilot guy....

that uniform makes people glance and boy it sure feels good...you're out on the road and nothing like some T & A to get the ol juices of testosterone going. Never mind you paid 50 dollars for lap dance, but 9 bucs for a cabe ride? "I'll smash you".. so you get a footlong for five bucs... "I'm really hungry man."
How about a can o woop ass with that sandwich?

mr predisposed to violence, mild mannered discount airline pilot guy.

 

[Bluejob]

You know, maybe they were actually TSA agents? They look the same now. That should be the defense for the video from the Subway----Rogue TSA agents are going around busting heads! Well, I can't really blame those Jetblue pilots, though. Initially having a crashpad in Yonkers or Ozone Park (before they were FLL based) probably taught them a lot about fighting and ditching cabbies. They were a "product of their own environment...."


Bye Bye--General Lee

Yeah, guess they got tired of that Delta uniform they wore for the last seven years.

 

[Soverytired]

Flown with both of these guys - two of the most easygoing, non-confrontational guys I've ever met....

There will be more to this story....

Not everyone is a "happy drunk".

You're right about there being more to the story, I'm sure. Nevertheless, no matter how much a cabbie is screaming at you, physical violence is not a legal option.

If they got caught on tape, they're screwed, and deservedly so.

 

[stb]

I know one of them and flew with them on quite a few trips. Like said before, easy going non-confrontational. Hope there is more to this story.

Cabbie pepper sprayed them before punched were thrown......

http://cbs4.com/local/cabbie.killer.cab.2.829074.html

Plus if you beat the crap out of someone in the Subway parking lot, would you walk into Subway and order and eat the sub?

There is way more to the story..

 

[coogebeachhotel]

I know one of them and flew with them on quite a few trips. Like said before, easy going non-confrontational. Hope there is more to this story.

He who is known as an early riser can sleep till noon

 

[Colonel Savage]

Ooooh SNAP...

That's "Snap On" to you, tool box...

 

[Nado]

I predict this will go down like the 'forced to sit in the toilet guy' from a few months ago.
1st day- everyone talks about it at the water cooler.
2nd day- the 24 hour news cycle has ended.
Everyday since then the company and the pilot involved are counter suing him out of existence.

 

[General Lee]

That's "Snap On" to you, tool box...

mmmmmmkay.....? Thanks Silly Sargent. You went to the Blue Oyster Bar, right? I bet you did......

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Yeah, guess they got tired of that Delta uniform they wore for the last seven years.

Alllllllllllrighty then......... Now they are wearing a TSA uniform, or were wearing one...


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Heck, I was severely gouged once for a cab ride in a smal town in northern FL for a lift to and from a restaurant. I think it amounted to about $24 for 6 miles roundtrip, the cab had no meter. The same "gentleman" came to pick me up when I called for the cab back to the hotel.

I didn't flog the driver though, instead I took the leftover steak out of my styrofoam takeout container and pushed it up underneath his seat with my foot on the ride back to the hotel. It was probably the best $24 I've spent, thinking about this guy making faces for the next week over "where is that effing smell coming from?"

 

[slaquer5]

Then again, you probably didn't ask them for $9 for a ride to Subway. :smash:

Stop, you are killing me i am still LMAO..

 

[Colonel Savage]

...You went to the Blue Oyster Bar, right? I bet you did...

What are you babbling about now?

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I know one of them and flew with them on quite a few trips. Like said before, easy going non-confrontational. Hope there is more to this story.

Yeah, it's called beer muscles at 3 A.M. against a defenseless cab driver over a paltry $9.00 - that works out to $3.00 a piece as there were 3 men involved. Sounds like the third guy knew better than to kick someones head in 20 times.

 

[say again]

You know, maybe they were actually TSA agents? They look the same now. That should be the defense for the video from the Subway----Rogue TSA agents are going around busting heads! Well, I can't really blame those Jetblue pilots, though. Initially having a crashpad in Yonkers or Ozone Park (before they were FLL based) probably taught them a lot about fighting and ditching cabbies. They were a "product of their own environment...."


Bye Bye--General Lee

Grow up!!!

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Heck, I was severely gouged once for a cab ride in a smal town in northern FL for a lift to and from a restaurant. I think it amounted to about $24 for 6 miles roundtrip, the cab had no meter. The same "gentleman" came to pick me up when I called for the cab back to the hotel.

I didn't flog the driver though, instead I took the leftover steak out of my styrofoam takeout container and pushed it up underneath his seat with my foot on the ride back to the hotel. It was probably the best $24 I've spent, thinking about this guy making faces for the next week over "where is that effing smell coming from?"

Classic!

Retribution is a dish best served smelly!

 

[bchjetdrvr]

Did anyone else notice on the police report that one pilots social security number is listed and the others is not. That guy better do something quick to protect is credit/identity for theft. But then again...would you want to be him right now.