Mesaba pilot arrested in Houston in child sex sting

[Amish RakeFight]

It is interesting that the news media runs a story showing a pilot being accused of being a drunk and everyone says wait for the facts. A guy gets accused of being a pedophile and he is immediately guilty.

You're right. They have lots in common; namely aviation. All this 28 yr old airline pilot wanted to do was give the 14 yr old some "stick time." Nothing wrong with that.

 

[DeltaLima21]

Hats off to the Mesaba HR department for letting this ****************************** through the doors. As I recall, there was a psychological test to pass at the interview....He must have lied on the question about finding little boys attractive.

 

[Metro752]

Hats off to the Mesaba HR department for letting this ****************************** through the doors. As I recall, there was a psychological test to pass at the interview....He must have lied on the question about finding little boys attractive.

Little is subjective.

 

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But I am sure Delta is thinking about their exposure if this guy had flowed through.

If Delta is going to honor the flow through, they can't rely on Mesaba HR to get things right.

 

[Raskal]

FO: We got a four day off stretch coming up ... I was thinking of trying to non rev out to Colorado and get some skiing in, or maybe that car show in Detroit, supposed to be the World's largest. What you going to do on your off days?

CAPT:

Oh yeah, don't think this thing won't make it into my preflight briefings somehow...

 

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Raskal - Thread creep, but Audi had that engine & car out on several displays in Detroit. What they are doing with diesel is pretty incredible. What's a direct injection pump run anyway? In the ball park of 30,000 PSID if my conversion is close to right. They also had the V10, carbon fibre, A8 there.

 

[Raskal]

Raskal - Thread creep, but Audi had that engine & car out on several displays in Detroit. What they are doing with diesel is pretty incredible. What's a direct injection pump run anyway? In the ball park of 30,000 PSID if my conversion is close to right. They also had the V10, carbon fibre, A8 there.

That's about right, last number I saw was a bit over 29000. VW just won Dakkar with a TDI Touareg.

And yeah, what the VW/Audi group has done is pretty amazing. Between the Jetta and the new A3 TDI there are finally some great diesels out there. The goal is to get VW's lineup back to what it used to be, where a TDI engine is available in almost every car.

This is where I fear the incessantly lobbied congress is destroying the US automotive industry with the maniacal push to electric. Personally, I think electric is a total fallacy and will directly cause what automotive industry we have left to fail. Bio-diesel is a sure way to achieve foreign oil independance with proven technology and none of the absurd limitations of electric and yet, no one here wants to talk about it. I don't get it.

 

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How long do you think it will take Porsche to kill this:

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_2562.shtml

VW might have built it. Now that Porsche runs the show they probably will not want it to steal sales from the Cayman / Boxster.

 

[Raskal]

How long do you think it will take Porsche to kill this:

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_2562.shtml

VW might have built it. Now that Porsche runs the show they probably will not want it to steal sales from the Cayman / Boxster.

You kind of hit it on the head, Porsche and that awful little boxster (granted, I'm biased) is king. It all comes down to price point and market, I know a lot of VW folks are hopeful. I really think they'll have a 2 seater within a year or two, probably diesel-it's not an enormous threat to Porsche and if they can keep it different it'll be allowed.

At least one really nice piece of news is that the Scirocco is coming to the US-finally. I haven't driven it yet but I have been up close and I can't wait.

 

[hoover]

Teacher's are required to intervene if they think there is child abuse going on. By intervene, I mean report it to the proper authorities.

All the news stories make sure to point out that he was a pilot. What does the man's occupation have to do with anything? He could just as easily have been an engineer, accountant, or the Mayor of Portland.

 

[contrail67]

I beleive he did some inturn work for Lonnie Crabtree

I think you meant to say he did inturn work ON Lonnie Crabtree....

 

[Amish RakeFight]

All the news stories make sure to point out that he was a pilot. What does the man's occupation have to do with anything? He could just as easily have been an engineer, accountant, or the Mayor of Portland.

Where'd they ever get the idea that pilots are ethical men with integrity.

The media mentiions it because people are curious as to what typ[e of individual engages in this type of conduct.

Ones occupation says a lot about an individual. From this one question, you can generally determine a persons income, education, lifestyle, neighborhood, class, sensibilities, etc.

That's just life.

 

[Top Gum]

The media mentiions it because people are curious as to what typ[e of individual engages in this type of conduct.
Ones occupation says a lot about an individual. From this one question, you can generally determine a persons income, education, lifestyle, neighborhood, class, sensibilities, etc.

Yep, The media’s true priority is not to report accurate information or to satisfy our curiosities. Actually, it’s money. They tell you what they think you need to here to make you more curious. They want to get as many viewers intrigued as possible. They try to bring the viewers to the decision needed to stimulate the minds of as many as possible.

In this case, the reporter feels that by mentioning the fact that this freak is an airline pilot that they will have a better story line. The reporter thinks that most folks find pilots to be professional, well trusted, and admired figures that act in good faith everyday. Then the reporter just shows how this pervert tried to have sex with a young boy and he has accomplished his goal of getting viewer attention and raising curiosity. Just before the audience has a moment to digest the facts and create an opinion the reporter generally says something like “now this” meaning for the viewer to stop thinking on his own about this subject and to begin on the next story.

The book. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman does a great job of describing this type of media strategy and gives plenty of examples of how the news media makes a profit in controlling our thoughts about a story.

I really cut back on the TV after reading that book.
Before you know it someone will have a book out that says porn is bad or something!

 

[Amish RakeFight]

The book. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman does a great job of describing this type of media strategy and gives plenty of examples of how the news media makes a profit in controlling our thoughts about a story.

I really cut back on the TV after reading that book.
Before you know it someone will have a book out that says porn is bad or something!

This sounds like a book I'd like to read. It's going on my list. Thanks for the rec.

 

[SLUF4]

I have an intense dislike for the media, but they do usually seem to include occupations in these types of cases. I remember that show with Chris Hanson they pointed out who was a doctor, or engineer etc...It only seems to be with professions, though. You never hear them say, "A 35 year old gas station attendant was arrested today..."

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I have an intense dislike for the media, but they do usually seem to include occupations in these types of cases. I remember that show with Chris Hanson they pointed out who was a doctor, or engineer etc...It only seems to be with professions, though. You never hear them say, "A 35 year old gas station attendant was arrested today..."

Unfortunately, that's because society has been trained to think that the gas station attendant would be the more likely culprit. To see someone of power and prestige taken down, makes the plebs wet in their pants. Our society trains us to believe that those who are in the limelight of life, with power and wealth are somehow more ethical. That the gas station attendant or the uneducated menial worker who toils in obscurity is evil, not trustworthy, dangerous, etc. We have been made to think these stereotypes fit.

 

[Max Q]

So a gas station attendant would be equally motivated to protect their jobs as an airline pilot would?

Pilot, dentist, lawyer, or whatever, I'm always surprised to hear of people with much to lose blow their whole careers on stupidity.

-Brett

 

[SLUF4]

I think it's more because they think the wealthy people are evil and we as pilots are all wealthy in their eyes. They love to see the evil get what they deserve.

 

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you have way too much time on your hands.. how long did that take you to do??

 

[Max Q]

I'm going to go ahead and assume he utilized some type of online, jpg-ASCII conversion tool.

-Brett