Naked Pinnacle pilot on Letterman

[FmrFreightDog]

The reason people "pile on" is because they want to send the clear message that we, as their peers, do not find this to be respectable behavior.

I guess we should have all "piled on" Lyle Prouse and steadfastly refused to let him use the mistakes he made to better the profession as a whole, hmm? By all means, let's crucify someone before we know all the facts. Good idea.

And, for the record, I did run from the cops once.... when they caught me and a few of my buddies trying to smuggle a keg onto a campus when I was 19 and in college. Guess that makes me an irresponsible person.

Just one question... exactly how many minutes after the story about this Pinnacle guy was posted did it take for his coworkers and peers to race upstairs to their computers hoping they could be the first to post about it or have a witty comment about it?? You say you're "piling on" to send a message that you're above such behavior. I say you're "piling on" to have a good laugh or a good "holier-than-thou" moment at the expense of a coworker without giving him the benefit of waiting for all the facts to be known.

 

[acaTerry]

peers? hardly.....i just know that it doesn't take much to get you fired up.....i don't don't give a $hit about the guy who was naked....he blew it....(hopefully literally...) don't worry i'm perfectly aware that i am not the only guy who has had it tough ... i know the crap you went through....so relax my good man, for i know you will not shed a tear for me....

You DO know me:laugh:
And quit trying to ruin may bad mood, it's what keeps me happy:nuts: :beer:

 

[rchcfi]

ACATerry, you are my new hero! Well said chap!

 

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-Did you ever push the 12 hour rule just a little bit???

-Did you ever in your life run from the cops? Did you ever in your life feel like you were about to have to run from the cops?

12 hour rule? Umm, yes, by almost 4 hours.

Pt. 121: (d) Pre-duty use. (1) No covered employee shall perform flight crewmember duties within 8 hours after using alcohol.

The Harrisburg Cops overlooked the one of World's largest aviation drug smuggling rings (supplying New York with most of its Cocaine for over a decade), but scramble the Chopper to find someone who's only crime is "public indecency," a misdermeanor at worst??? He was released after appearing in his own arraignment without Counsel, out of State. Obviously the Judge did not see this as a big deal.

This has Super Troopers all over it. If I was a Harrisburg taxpayer, I'd be angry about wasting thousands of dollars on this "manhunt." Odds are, the case will be dismissed.

After 9/11, this Country has taken a dangerous swerve towards becoming a Police State. My friends who are first generation (legal) immigrants to the United States are starting to leave. They have talked to me about their reasons, that they simply don't feel "freedom" in the United States. Meanwhile, the laws are not enforecd against those who chose to opt out of the system.

In Austria, an entire losing Rugby Team goes the full Monty on the Courthouse Steps and the locals are smart enough to realize there is no threat to anyone. Here, we would have to have Senate hearings.

I've lived in the City near a large park & folks have made out in plain view of my office window during broad daylight plenty of times. I saw no need to call the Cops, what two consenting adults do does not bother me, not really any of my business.

Littering makes me mad. Making out ... eh' who cares?

Unless it is a Bear involved.

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[rhino3040]

Ah its called wait until you get back to the hotel room or at least the lobby.....geeeze. Maybe he had a freakish thing with wildlife.

 

[acaTerry]

ACATerry, you are my new hero! Well said chap!

I'm everybody's hero:laugh:

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Odds are, the case will be dismissed.

Odds are you're exactly right, but not before this guys co-workers and "buddies" have all had their fun skewering him.

Fins, I agree with you 100%. The Harrisburg PD's response to this thing was way too much. As a taxpayer, I would be outraged at the money wated on this. This entire episode will fade into the obscurity that it deserves quickly enough. Why prolong it by beating up on the guy?

Not to be flip, but what would most 24 year old guys do if (hypothetically) a semi-cute girl said, "Hey, let's go get naked in the woods??"

All I'm saying is why are we so quick to throw stones at others in our profession? When Dennis Quaid's kid was almost accidentally OD'ed in the hospital, how many doctors did you see on TV condemning the doctor that wrote the prescription and the nurse that made the dosing mistake? None.

 

[Draginass]

It's a helluva lot worse than getting a BJ from a bimbo in the Oval Office.

 

[AiRegency]

Case dismissed? Man, I'd bet against that outcome any day. Have you seen the rap sheet they've got on this guy? They don't dream up a list of charges like that for nothing. It's not like the cops make all the charges either. They make the innitial arrest but a lot of times it's the district attorney that decides what all the charges should be. And prosecutions is how DA's keep their jobs. Do you think they wouldn't prosecute the FA for breaking into the Fire Chiefs car? How would it look to prosecute one and not the other? Nope. I'm gonna have to say that this guy has his day in court and it doesn't turn out pretty for him. Any takers?

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

Case dismissed? Man, I'd bet against that outcome any day. Have you seen the rap sheet they've got on this guy? They don't dream up a list of charges like that for nothing. It's not like the cops make all the charges either. They make the innitial arrest but a lot of times it's the district attorney that decides what all the charges should be. And prosecutions is how DA's keep their jobs. Do you think they wouldn't prosecute the FA for breaking into the Fire Chiefs car? How would it look to prosecute one and not the other? Nope. I'm gonna have to say that this guy has his day in court and it doesn't turn out pretty for him. Any takers?

DA's are also attention hogs and throw the laundry list of stuff in order to have something to negotiate down to. He's got his reelection secure with the 5 minutes of fame.

The FA is in trouble, but the Pilot has done what exactly? I bet he gets it down to in a park after hours or something else that's totally useless.