re: United pilot takes an axe to a parking arm at the employee lot in Denver

I have to admit... I've thought about that ( but I don't have an Ax). Scenario...you have been traveling..all the delays, layovers... work. You get back and you can't get out of the airport because the gate /ticket reader isn't working. And there is no apparent means to remedy this. You want to pay.. Because you just want to get home but either the machine won't read your ticket or take your money and there is no human to override the broken machine... I get it. Don't agree with the ax chopping but I get it.