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

Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:13 pm to
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
72505 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:13 pm to
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Travels with an axe? I don’t want a pilot who has so little self control.


That kind of take-charge attitude is exactly what you want in your pilot.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:16 pm to
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Travels with an axe? I don’t want a pilot who has so little self control.


His ability to come up with creative and effective solutions for the problems facing the people around him is exactly what made him a capable pilot.

Less than 2 years away from retirement, probably enough sick hours banked to take that time off as a paid vacation anyway while he’s on “administrative leave.”

Good for him.
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Member since Apr 2013
62514 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:19 pm to
quote:

That kind of take-charge attitude is exactly what you want in your pilot.


I hey that delta pilot who let a child shite in a bag because he couldn’t make the decision to deplane the aircraft didn’t carry an axe.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
72505 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:31 pm to
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I hey that delta pilot who let a child shite in a bag because he couldn’t make the decision to deplane the aircraft didn’t carry an axe.


That quick-thinking mom who commandeered the bag for her kid to shite in is pilot material though.
Posted by jatilen
Member since May 2020
13608 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:33 pm to
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:39 pm to
I carry an ax in my truck.

Doesn't everyone?
Posted by Walter E Kurtz
upriver
Member since May 2006
1162 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:44 pm to
Real axe, don’t do it
Posted by Craw Dawg
Member since Jan 2023
816 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 12:42 am to
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41046 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 12:52 am to
I bet when those (redacted) terrorists break into his cockpit with box cutters they're in for a rude awakening.
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
26412 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 1:11 am to
quote:

I carry an ax in my truck.
Doesn't everyone?


Most of us carry chain saws. Makes quick work of the arms.
Posted by mattchewbocca
houma, la
Member since Jun 2008
6926 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 4:25 am to
Not guilty. Hero!
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
1095 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 4:36 am to
We once had an FA go into an empty cockpit of a 767 post-flight (the pilots had already left) to grab the crash-axe because the closet where she/him stored it’s bags was jammed and it was going to miss their commuter flight . Proceeded to all out Ragnar on the door to free the bag. No longer employed by the airline.
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16767 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 4:42 am to
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He just hit his breaking point."


Glad it was to a security gate and not to 150 people on board a plane.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21664 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 5:14 am to
A pilot causes $700 of damage to a malfunctioning parking gate and gets arrested. However, a dirtbag can walk into a store and steal hundreds of dollars of stuff and nothing happens.
Posted by ob1pimpbobi
College Station
Member since Jul 2022
3237 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:03 am to
That's a problem solver right there.
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16767 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:10 am to
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a dirtbag can walk into a store and steal hundreds of dollars of stuff and nothing happens.


There was a video floating around of a Gentleman who tried this and got caned pretty good.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15199 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:39 am to
He's 63? Cool.

I thought they didn't have commercial pilots that were older than 60. Seems like a silly rule.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91838 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:42 am to
Anyone flying into Denver the last few months would have done the same. It’s a fricking disaster.

I’ve grown to despise air travel.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15199 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:42 am to
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I think he planned to do that shite!




He may have recently been to Lowes and still had it in his VW.
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
19301 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:50 am to
So he’s not flying the friendly skies anymore?
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