As promised, I asked my son (a training manager for the TSA at the
Buffalo, NY airport) to investigate what happened. Here is his report
which indicates a different sort of story:
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What I was able to find said he was attempting to attach the item to
the fuselage with a putty device and refused to hand it over when asked.
It also said he was carrying other unusual items which he also refused
to hand over. RCMP seized the items and he was charged with mischief
under the Aeronautics act. He plead guilty a few days later.
I would say there may have been some overreaction but it wasn't a great
idea to try to attach an unusual object to the aircraft and then fail to
let anyone see what he had. I also wonder why he plead guilty and paid
a $30,000 fine rather than challenge the charge(s).
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Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> That's the mark of a good debater, Bob: make your point twice ... :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 31 Aug 2009, at 12:47, <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> PS--But--But, good point about media and not knowing what really
>> happened. They say the quickest way to figure out how the press
>> works is to be the subject of a story.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
>> ---- Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> It sounds like awful over-reaction to me, Chuck
>>>
>>> It sounds like a group of clueless people feeling more-than-normally
>>> clueless and wearing their extra-clueless jackets and ties, led by
>>> Captain(ess) Super-Clueless and his flight attendant team.
>>>
>>> The same flight crew might think little of running a flight with one
>>> generator out, or perhaps pressing to a more hospitable destination
>>> with one of their navigation system u/s.
>>>
>>> But then ... remember that this is a newspaper, that it's part of
>>> News
>>> International and owned by the same person who owns Fox News in the
>>> USA. Who knows what the story really was ... ?
>>>
>>> I believe less and less in the newspapers these days, but News
>>> International (Sun, News of the World, Times (London)) is
>>> particularly
>>> bad.
>
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