Airline refuses to land with killer on board, worries about costs

Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi but
refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-...ke-on-a-plane/

Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but
killing your spouse and making a run for it is okay.

I make it to be about 10 PM, or 2200, in Paris on a Saturday night.

Many single middleaged men even in the United States, let alone in the
City of Lights, would be out with their friends. Could this posting be
evidence of a social problem?

The only life he has is the vicarious one he enjoys by playing on the
computer. He is envious of real pilots, and feels that by proving to himself
that his intellect is somehow superior, he is better than people who
actually fly airplanes, either as a profession or avocation.

He does not appear to have any other life, either socially or
professionionally.


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I make it to be about 10 PM, or 2200, in Paris on a Saturday night.

Many single middleaged men even in the United States, let alone in the
City of Lights, would be out with their friends. Could this posting be
evidence of a social problem?

Viperdoc wrote:
The only life he has is the vicarious one he enjoys by playing on the
computer. He is envious of real pilots, and feels that by proving to
himself that his intellect is somehow superior, he is better than
people who actually fly airplanes, either as a profession or
avocation.
He does not appear to have any other life, either socially or
professionionally.



When a simple google kicks back 140,000 hits, that's something. When
EVERYBODY, from the HUNDREDS of groups he's posted in, reports they want to
filet, draw & quarter the dip****, that tells more. Personally I can't
imagine being so absolutely desperate for attention to warrant this much
effort, but................. He GETS IT!!!!!!
Go figure..........

He thinks he's smarter than everybody else, but can't find or hold a job in
the US or France. Yet, he blames this on outsourcing, rather than seeing
this as a personal reflection on his abilities or personality.

Would YOU want to work with someone like him?

Viperdoc wrote:
He thinks he's smarter than everybody else, but can't find or hold a job in
the US or France. Yet, he blames this on outsourcing, rather than seeing
this as a personal reflection on his abilities or personality.

Would YOU want to work with someone like him?



Like it or not, his post was on topic, unlike your followups.
I don't agree with what he said, but it was appropriate for the newsgroup.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi but
refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-...ke-on-a-plane/

Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but
killing your spouse and making a run for it is okay.

Why should the airline bear the cost of this?

Can you please provide a cite of someone getting charged with a felony
for carrying nail clippers, or where CO thought it was OK to kill a spouse?

They guy went through the "security" screening, so where was the danger
to the plane and/or passengers? The guy wasn't going anywhere. He was
detained in India.

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:10:42 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi but
refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-...ke-on-a-plane/

Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but
killing your spouse and making a run for it is okay.

Since he had gone through security, what would be the difference where
the authorities took him into custody?

In message Mxsmanic
wrote:

Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi but
refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-...ke-on-a-plane/

Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but
killing your spouse and making a run for it is okay.

Not at all, rather, not worth delaying the plane since the accused can
be detained and returned at much lower expense.

What's the rush? It's not liked the murderee is getting any deader.

--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?

The individual in question is a SUSPECT!!!

Americans in these post 9/11 days have developed a propensity to forget that
one of the basic tenets of British based legal systems is the Presumption of
Innocence. Suspects are innocent until found guilty in a Court of Law.

Gauntanamo and 'rendering' etc seems to be eroding precepts, part of
American Law (and matured through Magna Carta et al - over centuries!)
inherited from Great Britain.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Continental Airlines had a murder suspect on board its flight to New Delhi
but
refused to turn around and land because of the cost of dumping fuel:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-...ke-on-a-plane/

Odd that carrying nail clippers on board can result in felony charges, but
killing your spouse and making a run for it is okay.