Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
No, he really wouldn't.
Employees have done that at two different places where I worked, where the employer purchased and provided aircraft for employees to use to learn to fly. In both cases, demonstrating that a little learing is a dangerous thing, employees have taken the equipment and made off, eventually ending up in a field somewhere.
Not a big fan of barefoot flying or in general, bandits.
Not to change the subject; though I have seen coworkers misappropriate aircraft as well. In all cases they were not company aircraft, but belonged to customers! One guy took a piston twin for a joyride, somehow made it back and further escaped prosecution... about three years later, THE SAME GUY, decided upon a late night lesson to teach himself how to fly a Bell 206; which ended in a rollover. He was also drunk... The guy eventually commited suicide. Many employers, including those who would like to, do not provide a company or training aircraft, to employees, solely due to liability issues. Many auto dealerships used to let salesmen take cars home for the evening. That practice has been largely discontinued for the same reasons. Somebody always ruins it for everybody.