This guy: U.S. man gets eight months in prison for hitting child on plane - chicagotribune.com

Because that punishment isn't a gross overstepping of government boundaries......:rolleyes:

No, but to be of good moral character is :D

Wait, damnit...I guess that rules me out :mad:

I am bowing to you right now. This is going to be my new go to. Here in Canada, that's a SURE way to get you laid...

You answered your own question....the CA is responsible. :D

I'm not trying to remove anyone from blame, but are you sure it wasn't station personnel?

Maybe it's changed, but the same thing happened to me years ago, and I was surprised to find that it was the station guys (I think it was in SYR)-- who had permission to power up the aircraft -- who left the battery switch on and delayed us that morning. The station manager showed me the checklist they had and everything. Too, bad they missed the last step. :)

Truth. I was in ERI with an Air Wis crew when I was at 9E. We were pulling away from the airport and I looked back at our plane and noticed the emergency lights on. I thought that somehow I had screwed up the power down checklist and immediately asked for a return which of course resulted in the ultimate scorn from the other crew.

It turned out the local rampers had figured out they could light up the cabin with the emergency lights. They got a talking to....

People who comment without reading the linked story.

During descent, the guy smacked a 19 month old child then used a racial slur, on an airplane. He gets 8 months in jail & deserves it as we'll as a place in history on the TOTD thread.

Seriously give the guy a break, I mean who amongst us hasn't occasionally had to rough up an 8 month old.



(Pssssss.......The above is post is meant to be sarcastic for those of us who may be sarcasm-impaired.)