Catch me if you Can-"Pilot" Sneaks on USAir
03-22-2013 | 09:32 AM
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03-22-2013 | 11:12 AM
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A flight attendant conducting a routine head count entered the cockpit and saw the man sitting in the jump seat behind the captain's seat. He identified himself as an Air France pilot.
Suspicious airline employees, sniffing out a fake, questioned the man.
The flight crew told him he would have to fill out paperwork, but the man didn't have credentials, police said. The captain then told him to leave the area, and ordered him off the plane before it left the gate. The man became irate. The crew called police.
Frenchman caught on plane in real life sequel to 'Catch Me If You Can' - CNN.com
Suspicious airline employees, sniffing out a fake, questioned the man.
The flight crew told him he would have to fill out paperwork, but the man didn't have credentials, police said. The captain then told him to leave the area, and ordered him off the plane before it left the gate. The man became irate. The crew called police.
Frenchman caught on plane in real life sequel to 'Catch Me If You Can' - CNN.com
03-22-2013 | 11:34 AM
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That hardly compares to the scale of Catch Me If You Can but we won't let the truth get in the way of a stellar headline built on a foundation of hyperbole with a side of fear.
We do need to do a much better job of presenting and demanding creds. Its as if there is some level of professional courtessy involved in acting all casual about it or saying "if the gate sends you down you're good". That is incorrect and flat out dangerous. Not only WR security and safety, but for the future of the benefit as a whole. Its long past due we take it more seriously from both sides of the transaction. Anyone that is miffed at taking 2 seconds to display basic creds/lic/med has no business riding up front anyway, especially when they should have them out and ready automatically. Every time.
We do need to do a much better job of presenting and demanding creds. Its as if there is some level of professional courtessy involved in acting all casual about it or saying "if the gate sends you down you're good". That is incorrect and flat out dangerous. Not only WR security and safety, but for the future of the benefit as a whole. Its long past due we take it more seriously from both sides of the transaction. Anyone that is miffed at taking 2 seconds to display basic creds/lic/med has no business riding up front anyway, especially when they should have them out and ready automatically. Every time.
03-22-2013 | 12:31 PM
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03-22-2013 | 01:36 PM
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Everybody needs to take a breath. The door didn't close, the parking brake didn't come off, some guy threw on a jacket with epaulets and somehow snuck up into the flight deck-- maybe the flight crew was there, maybe not, at some point before things got serious they get around to asking him questions, and booya, he's off the airplane and in cuffs. Our system works, this is a good time to just remember to always check the CASS and the required paperwork-- which we do all the time anyway. Case in point, today.
03-22-2013 | 04:02 PM
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03-22-2013 | 06:54 PM
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