So HOW bad is the pay???
 

http://www.kpho.com/news/13692337/de...s=pho&psp=news

Pilot Accused Of Stealing Passenger's iPod

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mesa Air pilot is accused of stealing a passenger's iPod at a security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport, police said.

Police said Christopher Newton was spotted on camera on Thursday taking a iPod out of someone else's container while going through a security checkpoint.

A police officer was summoned after a passenger reported to the Transportation Security Administration that his iPod had been taken at the security checkpoint.


A TSA agent showed the office a tape of an airline pilot placing a container, used to hold passenger's personal items during screening, over another container, then removing an item from the lower container, the report said.

The top container was used to conceal his actions, according to the report. The pilot then placed the item that he had removed into his computer bag, the report said. The report said the pilot made no attempt to contact the rightful owner or security personnel.

Newton was in the cockpit of United Express Flight 7332 when officers found him and asked him to deplane, according to the police report.

Newton admitted to having the iPod his possession, the report said.

He claimed he took the iPod because he said it would just be confiscated by airport employees, according to the report.

Newton, on police order, returned to the cockpit, retrieved the iPod and handed it over to police, the report said.

But because his flight was 15 minutes late, police allowed him to continue on, the report said.

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority Police Department said the case remains under investigation.

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is based in Mesa, Ariz.

Wow! :jawdrop:

You gotta be kidding me!!!! WTF! I can't think of a single reason why a pilot should compromise his/her career for a stupid Ipod.... I cannot fathom why this would happen. Thanks to whoever it was.... tarnishing the profession.... jerk.

This is classic!!! "If I didn't steal, I mean, "take" the ipod, the TSA would have. So, I just figured I would save them the hassle!"

They let him continue on his flight just because it was running late? It seems like theft would be a reason to keep someone in custody.

I stole a 1985 honda civic yesterday, BFD.

That guy is not smart enough to operate an airplane. I would love to hear what the guy on "MAX X" would have to say about that.

He probably just felt left out by not having an Ipod to wear in the terminal...

What an idiot.

I dont see why they let him fly because the flight was running late...

I think a theft over $200 is considered grand larceny, which is a FELONY.

If that was a Mesa flight, it was running early!