Agree 100%... Regardless of being convicted or not, if the wife made this up, she's already screwed his life up probably forever. It's a shame the crap people do to each other. I'm currently on a trip with a guy who used to fly with him, and he told me the same thing... He just can't see this guy doing it, so let's wait to pass judgment as I'm sure we'd all hope for if we were ever put in a situation like this.

Wow, what a terrible situation for all involved. Hopefully the truth comes out and justice is served.

Same thing here. Comes across as normal guy, upset about the divorce thing. I doubt the charges, but I've been wrongs few times before. I'll go with innocent until proven with this one.

We all laugh at how incompetent the media is when it comes to aviation. What makes this situation any different?

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Its amazing the kind of crazy allegations that women will unleash to get the upper hand in a divorce and punish the guy. Hopefully this is not true and he should get his day in court. If this is a case where it was trumped up by the wife in a divorce, I hope the Judge crushes her. Probably won't happen because women get the upper hand in these cases anyway. Being falsely accused of something like this is just as bad as committing the act, and both should be equally prosecuted.

Hope its not true, but if it is he should go to jail for a long time.

This. And if she's behind the whole thing, she should go to jail for a very long time.

Not too long ago…

Falsely accused.

Too bad all of the popular crime shows portray a black-and-white scenario where dedicated and hard-working cops and prosecutors fight the odds and bring down evil perpetrators. Not many cover prosecutorial misconduct, witness coaching, jailhouse informants, evidence tampering -- or vindictive, spurned women spinning lies.

The Economist article I linked in the previous page paints a pretty disheartening picture of what happens when one is accused of a serious crime and falls into the gears of the criminal-industrial complex in the US.

Even worse, the media and American people are all too eager to pick up their pitch forks and join the witch hunt. You know, because people, especially children, NEVER tell lies. /sarcasm

That's good that you're going with that. On this one. :rolleyes:

Its funny how we all brag about 'Murica and our system of justice, Bill of Rights and everything else, wave flags, put our hands on our hearts and sing songs. Then turn right around and collectively wish for mob rule and public executions, even torture, the elimination of due process and the assumption of guilt based off of news stories, all while trying to "get out of" jury duty.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and we haven't been paying the bill.

I guess they never read or saw Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."