Was this the same UAL pilot who was naked in front of the hotel window? Or perhaps it was the UAL pilot who chopped the parking lot gate with an axe.

I was there that day the guy chopped the gate down. Believe me if I had an axe or was driving the old truck I might have thought of it as well. Nothing sucks more than finishing a trip and getting stuck in the employee parking lot afterwards.

weird how the exact same story is present at every airline. somehow always a fed on the jumpseat, too.

urban legends

We’ve all been there. Had he dropped the axe I think it would have appeared a bit less unhinged, but watching him wrestle the employee for it, well…🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

Anyone know what the corporate event is on Aug 24th? I don’t have premium yahoo finance lol

Or the one stroking his gonads in front of a crowd of people at the Denver Airport because the thought the windows weren't see through? lolol

It’s the announcement of our savior Bill Franke coming to save us

nvm it was the Savannah announcement on the 14th not the 24th disregard

That absolutely did not happen. The TSA “hero” lied and said he was twigging the berries but he simply got out of the shower and got dressed. Because of the glare the terminal windows were impossible to see through and he mistakenly thought there was equal glare on the Westin side of the windows. The charges were dropped.

TSA hero. wtf is that? Never heard of it. Any way, there were multiple witnesses that said he was standing right in front of the window bare ass naked with his gonads hanging out talking on the phone without a care on the world, jiggling his balls for good measure. The guy was a freaken idiot. The charges were dropped when it became evident that this wasn't an intentional act of indecency, the guy was just a dumbass.

That guy is my hero. Can any of you from UAL share what happened to him subsequently?

Short version: the case against the pilot fell apart, he was reinstated at United, and Denver paid him a settlement.

• Who/what happened: United Airlines captain ****** ******* was arrested at the Westin hotel attached to Denver International Airport (DIA) on Sept. 20, 2018 after TSA employees reported seeing a naked man at a 10th-floor window. He said he was in his hotel room, thought he had privacy, and wasn’t aware anyone could see in. United suspended him for six months.
• Criminal case outcome: A judge dismissed the indecent-exposure charge in 2019.
• City settlement: The City of Denver paid ******* $300,000 in Nov. 2019 to resolve his wrongful-arrest claim.
• Civil suit vs. hotel: ******* later sued the Westin DIA; that civil case was dismissed in Jan. 2021.

lol, that idiot is not the guy he was asking about. He was asking about the pilot who took an axe to a parking gate.

I was told that UA allowed him to retire and he’s now flying a transport category aircraft for some prince in the M.E.

Who knows tho

Sounds likely. I assumed that he was prepared to retire when he got out of his car with the axe. IIRC he was over 60.

I’d like to buy that guy a few rounds, because admittedly we all feel like that at times.

Tbh that’s what I said lol Apparently the airport never fixed the issue either

Then maybe I need to switch domiciles to DEN when I’m approaching 65 and make sure my employee parking is in that lot 😬

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it was fixed that day. Then they switched to a different license plate reader instead of an NFC tag. Works vetter but occasionally there are issues but not that bad

Good to hear. I bet the issue got old fast

So many barriers, both figuratively and literally, are put up for us to get to and from work. Parking, transportation, hotels, and the god awful TSA all compound each other.

6-900 this year. 12 confirmed classes with option for 6 more. We just had our first street hire class and there were approximately 55 pilots in it. Numbers track for what the company/union are saying. 1-1500 is what the union is saying for next year. Looking back at the beginning of the year a significant number of new hires at AA were from Spirit (and other ULCCs).

The more the merrier I say. All NK boys and girls welcome (our koolaid is nothing like UA/DL)