Diverting due to forgotten passport
03-24-2025 | 01:16 PM
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Solution - all pilots 60 and older get a Tumi passport lanyard that matches the Rebok black sneakers.
03-24-2025 | 01:31 PM
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03-24-2025 | 01:34 PM
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Excellent question, there is a chance that the benevolent, freedom loving Chinese government who certainly isn't facing an adversarial US president, would laugh this off as some silly misunderstanding and let the American pilot simply board the next departing flight to the US and deadhead home. There's also a chance that they view it as an attempt to illegally enter the country and be thrown in jail without due process and the US embassy is powerless to stop it because the pilot clearly broke Chinese law and will now face the Chinese legal system. How would you like to gamble on that situation?
03-24-2025 | 01:43 PM
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Excellent question, there is a chance that the benevolent, freedom loving Chinese government who certainly isn't facing an adversarial US president, would laugh this off as some silly misunderstanding and let the American pilot simply board the next departing flight to the US and deadhead home. There's also a chance that they view it as an attempt to illegally enter the country and be thrown in jail without due process and the US embassy is powerless to stop it because the pilot clearly broke Chinese law and will now face the Chinese legal system. How would you like to gamble on that situation?
They would be put on the outbound flight and go back to the US, I've seen it several times due to FA visa issues. The only problem with doing that to a pilot is the next flight they were to operate is now cancelled....I'm guessing that's the reason for the divert. Not a good look either way.
Guess what, big bad orange man wasn't the pres at the time.
03-24-2025 | 03:36 PM
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I appreciate that the reflex to invoke the victimization complex is easier than critical thinking, but just because he is mentioned doesn't mean it's an attack on him or his policies. Is it controversial to say that POTUS plays a large part in shaping the course of international relations around the world? In case you haven't been paying attention to the news, American citizens have been used as bargaining chips by many groups and many governments, for quite some time. And yes, it has happened under blue presidents too. Off the top of my head I can think of recent examples in Russia, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, and Pakistan. Many sketchy governments will happily imprison an American and hang on to them until they are ransomed. Do you think China would ever do such a dastardly thing as hold Americans for the flimsiest of reasons to extract certain concessions or prisoner swaps? Do you think that the current political climate might influence whether or not a country would take a step like that? Do you think the current policies might shift that political climate one way or another? If someone can't understand basic international politics, they really shouldn't be leaving the country, lest they end up starring on Locked Up Abroad.
03-24-2025 | 03:41 PM
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I appreciate that the reflex to invoke the victimization complex is easier than critical thinking, but just because he is mentioned doesn't mean it's an attack on him or his policies. Is it controversial to say that POTUS plays a large part in shaping the course of international relations around the world? In case you haven't been paying attention to the news, American citizens have been used as bargaining chips by many groups and many governments, for quite some time. And yes, it has happened under blue presidents too. Off the top of my head I can think of recent examples in Russia, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, and Pakistan. Many sketchy governments will happily imprison an American and hang on to them until they are ransomed. Do you think China would ever do such a dastardly thing as hold Americans for the flimsiest of reasons to extract certain concessions or prisoner swaps? Do you think that the current political climate might influence whether or not a country would take a step like that? Do you think the current policies might shift that political climate one way or another? If someone can't understand basic international politics, they really shouldn't be leaving the country, lest they end up starring on Locked Up Abroad.
03-24-2025 | 03:51 PM
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