Comments on: “Flight Rage” Lands Boise Man In Slammer

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:29:13 +0000

Just to quibble, I’d say the law quoted above was to encompass just a case as we have here. If we didn’t have such a law, the flight would have been delayed in Las Vegas until local constabulary finished the investigation. I’m quite sure that no one would want that consequence.

A similar case with Idaho connections here.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/flier-blames-tabasco-spill-lewd-act

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:12:32 +0000

What a rediculous waste of court time. The guy can plead inocent and watch it all unravel when the State can’t get their witnesses to court.

The guy had no right to “touch” the kid but making this a misdemeanor court case is even worse. It is emblematic of just how goofy criminal laws have become. Trial by jury will never convict the guy. Meanwhile, this turn of events has reenforced to the kid he can get away with anything he wants, anywhere he wants.

Shame on the flight crew for making this a big deal. I will avoid the Gestapo Southwest Airline when it comes to travel plans.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:33:37 +0000

Sounds like the young man needs to go to “time to grow up class” The next opening is behind the woodshed!

By: Boisean

Boisean — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:04:51 +0000

Apparently Southwest Airlines does not really enforce the FAA directives on electronics and cell phone use during takeoff and landings.

Does their inaction to the youth’s ignoring of in-flight directives indicate that all of us are now immune from Spouthwest Airline enforcing the rule to turn off electrionic devices?

I would hope they do not require one class of passenger (old white men) to obey the rules while other groups get a free pass. That would be unfair.

By: dog

dog — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:55:17 +0000

The fact they let people on with cell phones is proves that the TSA searches are a joke. Cell phones are used by terrorists to detonate explosives all the time.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:19:49 +0000

GOOD THING THE PHONE DIDN’T BLOW UP.
TSA WOULD OF HAD A HARD TIME EXPLAINING THAT ONE!

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:13:47 +0000

Screaming babies, children hacking up snot-monsters-lugies, moms pumping boobs, teenagers with sore fingers, stuffy old people, double-wides, and my personal favorite… the BO monster. I really do think we need to have segregation on flights.

I recently brought ear protection on a trip (muffs). The dumb-@ss flight attendant tried to take them away even though they were not electronic. I showed they were not electronic… but dumb-@ss still didn’t like the anti-fashion statement they gave to my gorgeous hair. We were still at the gate so I asked he bring them up front and ask the Captain. The Captain is a personal friend and the muffs had my name on them… so the fluffy man on a power trip got shutdown this time.

BUT the point here is the flight attendants often make these little disagreements worse with their ridiculous disagreeable inflexible rabid attitudes. SWA is the best, but they still have some real a-holes working the cabin.

Never touch anyone because there’s a good chance they are a fruitcake. Betcha nothing would have come of this if Mr. Miller didn’t look the part of the angry white man.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:12:59 +0000

I think the guy needs a metal for doing the job the flight crew should have been doing. Kid needs to learn to obey the rules.

By: Flatlander

Flatlander — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:53:50 +0000

Ought to prosecute the kid for federal interference with a flight crew. That would make a whack on the shoulder seem like nothing. I can only imagine what the kid said to set this guy off.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:36:33 +0000

Amen !!!