• Pilot locked in lavatory causes unnecessary terror scare
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Atleast it wasn't a gremlin on the wings.
[QUOTE=MisterSjeiks;33383011]Atleast it wasn't a gremlin on the wings.[/QUOTE] A middle eastern gremlin.
[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33382955]This whole talk about racism is stupid. The guy was flying a plane with 100+ people on board. The pilot failed to return, which in itself is a very suspicious thing. If a guy starts banging on the door, that itself is a suspicious thing. And to top it off, they thought he had a middle eastern accent. It's not exactly racist when al qaeda has a rep for hijacking planes; and them being based in the middle east and all. It's one thing profiling someone in line for the metal detectors because they're wearing a turban, it's a whole other thing to be concerned when your pilot doesn't return to the cockpit and some guy starts knocking on the cockpit door.[/QUOTE] Technically it was the pilot banging on the toilet door (Outside the cockpit) The guy then walked up to the cockpit to talk to the co-pilot, he wasn't trying to force entry or even knock. Might not be racism, but it's certainly discrimination. From now on there will be a specific password for "I'm locked in the shitter" probably "The pilot is having a shitty day"
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329248]Stay racist america. I really hope the co-pilot was demoted, fired, or disciplined. He was given the fucking password that only the pilots know, and I'm pretty sure they have two passwords, one real and one to be given as a hint that it's a hijack, in case one of them gets captured.[/QUOTE] Have you ever flown a plane? Have you ever been in a position of responsibility for the lives of 200+ passengers? No? Then shut up, because you have NO idea how he would have felt. The co-pilot was playing it safe, he knows that there is always a threat of terrorism, it doesn't matter where the accent seemed to be from he just knew it was not the pilot. It's better to land a plane yourself after many hours of training than to risk some nutjob getting in the cockpit.
[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329253]I'm not racist or anything, but to be honest if the pilot takes a suspiciously long shit and hasn't returned for a long time, and some guy starts banging on the door with a middle-eastern sounding man yelling at me I might just as well be worried considering all the passengers I'd have on board. I'd be suspicious just the same if there weren't an accent. I think it's more common or at least heard of for a middle eastern terrorist groups dropping down planes in the past decade[/QUOTE] 'Racist:a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others.' I do not pick up any indication of racism in this comment. SUSPICION IS NOT RACISM, It annoys the crap out of me when people just throw "your a racist" out there
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329347]As I said, they most likely have two codes, and why would you say a middle eastern person would be more likely to hijack planes? That was unheard of before 9/11 and afaik not a single middle eastern person has attempted to hijack a commercial airliner after that, good job getting caught in the fearmongering.[/QUOTE] hi obviously you've never heard of Palestine before, back in the day there were the undisputed masters of hijacking [editline]23rd November 2011[/editline] Not that racial profiling isn't racist [editline]23rd November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Triarii;33383930]'Racist:a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others.' I do not pick up any indication of racism in this comment. SUSPICION IS NOT RACISM, It annoys the crap out of me when people just throw "your a racist" out there[/QUOTE] I really fucking hope you don't sincerely believe that Racial profiling is discrimination based on racial characteristics. In this instance, the pilot's racism is entirely understandable considering all the stuff that goes on in America with Islamist terrorism (like back in September when the media was certain there was going to be massive terrorist attacks)
Surely the pilots would be smart enough to have two passwords for entering the cockpit, one is for general use by the pilots, the other mean's hijacker, so fucking stupid if they don't.
[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329296]Jump the pilot in the bathroom, "Tell me the password to the cockpit or I'm going to blow up the plane before we land" I doubt pilots getting stuck on the shitter mid flight is a common happening.[/QUOTE] they are given two passwords, one just in case its a hijacking.
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