The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

[sevenhelmet]

C'mon man, there's no room for nuance around here.....

 

[JTS11]

This was my first thought as well. It's sad DHS is barely believable in their current incarnation.

The DHS Secretary seems to really be in touch with everything going on. Who among us hasn't felt joy in the saddle of an Argentinian-bred horse?

I believe this was posted after reports of the mass shooting in NYC.

https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1949992498157228088

 

[Hotdogs]

I'm not sure where your getting that because that's not what I'm saying at all dude. Also, warzone military actions vs civilian police action against American citizens. That's an important distinction you're ignoring.

I guess we've gone past the logical and pragmatic benefit-of-the-doubt stage. I was attempting to draw an analogy and parallels for those who have to execute time-critical thinking skills and deduce some reasonable explanations from the scenario we were discussing.

These guys on the Delta aircraft looked like normal federal law enforcement in under cover uniforms. Nothing militaristic about it. They nabbed him right after the door open under circumstances that we don't know about. Perhaps take some xanax, and breath a bit - The vast majority of federal, state, and municipal LE are like the rest of us. Everything is going to be okay.

 

[taxi1]

Do you know when the warrant was issued? Inflight perhaps? Before take off? We have no idea.

If the pilot/perp had an inkling he was going to be arrested…is that on the ORM checklist?

He wouldn’t be the first pedophile to decide to finish things on his own terms.

 

[sevenhelmet]

If the pilot/perp had an inkling he was going to be arrested…is that on the ORM checklist?

He wouldn’t be the first pedophile to decide to finish things on his own terms.

THIS. The other pilot is probably thanking his lucky stars.

This could have been so much worse.

 

[wink]

We're also not conducting wartime operations against American citizens. That is a critical distinction.
There are times when the cops need to gear up. I can't see a case in which this is one. Flight risk? He can only run so far, and he can't out-run a radio. Harm to others? With what? He's not carrying.


Also, why is DHS conducting this and not the FBI? Kiddy porn investigations don't seem to fit inside the DHS's scope of operations. That seems more like a DOJ job.
And if they think he's going to do some type of 9/11 attack, why not stop him before he took off?

This screams security theater to me.

It was not a fed investigation. Sheriff's office was investigating sex with a minor for weeks and they asked DHS for an assist.
Another thought,and perhaps the reason for the DHS assist,is that it is possible the pilot was armed,an FFDO, which is a TSA/DHS program.

 

[Swanee]

It was not a fed investigation. Sheriff's office was investigating sex with a minor for weeks and they asked DHS for an assist.
Another thought,and perhaps the reason for the DHS assist,is that it is possible the pilot was armed,an FFDO, which is a TSA/DHS program.

But was he?
And if he was, why go in when he would be armed? What was SO important to get him right then and there?

Everyone seems to ignore the question I have- why go in when you know you have to gear up? Why take that risk when you can wait for a lower-risk opportunity? LE wants to puff up and show dominance at any chance they get.

I don't hold very many LE folks in high regard. Most of them that I know are folks who wouldn't be allowed in the military because they're too stupid, too fat, or too sexist and racist. It's a low-paying job that attracts the bottom of the barrel, yet they want to be called "Officers".
The true professionals I know want out, or got out, to do other things that pay better.
The stories I hear from some LE folks who are part-timers here make me really glad that I won the birth lottery.