The guy sounds a little loopy to me.
Yes, he had a seriously poor lapse of judgement that's going to cost him big time.
>> “Stansberry said he decided to claim he had a bomb in order to divert attention from himself” <<
Right. That will do it. Certainly won’t draw any attention.
He lives a couple miles from me. According to an interview with his dad on the local radio he had taken several ambien. He’s a defense contractor and its very common for them to use that sleep drug on the long flights.