[sodpoodle]

I don’t understand how he can be accused of ‘criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing’. He simply removed himself from a place where he was supposed to be, separated himself from a volatile situation, before take-off.

He obviously lost his composure - which would have been treated as a human resource problem, not a crime, in any other profession.

I walked off the job in a huff - was hired back. Did it again - was hired back and finally stormed out for good. Third time was the charm. Drama queen:)

[piytar]

When you walked off, did you pull an emergency exit door and deploy an inflatible slide on an airliner, thereby stranding the plane on the tarmac, delaying passengers’ exit making some miss connections and grounding the plane for several days?

He did.

This guy is an inconsiderate little self-centered egomanical twerp.

[piytar]

Oh, and BTW, in his little hissy fit, he also endangered the lives of everyone on the plane and of everyone on the tarmac. If a good gust ripped away the slide, people very well could have died.

But yeah, he’s a hero. /hurl

[Still Thinking]

I don’t understand how he can be accused of ‘criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing’. He simply removed himself from a place where he was supposed to be, separated himself from a volatile situation, before take-off.

It's probably the chute. That's kind of a big deal. If he just took the beer and stormed off the plane back up the boarding tunnel, even after chewing out the passengers, I don't think there'd be any legal repercussions pending. I don't see the reckless endangerment or trespassing at all under the circumstances. Maybe they tacked those off to bargain with later. I do think there should be some "destruction of property" charge because of the large cost associated with the chute and deplaning/replaning all the pax.

[Gay State Conservative]

I don’t understand how he can be accused of ‘criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing’

The chute stunt,I'll wager,is his biggest problem.Most likely a violation of a dozen different Federal laws...at least some of which would be felonies.

[Red in Blue PA]

Agree.

If the feds have any sense, they will drop charges against this guy.

The guy is not a criminal....he lost it dealing with extremely rude passengers. IMO, the passenger is the one who violated the law and should be charged.

The sad part is these passengers are rarely, if ever, charged. So their behavior only gets worse.