A Frontier Airlines pilot was taken into custody by Houston police on board a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday right (night?)
Posted on 08/04/2024 6:45:08 AM PDT by dennisw
A pilot was preparing to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge -- forcing a cancellation.
A Frontier Airlines pilot was taken into custody by Houston police on board a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday night.
The airman, later identified as 45-year-old Seymour Walker, was removed from Flight 3195 before takeoff due to an outstanding warrant for assault-family violence.
Law enforcement timed the arrest for when Flight 3195 reached its assigned gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 4 p.m.
Officers boarded the empty plane and took the pilot into custody without any problems.
Frontier Airlines confirmed the incident, stating that the pilot was arrested before boarding began for Flight 3195, bound for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Due to the immediate lack of a replacement crew, the flight was canceled.
To make up for the inconvenience, passengers who were going to board Flight 3195 were offered a full refund, credit, or a spot on the next available flight.
'Airlines report incidents such as this to the FAA office that oversees them, and we investigate all pilot-related issues,' the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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A Frontier Airlines pilot was taken into custody by Houston police on board a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday right (night?)
I heard about this but not why he got arrested.
Frontier = thieves ...
“Law enforcement timed the arrest”
So, there was more involved than just law enforcement.
He could fight as a woman at the Olympics
I don’t understand why they arrested him in this manner when they could’ve had a SWAT team raid his house at 6 AM ,in full body armor ,
and shot his dog in the process.
FBI playbook. Guess the locals don’t do that.
The opening sentence “A pilot was preparing to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge — forcing a cancellation” makes it sound like he was charged for forcing a cancellation.
And, he has an “assault-family’. That’s pretty cool!
Reporter needs a course in remedial hyphens.
Frontier has been on my personal no-flight list for years. And I’ve been on some pretty sketchy airplanes and airlines.
Hard to tell with this type case. It's almost always the man that gets arrested no matter what happened. Occasionally the charges are legitimate.
And it would strongly appear that this relates to an historical event. Unlikely he was assaulting a family member immediately prior to the arrest.
What they don’t tell you is they shot out all the tires on the plane. There was only one dog at his house, but they got all ten tires.
They could have let him do the flight and arrest him at the next airport.
Why couldn’t they simply intercept him before he boarded? Are the feds (our tax dollars) paying for the tires and any peripheral damage?
This guy is like an airline pilot AND an Olympic athlete. Impressive.
Why the drama of an arrest on the airplane? Just quietly arrest him at home or ask him to some to the station. Then Frontier could replace him without disruption.
I’m glad Frontier is out there. Flights are cheap. You just gotta carry a small backpack and fly at odd hours. Then you gotta listen to the flight attendants peddle their credit cards. A good deal.
It’s no wonder cops are unpopular.
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