etliner cockpit keys, a uniform and a passport belonging to an American Airlines pilot are missing from his car, which was stolen from a Newark Airport parking lot more than a week ago, authorities said yesterday.Posted on 10/31/2001 1:16:21 AM PST by kattracks
etliner cockpit keys, a uniform and a passport belonging to an American Airlines pilot are missing from his car, which was stolen from a Newark Airport parking lot more than a week ago, authorities said yesterday.
Police recovered the 1996 Acura Integra last Wednesday, but no red flags were raised because the car hadn't been reported stolen and cops didn't know the owner was a pilot.
The pilot called police yesterday when he couldn't find the car in Lot F at the airport, where he left it Oct. 19.
Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said detectives haven't interviewed the pilot and don't know why he left uniform, keys and passport in the car — or where he went. "I assume he was out of town," Coleman said, "but we don't know if it was a vacation or business."
He said there was no suspicion "at this point" that the theft was linked to possible terrorist activity.
American Airlines spokesman John Hotard declined to say which aircraft the cockpit keys were for.
"The only thing I can tell you is that we have security procedures in place so that we know who's in the cockpit," he added.
Hotard said he was unable to identify the pilot or say why his uniform and keys had been left in the car.
FIRE the pilot! Make an example of him!
Yes, by all means. Fire him!!! How dare he get his car stolen. That will teach him to park in the employee parking lot.
Moron...
Security at airport:"Hi,your dressed like a pilot,you must be a pilot!Have a nice flight!
Newsflash! Pilots are checked with greater frequency than the travelling public. The easiest way to get "extra attention" at security, is to be dressed as Taliban members. The second easiest, is to be dressed as a pilot.
I. Fire the pilot.
Under the section of the contract entitled "Employees who have their things stolen shall be terminated."
It's one thing if the uniform, passport, and keys were on the passenger seat, and were an enticement to theft, we might want to visit some commensense issues with the pilot. If the things were out of view, say in the trunk, then you would be asking for him to be fired because his car was stolen.
Pilot uniforms can be obtained easily by anyone who wants to go through the trouble of purchasing one. Cockpit keys are worthless on AA, as the doors are reinforced and can only be opened from within.
I admire your "fire him" enthusiasm. Anyone who sends baking goods through the mail also deserves life imprisonment. Let's all lose all sense of proportion.
PS. a white powder was found on some donuts at Kroger. Authorities are investigating.
America Freaks Out: Day 50
What was the blurb this morning about police or highway patrol somewhere stopping a car for whatever reason, in the car the people had diagrams of the Alaskan pipe line and maps of Nuclear Plants...they were released. Anyone know about this?
Yes. And fuzzy dice too. The keys are for the cockpit door; not the ignition.
ROFLMAO!! Thanks for the laugh!
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