Perhaps I should have made another analogy. How many commercial pilots make mistakes in the cockpit? How many get on their computers and read while they're supposed to be piloting the aircraft? How many pilots have boinked a flight attendant in the cockpit? How many have dozed off in flight? How many pilots have landed at the wrong airport? How many pilots have crashed planes due to "pilot error?
Don't you see? The blame game doesn't work. We probably agree that there are "bad apples" in all professions. Then, you have to take into account the nature of the job. Cops have frequent confrontations with people who are in the midst of trouble, either as a victim of crime or as a perpetrator. Take your job and try to picture yourself on every flight having to deal with an unruly passenger, one who hasn't been checked for weapons. Wouldn't that be a fun job?
As I've said in many other posts, cops are people. They come from the human race. They make mistakes. Some are criminals. Some are unsuited for the job. Some are incompetent. Same is true for pilots.
There are commercial pilots who take naps during flights. There are also pilots who scored some nookie when they are supposed to be working.
There are also badge groupies. Cooping (sleeping on duty) is a very old piece of police slang. My rather limited emergency services experiences include four officers who were fired for drunkeness on duty, theft of public funds, theft of a gun out of evidence, and drunkenness during dereliction of duty when a tour commander decided it was more fun to hang out in the next town over.
They are the exception, but they operate under the force of the authority of The United States. They are able to wield more power than some armies. The men in Tulsa used their positions as heavily armed, government officials to commit extrortion, armed robbery, and to distribute illegal drugs. If you can find a group of airline pilots who used their jobs at United or Delta to commit extortion, armed robbery, and to distribute illegal drugs, you’ll have the beginnings of an issue. But those pilots do not have machine guns and power of arrest as part of their job descriptions.
You have a LOT to learn. Keep your innocence with your head in the sand.
IT'S BIG NEWS BECAUSE IT IS ADMITTED, AND ADJUDICATED ABUSE OF THE BADGE!
There ya go, now you can go back to discussin airline pilots or whatever.