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Male co-pilot allegedly slaps female commander, leaves cockpit unattended during Jet Airways flight
Fox News ^ | January 5, 2018 | By Michael Bartiromo

Posted on 01/08/2018 9:26:43 AM PST by treetopsandroofs

In the altercation, which occurred shortly after takeoff, the male co-pilot allegedly slapped the aircraft’s female commander, prompting her to leave the cockpit of the Boeing 777 in tears, according to sources for The Times of India.

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KEYWORDS: copilot; slaps
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To: treetopsandroofs

If the copilot hit her, is he guilty of assault? No matter what she did just before that happened? Even if she hit him? Did she hit him? Was she threatening to do anything? Was she in a heightened emotional state and thus temporarily unfit to command? What did the other eyewitnesses to the slapping say? Is the man always automatically guilty? Should anyone actually review the facts? Do facts matter when one’s biases can be affirmed by punishing a member of a class we don’t like?


61 posted on 01/08/2018 10:02:00 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Grampa Dave

Who knows. I’m just going with Big Media’s extreme reluctance to release any details.


62 posted on 01/08/2018 10:02:22 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: treetopsandroofs

The real insult was not the slapping.

It was when the co-pilot slapped her AND told her to go “Make me a sammich”.


63 posted on 01/08/2018 10:03:11 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

G1!


64 posted on 01/08/2018 10:03:28 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: rlmorel

“Her reaction is a secondary concern to me.”

I bet you wouldn’t say that if you were one of the passengers.


65 posted on 01/08/2018 10:04:00 AM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: treetopsandroofs
Times of India article says that there was a point where BOTH had left the cockpit, leaving nobody at the controls.
66 posted on 01/08/2018 10:05:39 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

She probably offered him correction, requiring him to put her in her place according to the custom of the society.
Welcome to the 1500’s.


67 posted on 01/08/2018 10:06:13 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: rlmorel

Judging by the right tails of those charts, there seems to be more women pursuing the highest levels of fitness.


68 posted on 01/08/2018 10:06:34 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Ace's Dad

Excellent post!


69 posted on 01/08/2018 10:07:35 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Rebelbase

Maybe she brought him a ham sandwich.


70 posted on 01/08/2018 10:08:49 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Paulie

True, but I didn’t specify how much of a secondary concern.

I have a MAJOR issue with someone who slugs or slaps someone on the flight deck (unless there are mitigating conditions, such as the person presenting a danger and refusing to comply with commands)

It goes without saying I would have a MAJOR issue with someone who would leave the flight deck when it is supposedly under their command.


71 posted on 01/08/2018 10:09:33 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: ichabod1

Don’t forget the free Hepatitis!


72 posted on 01/08/2018 10:09:59 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Steely Tom

They were/are husband and wife. The wife was the commander, the husband was the co-pilot. The fight was about how their kids were being raised by a nanny rather than the wife...


73 posted on 01/08/2018 10:14:18 AM PST by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: rlmorel

I’m starting up FAWA (Flight Attendant Wrestling Association).


74 posted on 01/08/2018 10:15:25 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: rlmorel; All

I work the ramp for a very major airline, a few hours a week so I can fly for free. I work with people from countries in the middle east and here is how they treat women. They WILL NOT listen to them, take any orders from them, have an adult work discussion with them, etc. They refuse to do some work because they think if a woman is present she should be the one doing such tasks. When confronted about ANYTHING regarding their work they pull the race card. The airlines pay such low wages for jobs they will risk a lot for a profit and refuse to hire better quality people.


75 posted on 01/08/2018 10:16:29 AM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: Darteaus94025

The pilot and co-pilot are husband and wife. The wife was the pilot. They were fighting about how their kids were being raised.


76 posted on 01/08/2018 10:17:01 AM PST by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: TalBlack

“What’s wrong with women today?

I believe if this happened back, say during wwll when there were women ferrying warplanes, the girl in the left seat would damn well have stayed there irrespective of whether she cried or felt like crying. Our Culture as a whole is decaying.”

I’m both a nurse and a pilot. I hated having to work with foreign nurses in NICU. When they grow up in a culture that doesn’t respect women or at least pretend to treat them as equals, they aren’t who you want when you need someone to take command in an emergency. You want someone that knows how to bitch slap without having to think about it. You want someone that can have the head of a university pediatric ER grovel and apologize for his resident.


77 posted on 01/08/2018 10:18:32 AM PST by pops88 (Geek chick standing with Breitbart for truth)
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To: rlmorel

Correct. Talk about “unstable”.


78 posted on 01/08/2018 10:19:45 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: rlmorel

Well, the caste system is illegal, but no doubt it is a possibility as culture and beliefs don’t always follow the law.


79 posted on 01/08/2018 10:20:08 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: Steely Tom

Perhaps the pilot had imbibed too much wine caste.


80 posted on 01/08/2018 10:20:54 AM PST by monocle
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