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Many in the politically correct media are becoming annoyed with questions regarding the religious beliefs of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Gunter Lubitz. Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cabin of an Airbus A-320 jet over the French Alps on Tuesday and crashed the plane into a mountain at 434 miles per hour, killing himself and murdering an additional 140 people. Questions about the religious background of Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings pilot who investigators said deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps this week, killing all on board, have sparked outrage and debate about whether such information is relevant...

An advisory panel of the Federal Aviation Administration has strongly protested a new safety law passed recently by the Congress that requires airline co-pilots to have equal hours of flying experience as the captains over concerns that it could lead to higher salaries for airline pilots. To become a co-pilot, also called first officers, one needs a minimum of 250 hours of flying experience but the new law has raised the threshold to 1,500 hours or the equal number of flying experience needed to become a captain. However, the advisory panel fear the law will force airlines and companies that...

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The co-pilot who survived Comair Flight 5191 has lost a leg and must undergo surgery on a fractured spinal cord, his family said Monday in a statement. He still doesn't remember the events of the Aug. 27 crash that killed 49 people. Doctors have amputated the left leg of James Polehinke, 44, of Margate, the lone survivor of the Aug. 27 crash at Blue Grass Airport. He also has undergone surgery to repair complicated fractures on his right left and foot, and faces several orthopedic surgeries, one involving a spinal fracture, the family said.

James Polehinke, 44, of Margate, the copilot and sole survivor of Sunday's Comair Flight 5191 crash in Lexington, Ky., kept to himself, neighbors said. [snip] Ida Askew, 51, was arrested and charged with attempted murder in July 1999 after she shot Polehinke in the stomach with a handgun while the couple was arguing, police records show.

Air France Co-Pilot Is Accused of Making Remark About Bomb The co-pilot of Air France's late flight to Paris was arrested at Kennedy International Airport on Friday after making a remark about having a bomb in his shoe at a security checkpoint, officials said. No bomb was found, but he was charged with two felonies, the flight was canceled and 353 passengers were grounded overnight. It may have been a joke or an exasperated response to elaborate security requirements, investigators and witnesses said, but the comment that the pilot, Philippe H. Riviere, 51, is accused of making raised a red...

NEW YORK (AP) -- An Air France pilot was arraigned on felony charges Sunday after allegedly telling a security screener he had a bomb in his shoe. No explosives were found on the pilot or the plane, but the New York-to-Paris flight he was scheduled for as a co-pilot was canceled. Philippe Rivere, 50, was charged with two counts of falsely reporting an incident. He could face a seven-year prison term if convicted on the first-degree count, said Patrick Clark, a spokesman for the Queens district attorney. Queens Criminal Court Judge Deborah Stevens Modica set bail at $7,500 and ordered...

Air France Co-Pilot Arrested At New York AirportMan Faces False Reporting Charges UPDATED: 4:25 p.m. EDT August 9, 2003 NEW YORK -- An Air France co-pilot was arrested Friday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport for allegedly telling a security screener that he had a bomb in his shoe. The man was arrested at 9:30 p.m. Friday. His flight that was set to leave for Paris at 11 p.m. was canceled. Passengers were flown out on another flight Saturday morning. The Port Authority police checked the pilot's shoes and there was no bomb. The plane was also searched....

<p>NEW YORK (CNN) -- An Air France co-pilot was arrested Friday night at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he told security he had a bomb in his shoe, authorities said.</p> <p>Phillippe Rivere, 50, a French citizen and co-pilot for the French national carrier, was scheduled to fly Flight 9 from New York to Paris at 11 p.m. EDT.</p>

AN Air France co-pilot was arrested at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport after joking that he had a bomb in his shoe before boarding a flight to Paris, officials said today. A spokesman for the Queens district attorney's office said the pilot would be arraigned in court later in the weekend for falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degree – charges that carry a cumulative sentence of up to 11 years in prison. Port Authority spokeswoman Tiffany Townsend said the pilot was detained at a security checkpoint in the airport after making "comments that were...