Trouble on United flight from Beijing

[osan]

An FDA employee went kookoo on a flight from Beijing to Dulles. I find it interesting that there is next to no coverage here in the USA. The passenger was trouble from the get-go, but the first officer decided he was OK after the crew chief asked the captain to check things out due to odd behavior. Flight was about 90 minutes out when the FDA employee began talking about taking over the flight and so forth, prompting the captain to squawk a 7500, dump fuel, and return to SIN. Prior, the passenger had put hands on wifey and injured another attendant.

United handled the situation very well, treating the passengers to first-class amenities until the flight could resume on Saturday. I find it interesting to observe how when United is perceived as pooching, media are all over the story like stink on rice. When they do something worthy of praise, <crickets>.

I despise the networks more with each passing day.

PS: It things like this that make me want wifey to retire. People are nuttier than squirrel poo anymore.

[Swordsmyth]

An FDA employee went kookoo on a flight from Beijing to Dulles. I find it interesting that there is next to no coverage here in the USA. The passenger was trouble from the get-go, but the first officer decided he was OK after the crew chief asked the captain to check things out due to odd behavior. Flight was about 90 minutes out when the FDA employee began talking about taking over the flight and so forth, prompting the captain to squawk a 7500, dump fuel, and return to SIN. Prior, the passenger had put hands on wifey and injured another attendant.

United handled the situation very well, treating the passengers to first-class amenities until the flight could resume on Saturday. I find it interesting to observe how when United is perceived as pooching, media are all over the story like stink on rice. When they do something worthy of praise, <crickets>.

I despise the networks more with each passing day.

PS: It things like this that make me want wifey to retire. People are nuttier than squirrel poo anymore.

The MSM doesn't want to expose government employees as dangerous lunatics.

[timosman]

The MSM doesn't want to expose government employees as dangerous lunatics.

It becomes very hard to hide when most of them are.

[Danke]

"Crew Chief"?

[Swordsmyth]

"Crew Chief"?

Oyarde?

[osan]

"Crew Chief"?

Cabin crew, not cockpit. The purser, ISM - just made it up because most people don't know what the other terms mean. 'Tis all.