ex girlfriend gets United? pilot arrested

[spitfiremkv]

Apparently he said to her he'd like to fly his plane into the Wall Street Stock Exchange.
The guy's record is far from spotless, but can the authorities act on something like this without proof? what if he says she's lying? will they use a lie detector?
The news is dumb, they mentioned this story abunch of times yesterday but it doesn't make any sense.

[wulfie]

Originally posted by spitfiremkv
Apparently he said to her he'd like to fly his plane into the Wall Street Stock Exchange.
The guy's record is far from spotless, but can the authorities act on something like this without proof? what if he says she's lying? will they use a lie detector?
The news is dumb, they mentioned this story abunch of times yesterday but it doesn't make any sense.

A better way to look at it is that the authorities absolutely have to 'honor the threat'. They have to bring him in, bring her in, put both through a serious round of questioning, compare stories, get them tired, compare again in great detail, etc.

If they got the report, did nothing, and it was the 1 time in 5000 that the guy was actually crazy enough to be serious and he actually said it, or the yokel at the corner gas station really did see tactical maps of a govt. facility in a minivan driven by a bunch of Pakis, etc. - you get the point.

Mike/wulfie

[Mickey1992]

"After her allegations, the FBI found Feneziani had lied when he signed a Defense Department form last year saying he had not been arrested in the previous seven years and had not been a party to any civil court actions in the same period.

The affidavit said Feneziani had been arrested on two misdemeanors in 2000 but that the charges were not pursued. It also said he and a woman had been parties to a civil action in the same year."

"According to the affidavit, the woman who provided information to the FBI said the Air Force had removed Feneziani from flight status "because of his inability to control his anger during pilot training" at an Air Force Base in Oklahoma last year."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/10/pilot.arrest/index.html