Airline fires pilots accused of nudity in cockpit Associated Press DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines has fired two pilots who reportedly took off all or part of their clothes in the cockpit while in flight, then summoned a flight attendant to bring them paper towels and soda water. "We conducted a thorough investigation and terminated the two pilots involved for inappropriate conduct," Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Ginger Hardage said Friday. The pilots may appeal their firing. They argued that one of them removed his uniform after spilling coffee, and that the flight attendant saw them when she complied with their request to bring paper towels to the cockpit. It was unclear why the second pilot was believed to have removed his clothes. The names of the male pilots weren't divulged. They were dismissed earlier this month, but the incident, first reported in Friday's editions of USA Today, happened months ago.
This has got to be a News of the Weird item. There's got to either be a sexual harassment suit or another sodomy case in the waiting here.
I laughed when I saw nudity and cockpit in the same sentence. Sounds like they were watching a certain type of mov...ah nevermind that's just gross.
Speaking of news of the weird (just in case you didn't know where to look): http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html People Different From Us In Lufkin, Texas, in January, Cody Carver, 19, was sentenced to eight years in prison for impregnating a 13-year-old girl but continued to insist that he and the girl could raise their child "if the world would only back off." The girl's mother knew the pair were sleeping together, according to a Child Protective Services report, but since she herself had had a baby at age 14, and her mother had had a baby at 14, and her grandmother had had a baby at 14, she thought there was nothing unusual. In a polygraph test, Carver admitted that his sexual partners had included two other underage girls, as well as a dog. [Lufkin Daily News, 1-23-03]
Woofer, That's one of those stories you're reading along and you're saying, oh man that's sad, oh man, that's really sad, oh man that's unreal, oh damn it just got worse, oh man, i know he didn't...
Joey, do you like it when Sparks rubs against your leg? Yes I'm serious....and don't call me Shirley.
I can't let you butcher any more lines from that classic movie!!! I cannot, in good faith, allow this travesty to continue! The dog's name was Scraps....and the line was: Joey, do you like it when Scraps jumps up on your leg, and rubs up and down? Anyway..... Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Elaine: "Would you like something to read?" Passenger: "Do you have anything light?" Elaine: "How about this leaflet; Famous Jewish Sports Legends?"
Attendant: What is your name? Elaine: Elaine Benes? Attendant: [Checks her list] You're going to have to go back to coach. Elaine: No, but there was nobody sitting here... Attendant: Yes, but you're still not allowed. These seats are very expensive. Elaine: Oh, no, please, don't send me back there. Please, I'll do anything. It's so nice up here. It's so comfortable up here. I don't want to go back there. Please don't send me back there... [She notices another attendant offering goods] Oh, you got *cookies*! Attendant: You're going to have to go back to your seat! Elaine: Ok, fine. I'll go back... You know, our goal should be a society *without* *classes*! [She goes through the curtain to, ick, *coach*] Do you realise that the people up here are getting *cookies*!
OK, here's the story from a SWA flight attendant. First let me preface this by saying this is all rumor and conjecture, but it's the story that's floating around SWA. The pilots and FA in question are good friends. There was some coffee spilt, and as the FA brought paper towels to the pilot who had taken his shirts off, she joked "WooHoo", in a light hearted manner. The other pilot joined in and took his shirt off because the FA was using her cell phone to take a picture. It was all a big joke. However, that picture somehow wound up in the hands of some supervisory types who were not pleased. That's why the pilots were fired. Get this...they most likely will be getting their jobs back, because there is nothing in the contract that says you have to be wearing your shirt to fly the plane.
