I suppose it's okay for AA crew to terrorize local security but not okay for a passenger to say boo to the crew.!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <kawika42@mac.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:05 AM Subject: AA Pilot Arrested in Honolulu >SOURCE: KITV - TheHawaiiChannel.com >http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/hon/news/stories/news-145239420020510-190508 > >Pilot Arrested After Airport Incident > >Airport Worker's Eye Injured >Posted: 1:58 p.m. HST May 10, 2002 >Updated: 4:50 p.m. HST May 10, 2002 > >HONOLULU -- An American Airlines pilot was arrested at Honolulu Airport >Thursday after authorities said he became "belligerent" during a >security check. > >Harry Hartsough was charged with third-degree assault after the incident >at Honolulu International Airport. > >Hartsough, 51, is based in Dallas. Authorities took the pilot to the >District Court cellblock, where he posted $100 bail. > >The incident happened about 3:45 p.m. Thursday when a screener at a >security checkpoint asked Hartsough to remove his shoe and then his >jacket, public safety officials said. > >"He became irritated because I believe one of the wands alerted on one >of his shoes. And he had to remove his shoes. As a result, he threw his >shoes up in the air. And one of our screeners got injured," airport >manager Stanford Miyamoto said. > >Miyamoto said a male security screener was hurt in the eye, perhaps by >the sleeve of Hartsbough's jacket as the screener was trying to put his >shoes in a basket for a full security check. > >State sheriff's deputies arrested Hartsough and took him to the District >Court cellblock downtown. > >Authorities said the entire incident was caught on videotape by security >cameras. That's evidence that officials said they plan to use if the >pilot pleads not guilty and asks for a trial. > >The plane he was supposed to pilot, American Airlines Flight 8 to >Dallas, was delayed nearly an hour as the airline brought in a back-up >pilot. > >An American Airlines spokeswoman in Dallas said she wouldn't comment >because it's a security and personnel issue that's under investigation. > >Reached by phone at his home in McKinney, Texas, Friday afternoon, >Hartsbough said he couldn't say anything and referred KITV 4 News to his >lawyers, who were not available for comment. > >"We expect crewmembers especially to be very knowledgable of security >procedures and to be very cooperative, even more so than the public," >Miyamoto said. > >Airport officials said this is the first member of an airline flight >crew to be arrested at Honolulu International since stricter security >measures went into effect after Sept. 11. > >-- >David Mueller / HNL >kawika42@mac.com >http://www.quanterium.com > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com