Comments on: Man Jumps Airport Fence, Gets In Pilot’s Seat To Go See Mom

By: Robert S.

Robert S. — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:04:56 +0000

Hey, ya gotta admire the guy’s confidence.
Kind of not to smart choice but high flying with confidence.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:58:17 +0000

Alternative headline:

MENSA MISSES ANOTHER PROSPECTIVE MEMBER

By: melodies4us

melodies4us — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:37:29 +0000

Poor guy.. : ( Would someone please buy this boy a ticket to go see his mom?

By: Charlie F.

Charlie F. — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:54:01 +0000

Chain link security fences only keep out honest people & can be easily breached. Another news source says in so many words that he was attempting to “steal” the UPS cargo plane. Not possible the way it is parked. It would have to be pushed back with a tug & tow bar from its parking spot that is was “nosed” into. Starting up is usually done with a tug towed or self propelled power generator, as it takes a lot of juice to start the first engine. Some do have an auxiliary (APU) power unit built in or are capable of a battery start, but all methods would take a skilled person with extensive knowledge of the aircraft systems to start it. It does not appear this guy was qualified to do so, much less even get it to the runway or fly it. It may have not even been fueled yet for its next trip.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:32:34 +0000

Maybe not a dumb crook, but the guy whose job it is to determine the security at a small airport for a terrorist group.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:29:38 +0000

Stop a minute and think…what if this guy was a suicide bomber or wanted to steal the plane…are they going to shoot the plane down? How did they find out he climbed the fence and how long did it take them to catch him after he climbed the fence?

By: SHO-NUFF

SHO-NUFF — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:26:47 +0000

Guess you just jump in the plane, crank her up and put it in drive. Can’t be that much to flying the thing to Hot-Lanta! LOL!

By: wm

wm — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 04:30:06 +0000

Clearly a nut job — as evidenced by his wearing of the anti-suicide “Gumby” suit in his booking photo…

“Dang — there was lots of switches and dials in that plane”…

By: MQ

MQ — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:26:54 +0000

I think the security at airports are becoming very much a joke and people like this man are making it more and more obvious. Sad for flyers. Just recently look at the teen who snuck into the Trade Center and climbed to the top. And then three men were exposed who did a parachute stunt from the top of the same building a few months earlier. Crazy. Spending tons of money isn’t working – it is only giving a false sense of security. I agree with MADCOW, the only ones penalized are law abiding citizens by having their privacy invaded by being probed in intimate ways.

By: deBugger

deBugger — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:19:53 +0000

Dumbest. Crook. Ever.