this is funny. saw this article attached to a news story. i guess last year these unarmed fellas wanted guns 
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/aviation/unarmed-aviation-officers-proposed-ordinance/
"Because (aviation police officers) are unarmed, when they encounter an armed individual, they must request assistance from a Chicago police officer. Furthermore, there is a standing order that in the event of an active shooter, (aviation police officers) are to 'run and hide,' which is contrary to what police are trained to do," the proposed ordinance said.
The Chicago Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency at the two airports, and those officers are armed.
"Armed (aviation police officers) could do a better job of ensuring public safety and allow some police officers currently at the airports to be reassigned to provide much-needed assistance in crime-torn neighborhoods in Chicago," the proposed ordinance said.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/aviation/unarmed-aviation-officers-proposed-ordinance/
"Because (aviation police officers) are unarmed, when they encounter an armed individual, they must request assistance from a Chicago police officer. Furthermore, there is a standing order that in the event of an active shooter, (aviation police officers) are to 'run and hide,' which is contrary to what police are trained to do," the proposed ordinance said.
The Chicago Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency at the two airports, and those officers are armed.
"Armed (aviation police officers) could do a better job of ensuring public safety and allow some police officers currently at the airports to be reassigned to provide much-needed assistance in crime-torn neighborhoods in Chicago," the proposed ordinance said.
could be, not sure. news is reporting it was the unarmed aviation police but we all know how many times they put out incorrect info early in a story.
for sure there ARE chicago PD onsite that are armed but they haven't been blamed for this....yet. sounds like they only call in the Chicago PD guys when dealing with someone dangerous, not a 70 year old asian doc
Because its not random. Each airline is slightly different but below is an accepted practice across most airlines...
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- Who are the last to get bumped... Military, First Class, Rewards Members (points system), Employees, Full price ticket payers.
- First to get bumped... Those who paid the least for a ticket, in combination with those last to check in who are in the above list, those with no more connecting flights. Each airline has their own "formula" but those the major factors.
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...united-flight-doctor-troubled-past/100318320/
Do you still feel compassion or outrage knowing this guys past?
Do you still feel compassion or outrage knowing this guys past?
He may have been raised in a repressive society under an abusive government. Surviving that he probably lived here many years and developed a sense of security and well-being. This incident may have triggered earlier tragic memories in his life, or pictures in his mind of family members who were murdered in his native land.
To save anyone else from clicking that and expecting to read this guy is use to these situations or has filed 49 lawsuits, he was convicted of giving out drugs illegally or prescriptions in 2004 and given 5 years probation after a fling with a co worker went south. Coworker was the one that turned him in.
Yes, lets start a movement that all tsa officers are the new leaders of the police force! They should be allowed to rule the United States law enforcement charge. If the guy had a gun on the aircraft and this happened, not a single person would be angry, and the other passengers would have been clapping. A man that did absolutely nothing wrong, not so much.
