Pilot attacked by on-duty TSA screener at JFK

[AZGolf]

Sweet! Now even pilots are getting attacked by the TSA! Great success!

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/s...IMbxUzbYoH5HGP

She should switch to decaf.

A TSA screener was arrested at JFK Airport for hurling a cup of hot coffee at an American Airlines pilot who told her and some colleagues to tone down a profanity- laced conversation in a terminal, sources said yesterday.

The dust-up occurred at about 5 a.m. on March 28, when airman Steven Trivett, 54, who was off-duty, was exiting Terminal 8 and overheard the banter, according to Port Authority police sources.

Trivett, of Butler, Tenn., told them they should “conduct themselves more professionally in uniform and not use profanity or the n-word,” a source explained.

One screener told him to “mind his own business” and cursed him out.

Trivett then identified himself as a “TSA officer” who is an armed pilot.

When he tried to grab at the ID tags of screener Lateisha El, 30, she pushed him and tossed a “full cup” of hot coffee on him, police say.

Trivett was not seriously injured. El, of Brooklyn’s East New York, was given a desk-appearance ticket on harassment and misdemeanor-assault charges.

[OOOO-A3]

Sweet! Now even pilots are getting attacked by the TSA! Great success!

Trivett then identified himself as a “TSA officer” who is an armed pilot.

I'm sensing high levels of douchebaggery here. If you're an OFF DUTY pilot (per the article), you're not a %^&damn "TSA officer". And if you're so scared ****less of brown people that you have to carry a firearm in the (locked, secured, screened) cockpit, you're looking for a fight anyway.

When he tried to grab at the ID tags of screener Lateisha El, 30, she pushed him and tossed a “full cup” of hot coffee on him, police say.

So, if somebody is talking unprofessionally, who is NOT your co-worker, and NOT to you until you butt into it, that gives you the right to touch them or grab at something worn on their body? I'll bet charges are dropped against her in return for her not filing assault charges on him. Regardless of what was overheard, or said to him, *he* made it physical.

[BlckBadged_SwissChee]

Professionalism down
Self Entitlement up

[FergieRay]

He had a good point, just didn't execute well.

[Elbows]

Why does nothing in this story surprise me...at all.

[NoDubJustYet]

Why does nothing in this story surprise me...at all.

It must be the really high caliber folks the TSA hires.

[ATL_Av8r]

But she wears a badge....he doesn't.

[NoDubJustYet]

But she wears a badge....he doesn't.

His is in his back pocket:

[Brendan@bwalkauto]

And if you're so scared ****less of brown people that you have to carry a firearm in the (locked, secured, screened) cockpit, you're looking for a fight anyway.

Been spending too much time in OT? That's a lot of assuming.

[theblur]

And if you're so scared ****less of brown people that you have to carry a firearm in the (locked, secured, screened) cockpit, you're looking for a fight anyway.

really? you come up with that all on your own?

[DonL]

really? you come up with that all on your own?

That's what I was wondering. Wow.

[vwlifer27]

Assuming all TSA is like this one idiot is pretty dumb as well.

That being said, airline pilots, and FFDO's in particular are some of the biggest douchebags I have ever met. They really think they are gods who do more than drive a flying bus.

[NoDubJustYet]

I've flown with a few FFDOs in the past and they seemed like decent guys...

[joness0154]

Assuming all TSA is like this one idiot is pretty dumb as well.

That being said, airline pilots, and FFDO's in particular are some of the biggest douchebags I have ever met. They really think they are gods who do more than drive a flying bus.

LOL. I love the complete hypocrisy in your two statements.

I shouldn't assume all TSA are idiots yet you assume all airline pilots think they are gods.

Gotcha

[Brendan@bwalkauto]

Assuming all TSA is like this one idiot is pretty dumb as well.

That being said, airline pilots, and FFDO's in particular are some of the biggest douchebags I have ever met. They really think they are gods who do more than drive a flying bus.

You work for the TSA?

[vwlifer27]

Negititve.

And thank you for pointing out my hypocracy. It was intentional.

I have met a few cool pilots and a handful of FFDO's that were decent humans.

I would say this case speaks more about New Yorkers than TSO's in general. How often do we hear these stories about TSA? How often are the stories from NY or the east coast?

[Brendan@bwalkauto]

Negititve.

And thank you for pointing out my hypocracy. It was intentional.

I have met a few cool pilots and a handful of FFDO's that were decent humans.

I would say this case speaks more about New Yorkers than TSO's in general. How often do we hear these stories about TSA? How often are the stories from NY or the east coast?

I would say this thread points out how people generalize and assume too much, but maybe that's just me assuming.