Pilot steals IPod

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Pilot Accused Of Stealing Passenger's iPod
TSA Says Pilot Claimed It Would Be Confiscated

POSTED: 6:41 am EDT July 17, 2007

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mesa Air pilot is accused of stealing a passenger's iPod at a security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport, police said.

Police said Christopher Newton was spotted on camera on Thursday taking an iPod out of someone else's container while going through a security checkpoint.

A police officer was summoned after a passenger reported to the Transportation Security Administration that his iPod had been taken at the security checkpoint.

A TSA agent showed the office a tape of an airline pilot placing a container, used to hold passenger's personal items during screening, over another container, then removing an item from the lower container, the report said.

The top container was used to conceal his actions, according to the report. The pilot then placed the item that he had removed into his computer bag, the report said. The report said the pilot made no attempt to contact the rightful owner or security personnel.

Newton was in the cockpit of United Express Flight 7332 when officers found him and asked him to deplane, according to the police report.

Newton admitted to having the iPod in his possession, the report said. He claimed he took the iPod because he said it would just be confiscated by airport employees, according to the report.

Newton, on police order, returned to the cockpit, retrieved the iPod and handed it over to police, the report said. But because his flight was 15 minutes late, police allowed him to continue on, the report said.

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority Police Department said the case remains under investigation.

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is based in Phoenix, Ariz.
 
Pilot Accused Of Stealing Passenger's iPod
TSA Says Pilot Claimed It Would Be Confiscated

POSTED: 6:41 am EDT July 17, 2007

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mesa Air pilot is accused of stealing a passenger's iPod at a security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport, police said.

Police said Christopher Newton was spotted on camera on Thursday taking an iPod out of someone else's container while going through a security checkpoint.

A police officer was summoned after a passenger reported to the Transportation Security Administration that his iPod had been taken at the security checkpoint.

A TSA agent showed the office a tape of an airline pilot placing a container, used to hold passenger's personal items during screening, over another container, then removing an item from the lower container, the report said.

The top container was used to conceal his actions, according to the report. The pilot then placed the item that he had removed into his computer bag, the report said. The report said the pilot made no attempt to contact the rightful owner or security personnel.

Newton was in the cockpit of United Express Flight 7332 when officers found him and asked him to deplane, according to the police report.

Newton admitted to having the iPod in his possession, the report said. He claimed he took the iPod because he said it would just be confiscated by airport employees, according to the report.

Newton, on police order, returned to the cockpit, retrieved the iPod and handed it over to police, the report said. But because his flight was 15 minutes late, police allowed him to continue on, the report said.

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority Police Department said the case remains under investigation.

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is based in Phoenix, Ariz.
OMG! Guess thats what you get when you pay a person 17k a year to fly a plane.
 
Pilot Accused Of Stealing Passenger's iPod
TSA Says Pilot Claimed It Would Be Confiscated

POSTED: 6:41 am EDT July 17, 2007

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mesa Air pilot is accused of stealing a passenger's iPod at a security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport, police said.

Police said Christopher Newton was spotted on camera on Thursday taking an iPod out of someone else's container while going through a security checkpoint.

GeeZuess. It's very troubling that this guy's a thief....as well as that he was actually deemed smart enough to sit at the controls of any aircraft.
 
Although not reported pilot also took a pack of crackers from the passenger because he was hungry and could'nt afford to eat on a commuter pilots salary.
 
Although not reported pilot also took a pack of crackers from the passenger because he was hungry and could'nt afford to eat on a commuter pilots salary.

Well...that'd at least work nicely into some Dickens tale. It's tougher to see clear, on any justification for Oliver tossing out a line = "Please Sir...Can I have your IPod? :lol:
 
Likewise ,if this is true, I would've thought he would've been arrested there.

Agreed. It makes no sense that "they" wouldn't have tagged him on the spot, but there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy whenever dealing with any Guv'mint agency's concerned.
 
That's absolutely pathetic , just goes to show you what mesa is made of from the top all the way to the bottom ..... Mesa is the most worthless company i've ever seen .
 
You got to be f :censored: ing kidding me. Throw the book at him :cop: . If you are going to take something that was left(which is wrong any way), make sure you don't do it where there is survailence camaras, like stores, banks, TSA CHECKPOINTS dumbass :oops:
 
Likewise ,if this is true, I would've thought he would've been arrested there.

.....seems to be a true story! I would have to wonder about his fitness to fly after a incident of this magnitude. I sure as heck would not be able to perform my Cockpit duties after such an experience. I'd be shakin' in my boots!

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