Once in a while we’ll see a story of someone being taken off a plane in handcuffs. However, it’s not usually the pilot…
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Frontier Airlines pilot with warrant arrested
This incident happened on Thursday, August 1, 2024, and involves Frontier Airlines flight F93195, scheduled to fly from Houston (IAH) to Dallas (DFW). The flight was operated by a six-year-old Airbus A320neo with the registration code N332FR.
Long story short, there was a warrant out for the 45-year-old pilot, who was wanted in connection to a family violence case. The pilot had just come in from another flight. Once passengers had deplaned, and shortly before boarding was supposed to start for the next flight, Houston Police boarded the aircraft. They arrested one of the pilots without incident.
The whole reason this story gained publicity is because someone in the gate area posted a video on social media, asking the question of whether the pilot of their flight was being arrested. Specifically, a person can be seen walking down the stairs attached to the jet bridge, and onto the apron, where he’s placed in a car.
The person being removed from the plane has the pilot uniform, though he’s not wearing the “wings” or his “stripes.” Clearly those were removed to avoid the bad optics of someone in the full uniform being arrested so publicly. However, he’s otherwise in the standard Frontier pilot uniform, and has the typical carry-on bag and flight bag that pilots have.
The flight ended up being canceled, as the airline didn’t have any reserve pilots immediately available. Passengers were offered a full refund, credit, or a seat on the next available Frontier flight.
Here’s how Frontier Airlines described the incident in a statement:
“The activity occurred prior to the start of boarding for Flight 3195 scheduled from IAH to Dallas Forth Worth (DFW). A replacement crew member was not immediately available and therefore the flight was canceled.”
I guess this is a pretty “safe” way to arrest someone
It can sometimes be difficult for police to arrest people in connection with a warrant, in terms of locating the suspect, minimizing risk, etc. In that sense, I’d say that arresting a pilot on an aircraft has to be one of the safer options out there for performing an arrest, given that you know exactly where they’re going to be (and when), and they’re unlikely to have easy access to firearms.
Admittedly this is of course a major inconvenience to those who were scheduled to be on the flight, but that’s not the police’s problem. One wonders if the pilot knew that the police was coming for him, or if this truly caught him by surprise.
Family violence is potentially pretty serious, so good job to the police for how they handled this.
Bottom line
A few days ago, a Frontier Airlines pilot who had a warrant out for his arrest was apprehended on an aircraft. The 45-year-old had a family violence case against him, so police ended up arresting him on the aircraft he was flying. They knew the pilot was working an aircraft traveling through Houston, so once all passengers deplaned, and prior to passengers on the next flight boarding, police arrested the man.
What do you make of this Frontier pilot incident?
Just prescribing a couple more hours of CNN to treat those so acutely suffering TDS here as this you really got to be kidding me “pronoun” asked others not to R U S H to judgement regarding the accusations against the pilot like a not very smart so called ABC news anchor puppet recently did.
Side note, one can always seek to cutback their Communist New Network intake prior to making that much needed appointment.
Is anybody following OMAAT flying Frontier?
Noel Phillips. And Houston is his home airport!
Most airline pilots are arrogant aholes. Don't beat your wife then you won't have to worry about being lugged for dv.
Wow. Most?
The aviator could have thrown an ornamental potted vase plant at a wall outside his place out of frustration with the wife sitting inside the house after an altercation for her not paying the electric bill or car payment AGAIN forcing him to miss a trip and been arrested. This is how stupid DV laws are in many states across our nation. I say give this guy a break until there are more details. There...
The aviator could have thrown an ornamental potted vase plant at a wall outside his place out of frustration with the wife sitting inside the house after an altercation for her not paying the electric bill or car payment AGAIN forcing him to miss a trip and been arrested. This is how stupid DV laws are in many states across our nation. I say give this guy a break until there are more details. There are plenty of psycho girlfriends out there good at manipulating and making up crap. Why also could this aviator not been arrested at the end of his trip or in DFW with a heads ups to the company, rather than inconveniencing all these passengers? I am pretty sure there were passengers, missing their kids weddings, grandparents on their death beds, and cancer or medical treatments not performed. Get to know the real crazy of the Violencia Domestica laws rather than the HEADLINE DV.
That is a good point and we don't know the specifics of this case (nor is it really our business, and depending on circumstances may be sealed record). I had an employee arrested and now is on a sex offender list because a minor was inside one of the 20 other stalls in the restroom where he exposed himself to an officer. Not that he should have done any of the above in the first...
That is a good point and we don't know the specifics of this case (nor is it really our business, and depending on circumstances may be sealed record). I had an employee arrested and now is on a sex offender list because a minor was inside one of the 20 other stalls in the restroom where he exposed himself to an officer. Not that he should have done any of the above in the first place, but the laws are written with such a broad capture that much more is included than what was probably the original intent.
They could have let the airline know
Well he’s no better than anybody else, trust me he knew he had an outstanding warrant on him .He just though by him always being in the air they wasn’t gonna get him.
I guess I don’t understand why things can’t be handled more professionally. Why couldn’t they arrest him after his shift was over and he was back? Why do the legal authorities always do something that will ruin someone’s life and job? Americans need to get their act together. Democrats are lowering the standards of living in America at a very past pace and our legal system is exacerbating it. it’s a pathetic country that we’re...
I guess I don’t understand why things can’t be handled more professionally. Why couldn’t they arrest him after his shift was over and he was back? Why do the legal authorities always do something that will ruin someone’s life and job? Americans need to get their act together. Democrats are lowering the standards of living in America at a very past pace and our legal system is exacerbating it. it’s a pathetic country that we’re living in. I don’t remember these type of things happening in the 70s 80s and 90s when I was growing up. I know I don’t have much time left of my life, but I weep. I literally weep for the future generations to have to deal with this type of society that’s emerging and unfolding.
What if the pilot knew he was going to be arrested and decided to take his life by flying the plane into the ground? Would you still be happy the plane took off on time?
A frustrating event doesn’t necessarily make a Pilot mental. That is faulty deductive reasoning. So yes agreed maybe it is better to err on the side of safety as is the norm in aviation. Just don’t go paint this guy as mental as well as a wife-beater t-shirt too. Unlike ABC news nut job propagandaist newsreader Rachel Scott’s fake news attacks upon President Trump, let’s be fair here towards this man rather than slander his character with assumptions.
“Unlike ABC news nut job propagandaist newsreader Rachel Scott’s fake news attacks upon President Trump”
Every word of what JOURNALIST Rachel Scott cited was true. As a member of a cult, I don’t expect you to understand that.
Oh for God's sake boomer. You people just can't help yourself, can you? Blaming more than half the country for your problems is just pathetic. My kids will get along just fine after you are long gone.
“Democrats are lowering the standards of living in America at a very past pace and our legal system is exacerbating it.”
Our candidate is not the one with all the felonies. That’s *your* candidate.
Watching from afar it is almost pathetic how "Trumped up" the charges against Trump appear to everyone.
The bias in the US Courts almost is third world. Charges in New York where there was no victim and no crime were ridiculous and especially entertaining watching the prosecution team unravel because of their perjury. That the whole circus was not thrown out shows the level of corruption in the system.
>Watching from afar it is almost pathetic how "Trumped up" the charges against Trump appear to everyone.
Only if you're willfully blind. The man stole millions in donations from the children's cancer charity he founded in order to fund his campaign and personal lifestyle. He used campaign funds to pay hush money to a porn star for an affair he had while his wife was pregnant. He never divested from his businesses, and while in...
>Watching from afar it is almost pathetic how "Trumped up" the charges against Trump appear to everyone.
Only if you're willfully blind. The man stole millions in donations from the children's cancer charity he founded in order to fund his campaign and personal lifestyle. He used campaign funds to pay hush money to a porn star for an affair he had while his wife was pregnant. He never divested from his businesses, and while in office he charged his secret service protection and other government workers exorbitant rates to stay at his properties while directing government business TO his properties, he used his position as president to try and blackmail a foreign head of state for dirt on his political opponent, and after failing a literal putsch at the capitol he left office with over 13000 official documents, some of which were state secrets so classified that even the indictment had to redact their compartmentalization. He held those documents for months after leaving office while NARA tried to get him to return them, the only reason he got raided and indicted under the Espionage act was because he refused to give them back.
I could keep going. I'll leave you with this though. 8 of Trump's campaign advisors, members of his administration, and his personal lawyer were convicted of perjury, conspiracy, evidence tampering, obstruction of justice, etc. etc. It should be striking that so many people close to Trump keep getting convicted of crimes. Why do you want a President whose closest advisors all keep turning out to be foreign assets or white collar criminals? What does it say about Trump that that's the kind of company he keeps, assuming they aren't just taking the bullet for Teflon Don the same way the 1920s mafiosos would operate?
“and they’re unlikely to have easy access to firearms” - unless they’re a federal flight deck officer. Couldn’t find a great source for how many US pilots carry guns. Best estimate I saw was 10%.
That was pretty close some years ago. It's down a few percent these days maybe to 7%. There are a few restrictions that can make it kind of a pain depending on the airline/cities.