PDT Pilot arrested in BUF with gun
05-18-2012, 09:44 PM
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PDT Pilot arrested in BUF with gun
Police nab airline pilot with loaded gun in luggage - Yahoo! News
By Neale Gulley | Reuters
(Editing by Tim Gaynor and Eric Walsh)
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage.
Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under U.S. Airways.
While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's bag revealed a .357 magnum revolver loaded with five rounds. It was not immediately clear if the pistol was in his carry-on luggage.
Federal prosecutors in Buffalo allege he began traveling with the weapon when he reported for work on May 16 on a flight from Charlottesville, Virginia, to LaGuardia, but skipped a security screening of his baggage.
"The defendant did not submit this bag to X-ray screening at the Charlottesville airport," the federal indictment states.
Deiter, and the gun, traveled on "several other flights" over a two-day period, prosecutors allege.
He is charged with unlawfully possessing a concealed firearm, a charge punishable by 10 years in jail and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney William Hochul, whose office in Buffalo is handling the case, said Dieter shouldn't have been allowed to carry the gun, although sometimes, exceptions are made for law enforcement officials.
"In this day and age, we simply can't afford to have anyone ignore these important regulations," he said in a statement issued following the arrest.
Dieter is due in court next week to answer the charge.
U.S. airline pilots who receive special training may carry guns in the cockpit but are not allowed to have them elsewhere in the plane or in airport terminals. The program began some 10 years ago following the September 11, 2001 aircraft hijacking attacks.
Anyone know what the deal with this is?
Is this guy just out of his mind? Can't be an FFDO with a .357...
By Neale Gulley | Reuters
(Editing by Tim Gaynor and Eric Walsh)
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage.
Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under U.S. Airways.
While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's bag revealed a .357 magnum revolver loaded with five rounds. It was not immediately clear if the pistol was in his carry-on luggage.
Federal prosecutors in Buffalo allege he began traveling with the weapon when he reported for work on May 16 on a flight from Charlottesville, Virginia, to LaGuardia, but skipped a security screening of his baggage.
"The defendant did not submit this bag to X-ray screening at the Charlottesville airport," the federal indictment states.
Deiter, and the gun, traveled on "several other flights" over a two-day period, prosecutors allege.
He is charged with unlawfully possessing a concealed firearm, a charge punishable by 10 years in jail and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney William Hochul, whose office in Buffalo is handling the case, said Dieter shouldn't have been allowed to carry the gun, although sometimes, exceptions are made for law enforcement officials.
"In this day and age, we simply can't afford to have anyone ignore these important regulations," he said in a statement issued following the arrest.
Dieter is due in court next week to answer the charge.
U.S. airline pilots who receive special training may carry guns in the cockpit but are not allowed to have them elsewhere in the plane or in airport terminals. The program began some 10 years ago following the September 11, 2001 aircraft hijacking attacks.
Anyone know what the deal with this is?
Is this guy just out of his mind? Can't be an FFDO with a .357...
05-18-2012, 10:23 PM
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I flew with him several times and thought he was a good guy. There are any number of things that could've happened.
NEVER use one of your travel bags for your range bag!!! Really bad deal with this happening to him in NY State. Not exactly a gun friendly place. I could see him getting some sort of pass from the Feds, but NYS will likely go after him.
Totally sucks. Good guy to work with.
NEVER use one of your travel bags for your range bag!!! Really bad deal with this happening to him in NY State. Not exactly a gun friendly place. I could see him getting some sort of pass from the Feds, but NYS will likely go after him.
Totally sucks. Good guy to work with.
05-18-2012, 10:32 PM
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05-18-2012, 11:07 PM
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Second point... Divorce laws/family law is specifically set up to ruin a mans life. She didn't even need to plant the gun to take everything.
Alimony brah.
'Murica!
05-18-2012, 11:19 PM
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But getting snagged on the next leg? (in LGA) - he'd be in Riker's before they recrewed his plane.
05-19-2012, 02:46 AM
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After an hour or so, they finally figured out it was rosin, and I was released.
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