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(23,159 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:48 PM Jul 2012

JetBlue pilot who had midair freak out found not guilty by Texas judge

Source: Faux Newz

Published July 03, 2012

The JetBlue pilot who forced a Las Vegas-bound flight to make an emergency landing following a mid-flight meltdown in March was found guilty by a Texas judge on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson in Amarillo issued the ruling during a bench trial for Clayton F. Osbon, noting he suffered from a "severe mental disease or defect." Osbon's attorney, Dean Roper, declined to comment.

Clayton F. Osbon, 49, has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, which is defined as assaulting or intimidating the crew, interfering with its duties or diminishing its ability to operate the plane.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/03/jetblue-pilot-found-not-guilty-by-texas-judge/

I posted this whack article to point out how horrible faux newz is at reporting. The title and the first paragraph are completely at odds, and you can't really figure out whether he was found guilty or not from reading the rest of it. I guess he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, but it's only a guess. Sheesh. Online editing is horrible these days.

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JetBlue pilot who had midair freak out found not guilty by Texas judge (Original Post) truthisfreedom Jul 2012 OP

A typical example of the stellar (cough, choke) reporting from Rupert's little cretins! nt MADem Jul 2012 #1

Also, his name is spelled wrong at the beginning of the fourth paragraph RufusTFirefly Jul 2012 #2

So the author got both the who and the what wrong... truthisfreedom Jul 2012 #3

I was ready to pop a gasket until I saw your comment. bluedigger Jul 2012 #4

Here's a link to a better written piece Sanity Claws Jul 2012 #5

I thought it was ridiculous to charge the man. Cronkite Jul 2012 #6

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. A typical example of the stellar (cough, choke) reporting from Rupert's little cretins! nt

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:54 PM

Jul 2012

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

2. Also, his name is spelled wrong at the beginning of the fourth paragraph

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 08:02 PM

Jul 2012

Fact checking and copy editing are just so twentieth century!

truthisfreedom

(23,159 posts)

3. So the author got both the who and the what wrong...

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 08:07 PM

Jul 2012

That's one third of the necessary facts. Sounds about faux's speed.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

4. I was ready to pop a gasket until I saw your comment.

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 09:54 PM

Jul 2012

Sanity Claws

(21,857 posts)

5. Here's a link to a better written piece

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:12 PM

Jul 2012

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/07/03/jet-blue-pilot-not-guilty.html

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Cronkite

(158 posts)

6. I thought it was ridiculous to charge the man.

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:07 PM

Jul 2012

Obviously he suffered some sort of medical/mental issue that was beyond his control. What was the point of charging him and having a trial? Waste of tax payers money as well as a huge expense for a guy that lost his career due to the incident. Talk about kicking someone when they are down!

We had a case around here that was upsetting. A man missed a new stop sign for the "bypass" road they had just opened. He ran through it and his car was struck by a truck killing two of his daughters. They charged him with manslaughter??????? He made a careless mistake, he is paying a very heavy price (the loss of his daughters) and now some asshat district attorney wants to charge him criminally. (no drugs or alcohol involved)

There are complaints about the overloaded court system yet they add to the burden with these silly charges........

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