Somebody's going to have to help me understand the Irish system here. Did this guy plead guilty or something? If I understand the sequence of events, he committed the crime, was arrested, tried, sentenced, and then set free on bail pending appeal, all on the same day? How in the world does a prosecutor prepare a case in scant minutes? What about witnesses, etc.? Did the crew stay behind to testify?
This gives the idea that "justice delayed is justice denied" a whole new standard to meet. If governments are going to put a stop to this sort of behavior on aircraft, they're going to have to look like they're taking the whole thing more seriously than it appears was done here. Obviously I'm short on the facts (and I wish I wasn't), so don't read this as an indictment of Irish jurisprudence. But somebody throw me a bone here.
Dave
