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Cheap flight?
Thrifty and homesick, stowaway gets probation
UPDATED AT 7:04 AM EST Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 Fort Worth, Tex. -- A New York shipping clerk who flew in a wooden cargo crate to Dallas because he was homesick but didn't want to buy an airline ticket was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation. The sentence for Charles McKinley, 25, also includes four months of house arrest and a $1,500 (U.S.) fine. He pleaded guilty in November to stowing away on a cargo jet, a misdemeanour. U.S. Magistrate Charles Bleil noted that although Mr. McKinley committed a crime that was "wrong and stupid," his intent was to save money, not breach airline security. AP :ooh: |
double standards or what!? they recently threaten the MIA girl with prison etc. - this equally was a security risk with serious intent and should be dealt with equally and accordingly - what sort of message is this sending...
'hello are you a terrorist? no I am saving money by stowing away or hijacking the acft'! what a joke :mad: |
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