Pilot in trouble for using military helo to...

BCTAv8r · February 9th, 2005, 07:19

Pilot in trouble for using military helicopter to deliver pizza to girlfriend

LONDON - A British military pilot who used an army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend has been disciplined, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

The Lynx helicopter was on a map-reading training exercise in eastern England on Jan. 25 when it made a landing in the Stanford area, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said.

more here...

ROFCIBC · February 9th, 2005, 08:13

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Pilot in trouble for using military helicopter to deliver pizza to girlfriend

LONDON - A British military pilot who used an army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend has been disciplined, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

The Lynx helicopter was on a map-reading training exercise in eastern England on Jan. 25 when it made a landing in the Stanford area, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said.

more here...

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Could be worse...a few years back a reserve crew flew a C141 with a van in it from McChord AFB to Grissom AFB so they could drive to Indianapolis for a Pacers Game. Some of the crew were from Indiana and really wanted to see the game!

BoilerPilot2007 · February 9th, 2005, 09:11

How do morons like that get through the screening process? Sheeesh.. Taking good jobs from people that have worked hard for them

C650CPT · February 9th, 2005, 09:18

I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Jim

Aeronautik · February 9th, 2005, 09:50

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I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Jim

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That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident.

mtsu_av8er · February 9th, 2005, 09:54

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I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Jim

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That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident.

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Nobody was hurt. . .

Sprint100 · February 9th, 2005, 10:27

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I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Jim

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That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident.

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Nobody was hurt. . .

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They're also probably thinking like I think at my job....."Well since I'm not doing anything........."

I_Money · February 9th, 2005, 11:14

I do not see any harm in this - yes not what you want everyday, but is it really that bad?

Kristie · February 9th, 2005, 11:50

as a girl, i'd be pretty impressed (and the talk of the neighborhood) if my BF (If i had one) landed his helo in the front lawn just to deliver a little ol pizza to me! maybe that's what he was going for?

don't need diamonds and flowers to show someone you thinking of them! haha

mtsu_av8er · February 9th, 2005, 11:51

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I do not see any harm in this - yes not what you want everyday, but is it really that bad?

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I agree with you. I had afriend that got into big trouble when he stopped at Burger King in a Govt. Car. He was told that it was a misappropriation of a Govt. asset.

HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!!

Idiots. . .

USMCmech · February 9th, 2005, 12:25

Our CO told us that we wern't allowed to use the shop facilities for our own projects.

We replied "uh sir, we just painted your car in the paint booth two weeks ago"

He didn't say anything after that.

The only rule that we made sure we were folowing was not to use anything govt owned if the project was going to make us money.

It's amazing what you can do with scrap materials and a little know how.

A300Capt · February 9th, 2005, 12:52

Reminds of the time I saw national news footage of a police helicopter caught on a security camera as it sets down in the parking lot of a donut shop one night. One of the cops gets out, goes in and orders a bag of donuts and then they takeoff. Big brother's always watching!

Doug Taylor · February 9th, 2005, 13:12

Heck, I know a guy who couldn't get on a flight to go see his son play football, so he went down to the guard unit and flew an F-16 up to see the game.

Of course he was in the ANG, fully qualified and active on the F-16 and was a 'higher up' so I guess you could call it 'pre cleared'!

BoilerPilot2007 · February 9th, 2005, 13:35

I saw a civilian helo parked in the parking lot of a Chic-Fil-A here in Lafayette. Not too sure if that was approved or not, but it was a very interesting site. Drove back to the airport and saw it return for landing.

Neat stuff.

Windchill · February 9th, 2005, 14:09

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I had afriend that got into big trouble when he stopped at Burger King in a Govt. Car. He was told that it was a misappropriation of a Govt. asset.

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That's ridiculous ... I could see if it was parked at a shopping mall or something equivelant like WalMart ... but when getting food?

People traveling on official business w/ gov't cars NEED to eat.

I've heard "rumors," yea that's it, "rumors," of places where there's a dozen gov't vehicles and only a couple of reimbursed, MWR rental cars at a deployed location ...

... it's tough for over a hundred or so to enjoy themselves with just two "authorized" recreational vehicles when the others aren't being used

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EatSleepFly · February 9th, 2005, 14:14

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I saw a civilian helo parked in the parking lot of a Chic-Fil-A here in Lafayette. Not too sure if that was approved or not, but it was a very interesting site. Drove back to the airport and saw it return for landing.

Neat stuff.

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That's awesome!

BigD · February 9th, 2005, 16:43

What toppings were on the pizza?

TallFlyer · February 9th, 2005, 17:33

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as a girl, i'd be pretty impressed (and the talk of the neighborhood) if my BF (If i had one) landed his helo in the front lawn just to deliver a little ol pizza to me! maybe that's what he was going for?

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Well A, you DO have a BF, just a little more permanent than most,
and B, I'd be very impressed if he could park his Mad Dog on your street....... lol.

kellwolf · February 9th, 2005, 17:38

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HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!!

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Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo.

Bigey · February 9th, 2005, 19:40

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HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!!

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Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo.

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Haha dude you should of known! All pilots have crazy eye sight and im sure he could of easily spotted a pizza place 5,000 feet up!

TallFlyer · February 12th, 2005, 12:34

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HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!!

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Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo.

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Haha dude you should of known! All pilots have crazy eye sight and im sure he could of easily spotted a pizza place 5,000 feet up!

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Hmmm, maybe he already knew where it was??

February 9th, 2005, 07:19	#1
BCTAv8r Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boca Raton Posts: 6,057	Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... Pilot in trouble for using military helicopter to deliver pizza to girlfriend LONDON - A British military pilot who used an army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend has been disciplined, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The Lynx helicopter was on a map-reading training exercise in eastern England on Jan. 25 when it made a landing in the Stanford area, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said. more here...

February 9th, 2005, 08:13	#2
ROFCIBC Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bossier City, Louisiana Posts: 591	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] Pilot in trouble for using military helicopter to deliver pizza to girlfriend LONDON - A British military pilot who used an army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend has been disciplined, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The Lynx helicopter was on a map-reading training exercise in eastern England on Jan. 25 when it made a landing in the Stanford area, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said. more here... [/ QUOTE ] Could be worse...a few years back a reserve crew flew a C141 with a van in it from McChord AFB to Grissom AFB so they could drive to Indianapolis for a Pacers Game. Some of the crew were from Indiana and really wanted to see the game!

February 9th, 2005, 09:11	#3
BoilerPilot2007 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 444	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... How do morons like that get through the screening process? Sheeesh.. Taking good jobs from people that have worked hard for them

February 9th, 2005, 09:18	#4
C650CPT Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Home Sweet Home! Posts: 957	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world. Jim

February 9th, 2005, 09:50	#5
Aeronautik Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 87	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world. Jim [/ QUOTE ] That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident.

February 9th, 2005, 09:54	#6
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,426	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world. Jim [/ QUOTE ] That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident. [/ QUOTE ] Nobody was hurt. . .

February 9th, 2005, 10:27	#7
Sprint100 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA Posts: 5,910	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I wouldn't call them morons. Actually they are just type A personalities, which is really what we want flying Military Hard Ware, its just that during times of peace these very aggressive behaviors go unchallenged and left to thier own devices they don't always make good judgement calls. When called upon to do thier duty it is this very behavior that will ensure Mission success and our dominance in the eyes of the rest of the world. Jim [/ QUOTE ] That's a great answer, but I'm wondering if the government will put up with it. Sounds like a Mavrick/Goose sort of incident. [/ QUOTE ] Nobody was hurt. . . [/ QUOTE ] They're also probably thinking like I think at my job....."Well since I'm not doing anything........."

February 9th, 2005, 11:14	#8
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,649	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... I do not see any harm in this - yes not what you want everyday, but is it really that bad?

February 9th, 2005, 11:50	#9
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,772 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... as a girl, i'd be pretty impressed (and the talk of the neighborhood) if my BF (If i had one) landed his helo in the front lawn just to deliver a little ol pizza to me! maybe that's what he was going for? don't need diamonds and flowers to show someone you thinking of them! haha

February 9th, 2005, 11:51	#10
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,426	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] I do not see any harm in this - yes not what you want everyday, but is it really that bad? [/ QUOTE ] I agree with you. I had afriend that got into big trouble when he stopped at Burger King in a Govt. Car. He was told that it was a misappropriation of a Govt. asset. HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!! Idiots. . .

February 9th, 2005, 12:25	#11
USMCmech Old Skool Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,577	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... Our CO told us that we wern't allowed to use the shop facilities for our own projects. We replied "uh sir, we just painted your car in the paint booth two weeks ago" He didn't say anything after that. The only rule that we made sure we were folowing was not to use anything govt owned if the project was going to make us money. It's amazing what you can do with scrap materials and a little know how.

February 9th, 2005, 12:52	#12
A300Capt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 709	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... Reminds of the time I saw national news footage of a police helicopter caught on a security camera as it sets down in the parking lot of a donut shop one night. One of the cops gets out, goes in and orders a bag of donuts and then they takeoff. Big brother's always watching!

February 9th, 2005, 13:12	#13
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,931 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... Heck, I know a guy who couldn't get on a flight to go see his son play football, so he went down to the guard unit and flew an F-16 up to see the game. Of course he was in the ANG, fully qualified and active on the F-16 and was a 'higher up' so I guess you could call it 'pre cleared'!

February 9th, 2005, 13:35	#14
BoilerPilot2007 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 444	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... I saw a civilian helo parked in the parking lot of a Chic-Fil-A here in Lafayette. Not too sure if that was approved or not, but it was a very interesting site. Drove back to the airport and saw it return for landing. Neat stuff.

February 9th, 2005, 14:09	#15
Windchill Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-Atlantic, KMRB Posts: 1,925	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] I had afriend that got into big trouble when he stopped at Burger King in a Govt. Car. He was told that it was a misappropriation of a Govt. asset. [/ QUOTE ] That's ridiculous ... I could see if it was parked at a shopping mall or something equivelant like WalMart ... but when getting food? People traveling on official business w/ gov't cars NEED to eat. I've heard "rumors," yea that's it, "rumors," of places where there's a dozen gov't vehicles and only a couple of reimbursed, MWR rental cars at a deployed location ... ... it's tough for over a hundred or so to enjoy themselves with just two "authorized" recreational vehicles when the others aren't being used .

February 9th, 2005, 14:14	#16
EatSleepFly Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ?? Posts: 4,600	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] I saw a civilian helo parked in the parking lot of a Chic-Fil-A here in Lafayette. Not too sure if that was approved or not, but it was a very interesting site. Drove back to the airport and saw it return for landing. Neat stuff. [/ QUOTE ] That's awesome!

February 9th, 2005, 16:43	#17
BigD Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 24	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... What toppings were on the pizza?

February 9th, 2005, 17:33	#18
TallFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 454	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] as a girl, i'd be pretty impressed (and the talk of the neighborhood) if my BF (If i had one) landed his helo in the front lawn just to deliver a little ol pizza to me! maybe that's what he was going for? [/ QUOTE ] Well A, you DO have a BF, just a little more permanent than most, and B, I'd be very impressed if he could park his Mad Dog on your street....... lol.

February 9th, 2005, 17:38	#19
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13,368	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo.

February 9th, 2005, 19:40	#20
Bigey Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Socal Posts: 2,636	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo. [/ QUOTE ] Haha dude you should of known! All pilots have crazy eye sight and im sure he could of easily spotted a pizza place 5,000 feet up!

February 12th, 2005, 12:34	#21
TallFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 454	Re: Pilot in trouble for using military helo to... [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] HELLO - he was driving past the Burger King anyway!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Somehow I doubt this guy was just driving by the pizza place and his GF's house in the helo. [/ QUOTE ] Haha dude you should of known! All pilots have crazy eye sight and im sure he could of easily spotted a pizza place 5,000 feet up! [/ QUOTE ] Hmmm, maybe he already knew where it was??

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