One Expensive Fly By

[427TJ]

Military pilots have been goofing-off like that since before WWI. With the YouTube generation, where everybody has some kind of camera on their person at all times, this time-honored goofing-off can now be spread all over the planet in a matter of hours, including to the commander's desktop computer. Just like the Abu Gharaib prison scandal in Iraq a few years ago, prison guards have been abusing prisoners for centuries but now their buddies capture it on digital cameras and cell phones and e-mail it everywhere and soon the whole world can see what's going on. OOPS! Think twice before filming something! Think once again before e-mailing it!

As for the 777 captain who buzzed the Boeing runway, the news accounts I read said that Cathay Pacific did fire him. In reality, since he was very senior, they may have just forced him to retire early.