On Sunday, some passengers had their flight delayed as a result of the pilot barricaded himself within the cockpit, demanding 5 months’ pay that he was owed. Apparently, he’d already been fired. Then the Mexican Navy was despatched in. ¡Viva la revolución!
The incident befell on the Mexico Metropolis Worldwide Airport (MEX) on a Boeing 737 operated by Magnicharters, because the Cancun Solar reviews. This can be a funds airline, an business that is been struggling financially. Apparently, one strategy to cope with unbalanced books is by merely not paying your pilots. Simple! Efficient! For some cause, the precise pilots weren’t followers of this plan. This specific pilot knowledgeable his passengers over the intercom that he wished his cash: “This airplane is not leaving till they pay us what they owe us.” The flight didn’t take off on time.
Ship in… the navy? Actually? The navy?
And so a passenger airliner had been hijacked, type of! That is a significant incident, often, so the Mexican authorities needed to reply aggressively. Now, if the state of affairs is an plane, however it’s nonetheless on the bottom, which army department do you ship? Clearly, the boat folks, who’re specialists on the sea. The Solar reviews that the Mexican Navy, alongside different federal brokers, managed to “de-escalate the state of affairs and take away him.” Mexico’s equal to the SEALs, possibly? If it have been a extra severe hijacking, that is in all probability who you’d name.
This all will get higher, because it later turned out that the pilot was knowledgeable that he was being fired instantly earlier than he was about to fly. I’m not a savvy businessman at enterprise, however I am undecided I might inform any person they have been sacked earlier than they needed to do one thing actually essential. They could, I do not know, not do it. Anyway, I might be prepared to wager good cash he is much more fired now.
Stand up, comrade, and take what you are owed! Be part of us at Gate B7! Please arrive one hour early, the safety strains are brutal.