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Two Tech Executives Get So Drunk on Plane That it Forces Crew to Turn Around Halfway Through Flight

Because Research in Motion’s stocks have fallen by 77 percent since the beginning of 2011, and because they’ve been getting trounced by competitors in the tablet market, one would assume that executives working for the company would at least try to represent it well.

Two Tech Executives get so Drunk on Plane that it Forces Crew to Turn Around Halfway Through Flight

This is not the direction stocks are supposed to head.

One would expect that responsible and professional executives would try to calm investors who have been shaken up by failing stocks and rumors of bankruptcy by reinforcing confidence in the brand. Building and promoting a likeable public image would be a great place to start.

But then again, we are talking about RIM; nothing seems to be going right for them this year.

Allegedly, two Canadian RIM executives, George Campbell and Alexander Wilson, got incredibly inebriated and raucous on a flight from Toronto to Beijing, forcing the pilot to ground the plane in Vancouver, reports the Toronto Star.

Two Tech Executives get so Drunk on Plane that it Forces Crew to Turn Around Halfway Through FlightWe knew it wasn’t just a stereotype . . .

How drunk were they? This might give you an idea: even though the plane was already north of Alaska, the two execs were drunk enough that the pilots actually turned the plane around so that they could land it in Vancouver. A person briefed on the matter who was not authorized to speak to the media, said the plane was actually much closer to Beijing, writes the New York Times.

“The airline decided the plane should return to Canada because of concerns that Chinese law enforcement officials would impound the aircraft, a situation that would have cost Air Canada a substantial amount of lost revenue,” the Times reports.

One passenger said that Campbell and Wilson were “fighting” with the flight attendants, prompting the crew to subdue them. Both men were eventually separated and placed in plastic handcuffs.

Campbell, 45, and Wilson, 38, “simply weren’t listening to any direction that the flight crew was giving them,” a Canadian official told the Toronto Star.

“They weren’t necessarily fighting. They were just simply being unruly in their drunken state,” said Cpl. Sherrdean Turley in an interview.

When they finally landed, the two men were arrested, fined $35,878 apiece, given a year’s probation, and banned from any contact with Air Canada during that time.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have also been suspended from their jobs.

The other 312 passengers had a lousy go of it as well, notes the Star. Because the direct flight was a 13-hour one, the interruption meant the total time to get to Beijing exceeded flight crew safety regulations—so a new crew had to be called in, during which time the travelers were put up in a hotel. They ultimately arrived 18 hours late, reports Newser.

A RIM spokesman only had this to say regarding the situation: “Based on the limited information available at this time, RIM has suspended the individuals involved pending further investigation.”

Of course, whenever a story like this shows up in the news, it might be prudent to ask whether the passengers involved were legitimately unruly or whether the flight crew was overreacting:

(h/t Business Insider)

Comments (95)

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:04am

    Now, that is an expensive turn-a-round. I assume these two will repay the airline?

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:28am

      As a bar owner and someone who holds three liquor licenses, i say…. Why the hell did they keep serving them ???? Its against the law to serve an intoxicated person, i would assume that especially goes on a confined space , such as a plane …..

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:39am

      If they were half way there, why did they turn around. Its the same distance back as it is forward. That decision does not make sense. Why punish all the other passangers?

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    • old white guy
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:41am

      what is with this stupidity of turning a plane around when halfway to it’s destination. has everybody in the airline business gone nuts. i for one would be happy to shut up and or subdue any idiot who creates a disruption while on a plane. there must be many like me who would also do the same. keep the damn planes going to where they are supposed to go. then kick the morons over to the police for disorderly conduct.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 11:23am

      Who ever said immoral actions don’t affect everyone else? When I was a boy, momma taught me to be good especially in public mainly because she wanted to instill in me not to be a burden on others through creating a fuss through being rude, unruly and even fighting. We’ve lost that as a culture. We no longer care about others rights and perceptions of us, we only care about our own self centered issues. Focus is entirely on the individuals wants, desires and expectation that we be authentic people all the time meaning that if your having a bad day, don’t keep that inside, let it out and share it with everyone else. We can’t even tell these people to shut up without creating some sort of terrorist scene and being arrested ourselves. If you acted this badly when I was young, there would be people right there to put you in your place and the police would not get involved. We are far from that now.

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    • midnightvelvet
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:09pm

      Gee folks, read the article. The airline thought their plane would be impounded in China.

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    • Matt
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:20pm

      I think the problem here is China. Air Canada was worried that those two would not make it through customs, as well they should be. China very well might have impounded them, and then the plane to make a point to AirCanada not to bring inebriated persons to their country. However, If I was an Exec of AirCanada I would immediatly issue new flight protocol that provides incentive for stewardesses to refuse drinks to people who are clearly becoming inebriated. Possibly I would fire the attendents who were responsible for serving that quantity of alcohol.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:04am

    Alcohol, cunning, baffling and powerful.

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  • oldman96
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:52am

    soon it will be illegal to drink alcohol on a plane .

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    • BornandBredintheUSA
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:11am

      People have been getting drunk on planes since the beginning of commercial air travel. The flight crew should’ve cut them off before the situation was allowed to get this out of hand.

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    • corbecket
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 11:45am

      Canuck’s are funny that way. They are perhaps, the drinkingest people on the planet. I did 20+ years as an airline pilot, and worked for an airline that served free booze. Invariably, as we proceeded southbound, the liquor miniatures went first, followed by the beer, then the wine. By the time we crossed the US border, the booze carts were always completely emptied.

      The problem, of course, is that they had to spend the rest of the trip boozeless. What to do for the next two hours? I guess the gluttons had to concentrate on sobering up. From what the inflight folks told us, it could be unpleasant at times.

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  • wtfhappend
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:47am

    I they were half way there that is six hours into the flight. They were obviously over served on the plan. When I bartended through college it was in part my responsibility to keep people from over drinking or I could be fined. Where is the accountability on the flight crew? OH I forgot, Canada is full of people who think that nothing is their fault, and are not accountable for anything. Hello Future.

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 10:11am

      The irony is it appears you just defined the majority of Americans as well.

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    • saranda
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

      That is hilarious. Have you ever spent time in Canada? Nothing like you describe them, in fact you seem to be describing Canadians views of Americans.

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    • Matt
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Sorry Saranda. But that IS the way most Canadians are. I know a lot of Canadians and the most prevalent attitudes are 1.) an entitlement attitude. and 2.) an “anything an american says about canadians has to be wrong because americans are just so ignorant of our culture” attitude. But I have found that just about everything that we as americans take as a stereotype of Canadians is actually pretty accurate. You guys need to work on being less offended. The whole dang WORLD makes fun of Americans and their assessments are far harsher than the quirky things we make fun of you Canucks for. And we openly admit our guilt!! But, there is a well made and unfortunate point in the statement that most americans now also have an entitlement mentality. We have allowed our feminine sides (not necessarily women, but the feminine sides of men and of women) to take entirely too much control in our society. We baby everything and everyone and because of that we are a bunch of weak petulant children. I say we re-institute spanking for bad behavior and telling your child they suck if they lose the soccer game. It will build some much needed drive to succeed and win. And we should make kids WORK for their allowances, or just let them enter the working world, it will build responsibility and respect for others.

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 5:45pm

      @matt I’d say you know little of Canadians or their freedom loving position and again entitlement mentality is not as accurate as you make it. I both lived in the US brought up in Maine since 1969 and recently moved back to Canada. Brother they are more free then you are, not as bogged down with government intrusion or regulations as back in the states. There is a larger majority not holding their hands out then the US population now up to 57% are currently getting entitlements and growing.

      My feeling is I hold not grudge on being made fun of it’s when one claims to know and perpetuates a myth of a culture that disturbs me. Anecdotal evidence doesn’t make your position true, does it? We can still display a nativity at Christmas on pubic land, or a cross, we have what can only be called “Christian” holidays, like good Friday off and sanctioned by the “state” and I don’t see groups of leftist crying fowl.
      I’m not sure who has an entitlement mind set, the Canadians or Americans? I’d say the Americans are now creeping in front and will lose all the freedoms once guaranteed by their constitution and fought for by my grandfather and uncles on both sides of the border.
      The most disparaging remark was the script under the picture of the McKenzie brothers “We knew it wasn’t just a stereotype”. That wasn’t needed, I’ve heard of hundreds of planes being redirected back to Bangor international for drunk behavior, and it didn’t add one thing on the entire nation.

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    • CowboyExpat
      Posted on December 4, 2011 at 1:15am

      Hah ha ha… canada? Is that a real country? Just thought it was another state on welfare.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:05am

      I have a different view of Canadians. Right now Canadian armed forces are engaged in the same war as the US. During the 1979 Iranian hostage situation, Canada provided sanctuary for Americans in their embassy.

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    • GeoInSD
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Taskmaster 78 writes: “The irony is it appears you just defined the majority of Americans as well.” I dispute that. If you are right we (the USA) are done as a nation, and those of us who still believe in self-reliance and personal responsibility should go form our own nation.

      I believe it only perception that the majority of Americans (the 99%) have that entitlement attitude due to the news media being controlled by progressives and the demagoguery of the Democratic Party. I might be wrong, but I believe most Americans still believe in self-reliance and personal responsibility. You all had better hope I am right.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:42am

    I find it interesting that flight crews are now discredited just as “victims” of sexual harassment have been.

    It’s no surprise that women make up stories to achieve maximum damage and obtain maximum financial reward, but I would think that flight crews would have been professional enough to resist the urge to be overly dramatic and as a result, become a discredited and laughed-at profession.

    Women who say they have been inappropriate with Cain, Air Canada Flight crews who feel threatened. How very sad.

    If you claim a man has harassed you in the workplace, you are a fool. If you turn an airplane around and there isn’t an actual gun on board, you are a fool. If you claim that racism is somehow holding you back in any way, you are a fool.

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    • Matt
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:32pm

      We, as a society, are far too concerned with “sexual harrassment” and not nearly concerned enough with “rape”. Sexual harrassment is usually just unwanted flirting. And guess what? If you are a woman you are going to live your entire life putting up with flirting, AS WELL YOU SHOULD because you want the man to know where hes taking you on a date right? you want him to initiate the kiss right? you want him to take charge right? well, if we are the ones taking charge all the time, then, when we like a girl we HAVE to pursue. If we are fined for pursuing then your gonna get a culture with a lot of unsatisfied women and a lot of ball-less men. RAPE on the other hand, is about power and dominance and violence. Rape is something perpetrated by hardened criminals, not by your average joe in the workplace. But now, in society, we baby all the criminals and try to “rehabilitate” them, instead of simply executing them. like 1% of them are ever rehabilitated, so really, what is the point in keeping them around? Does it make any sense to be lenient with these criminals and then turn around and fine some guy who is just flirting? Or allow some whore who WILLINGLY slept with Cain AND accepted money for it to come back and harass him? Is it appropriate for us to be extra harsh on these people and insanely, ridiculously lenient with actual rapists? society has been turned upside down my friends.

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  • Sicialian Eyeball
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:28am

    1/2 way there and went back? Who’s nuts? Eh?

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    • Zorro6821
      Posted on December 4, 2011 at 5:55am

      The deep thinkers on The Blaze again show their stupidity. Air Canada made the correct decision. Landing in China would have been a Legal Nightmare for both the Airline and The Drunk Passengers. Having worked and lived in Both Countries, I have to say Canada is still the land of the Free and not corrupted by Greed. Canada is a country that respects liberties and the rule of law. The cities are clean, the people are friendly and you don’t have a murder a minute. You feel safe, and yes people work hard and play hard. The company I worked was down the street from RIM and when the execs would take me out, they would drink and cuss, no political correctness. The next morning back to work, no excuses, no apologies. Very few people live off the government, and food stamps are unheard of. So get your facts straight.

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  • JustJason
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:23am

    Title of this article is weird or the crew where assdouches… (adam corrola). If you are half way into the flight. Wouldnt continuing to your destination be the same distance/time. just sayin… Or was this the parental response dont make me turn this car around, for @ss foolry, no beach for you.

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  • MrKnowItAll
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:11am

    I don‘t Drink Anymore and I don’t Drink Any less. Call me Mr. Perfect.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 7:40am

    Technically, they could have been seemly sober when they boarded the plane, but with altitude alcohol in the blood stream increases the inebriation of people. In addition, if they had another drink during the serving period, that contributed to their condition.

    Yeah, I’d rather have the pilot kick them off rather than blow chunks.

    Also, I think passengers in this situation should file suit against these two just for the delay they caused. I am not one to advocate frivolous suits, but they not only cost the airline money, but they may have prevented numerous passengers from missing important deadlines because of their antics. What if a passenger was flying to Beijing to attend a funeral or a wedding and they missed it because of these two yahoo’s.

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  • bigdaddyt46
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 7:38am

    speaking as a member of DAMM (drunks against mad mothers) even i hold off drinking too much(even when it’s free ie:asiana, koreal, philippine airlines ect) because in spend hundreds and sometime thousands of dollars to fly, i ain‘t about to get bumped so i hold out till i touch down then either get to the liquor store before settling in or when in the Philippines i hire the private can company that will bring along a cooler full of beer so i can start drinking during the 2 hour drive to where i’m going : D

    and grayling i understood every word you were saying with no inturpretation needed. LOL

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  • BehindBlueEyes
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 4:52am

    Does alcohol have any positive qualities? Tobacco and alcohol are legalized drugs that distroy lives and famillies.

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    • motorcycleboy
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:50am

      Actually alcohol has plenty of positive properties, at least for a significant part of the population.

      If it weren’t for alcohol, most ugly men and most ugly women would never find anyone to marry them.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:45am

    Wait a minute.. wait wait.. I have a question… how did they get drunk??? Did they get on the plane drunk, or did the stewardesses get them drunk.. if it was the stewardesses.. wouldn’t it be their fault that these two men became inebriated?? I mean anyone who is a cocktail waitress or bartender know when to shut someone off right??? So tell me were these employees fined for giving these two guys to much booze.. Come on.. how about the whole story!! God help us!

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    • OMGGETACLUE
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:41am

      Stop blaming others. It is a thought process such as yours that fuels the OWS generation. Ok so now we are going to limit the amount of drinks someone can have on a plane (never happen; magins to good for the airlines) because stupid idiots can’t act as mature adults. Once again a perfect example of the few causing problems for the masses. I say impose heavy fines on anyone requiring an aircraft to be diverted (BTW taking off and langing use an extensive amount of fuel) included in those fines should be compensation of $1,000/per passanger per hour for the time lost, plus the additional cost to the airline for fuel and airport for handling the unscheduled flight. This is how we get people to act responsibly and be accountable for their actions. Get a Clue!

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  • Netsurfer2
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 1:49am

    More than likely it will go to AL Gore’s carbon credit fund to save the whales! Before you know it we will be putting the ice burgs in plastic bags just to save the glaciers from melting! Mise well put a plug in it and hope you don’t inhale! Maybe at the same time we can get the Chinese to take over the police enforcement with their “One World” policy that they have been trying to shove down our throats! By they way? Have you seen the pollution standards in China…. Ha Ha Ha Ha….AL Gore would be proud if he could find a way to tax them for it!

    Tea anyone???

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  • mr molotov cocktail
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 12:51am

    the great white north cd by those canadehins is so hilarious ……a hosah where is da beer….
    how to get free beer put a baby mouse into a beer bottle and feed it….

    rarw rarw….. strange brew one of my all time favorite movies rarw rarw!

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on December 3, 2011 at 12:13am

    I tink I should hold back my Candadian jokes on dis one eh?

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:41pm

    Those 2 would have been blowing chunks all over the floor in a few hours just as food service started rolling out the carts.

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:09pm

      This is the 1%, what do you expect. They are still millionairs. They are getting drunk because they might have to sell some stock or give up that London apartment. I’m not sympathetic frankly.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 7:31am

      JZS yet again you are assuming something that may not be true. You have no clue they make enough money to be considered the 1% in your definition. Beside even if they were, they pay more taxes than you, you moron.
      Frankly, I’d rather be part of the 1% that have brains than the 99% that have none.

      GROW UP!

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 12:32pm

      COFemale, 99% of Americans are morons? I have to disagree. I think the country should be run on behalf of all Americans, including you. Not just the rich.

      I don‘t think you’re a moron BTW.

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    • godhatesacoward
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 7:49pm

      JZ they are Canadian, turd , just does not quite fit into the equation.

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:18pm

      godhatesacoward, okay. Still not sympathetic.

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  • ZeroOff4impact
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:31pm

    I toss drunks off my aircraft just because of this. You want to get drunk stay home. A drink ok but drunk you walk. My crew has a job to do and we don’t need stupid drunks making everyone uncomfortable.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:46pm

      Thank you so much! And, we don’t need drunks hindering flight deck and cabin crews from their jobs, or being a problem if it were necessary to rapidly exit the aircraft!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 12:12am

      In the old days… a REAL Captain… would have made them Walk The Plank!

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  • grayling646
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:28pm

    Therapists tell us that if we‘re feeling down or depressed that we should finish the things we’ve started and we’ll feel better. I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me today, and we all could probably use more calm in our lives. I looked around my house to see things I‘d started and hadn’t finished, so I have managed to finish off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how bludy fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u blody luvum!!! ;)

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:36pm

      Lol

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:39pm

      (chuckle)
      That is GOOD!

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    • arx
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:12pm

      thanks for the laugh grayling :)

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    • asybot12
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:53am

      thanks, I immedkk,ffffffollloed thegoood drs aadvicweeeeeee

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    • Secessionista
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:46am

      Stealing it!

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 10:25am

      Hey, you know what this calls for? A pile of delicious barley and amberweed on a cool bed of malted hops, eh. :)

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    • TADTAD
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 10:41am

      Clever, very clever. Thanks for the tidbit of joy…..

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 11:50pm

      Thank you for the laugh and inner piss to you too : )

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    • BloodSweatandTears
      Posted on December 4, 2011 at 2:56pm

      ROLFLOL….You and Bogart, who said the trouble with the world is, that they are always one or two drinks behind….

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  • Workforit
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:27pm

    come on Blaze… I know you pride yourselves on finding content that is … Well different, and I’ll give you that…but this is just taking up space… You can do better…

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  • 1391604
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:26pm

    the pilot was right the china government wouldn’t like drunks drop off in Benijing,
    it was a good chose to land in home ground, less paper work,

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 1:44am

      The 2 got off cheap, $80K doesn’t cover the the airlines expenses – fuel, crew time, landing fees, transport 2nd crew, hotel and food expense for passengers – not to speak of passenger time wasted.

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  • robgc1
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:18pm

    I’m no aviation expert…but maybe no more drinkin on planes…just a thought

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    • Workforit
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:42pm

      Common sense is just brutal…

      Think of all the Vegas attendees that this new “no drinking” on planes law would hurt…

      “Thousands injured, hundreds critical… 10 dead… News at Eleven…”

      Please two idiots, are on their last legs, in many ways… Let them be and lets move on. The last thing I want to be when I fly into Vegas is stone cold sober… Actually it starts way before…

      Haven’t you had that sexy TSA guy grope you yet? If I let that happen stone cold sober… well you can fill in your own blank…

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    • Southernsoul
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 9:40am

      You should be a politican; typical, knee-jerk reaction. Two guys get drunk on a plane and you want to stop everyone from drinking. What an idiot. How about we punish those two, and leave everyone who is responsible, alone?

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  • RightThinking1
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:17pm

    We can say with certainty that they were high.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:15pm

    There’s a rat in my Beer eh!

    Report Post » poverty.sucks  
  • bikerr
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:08pm

    Alcohol is given to much credit as a “safe” drug.

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    • sasquatch08
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:25pm

      Too much credit as safe? Have you ever heard what MADD puts out?

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:42pm

      Ever had an alcoholic in your life?

      (Speaking as a recovered alcoholic)
      {That grew up in an alcoholic home}

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 8:17am

      It’s the ABUSE of alcohol. Unfortunately, use easily becomes abuse to some.

      I got run over by a pickup truck when I was 13, that went off the road, driven by a drunk driver who claimed he never saw me or knew he hit me even though I busted out one set of headlights and dented the hood as I rolled up and over the hood and flew off the cab. Hit and run – but others saw this and turned him in. This happened when drunkenness was an acceptable excuse for bad behavior. (oh, so-and-so beat up his wife? well, he didn’t mean it, he was drunk, so it’s OK. And TV shows portrayed drunken behaviors as innocent and humorous; i.e. the Jackie Gleason Show) Nothing happened to the drunk driver but I spent the next 10 years recovering from injuries. By the way, I was blamed for BEING THERE by my parents! No one blamed the drunk driver.

      My parents went through their “alcoholic years” while I was going through adolescence and just weren‘t there for me and didn’t protect me from my older brothers. So, I grew up and learned to get along without them. They regretted that years later when I simply moved away and made my own life and we all drifted apart. By the time they sobered up I was long, long, gone. I’m glad drunkenness is socially unacceptable now.

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  • kcinco
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:06pm

    Did these guys get stimulus money or a loan guarantee from the U.S?

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