Top Noem aide entered cockpit before firing pilot over missing blanket, sources say | Reuters
By: Ted Hesson,Erin Banco (Reuters)
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WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Top U.S. homeland security aide Corey Lewandowski entered the cockpit of a government jet uninvited during a flight last year, after which he fired a pilot over a misplaced blanket, two people familiar with the matter said.Lewandowski, a long-time ally of President Donald Trump, was traveling with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when they discovered her blanket was missing, the people said, requesting anonymity to discuss internal government operations. The new details about the pilot incident suggest Lewandowski may have violated the safety guidelines set out by the U.S. Coast Guard, which operated the plane.Lewandowski entered the cockpit before the plane had reached 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and while the seatbelt sign remained on, one of the people said.Federal Aviation Administration rules, several of which were tightened after 9/11, strictly limit cockpit access and prohibit interfering with aircraft crew duties. An FAA regulation also prohibits airline pilots and staff from engaging in non-essential activities or conversations in the cockpit while operating under 10,000 feet, and civil aircraft operators that violate that rule could face thousands of dollars in fines while pilots could face fines or termination.The U.S. Coast Guard is not legally bound by the FAA's regulation, known as the "sterile cockpit rule," but has a similar policy, spelled out in a 2021 operations manual: …
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Everything is in tip top shape over at DHS.
Evening...stuff the blanket...
Just wondering if his dummy was missing as well..🤣
No, the dummy was at Mar-a-Lago as usual.
Evening G..Umm a dummy here is what a baby sucks on..what you call a pacifier?
But it's appropriate either way..🤣
Some of us call them binkies
The dummy is going to be in Washington D.C. tonight.
Did Mommy Noamy remember his binky?
FYI - you're getting dangerously close to the type of humor that could leave a bad taste in some mouths here ...
like I give a fuck
Morning Fishy...thanks for that.. I will just go and get the dish cloth to clean up the coffee I just spurted out in laughter..
Geez what a way to start the morning..🤣
You're welcome!
The cat is not impressed..she was sitting on my lap..🤣
mocha kitty ...
corey is probably more concerned about his and kristi's DNA left all over it. the next pilot needs to stash a motion detecting camera in the DHS jet's private bedroom in the back ...
kristi's husband would probably love to watch his wife in action ...
kristi knows her way around any cockpit, especially in DC ...
I know 2 people that retired from their gov't jobs when the trump loyalty oaths were presented to them to be signed.
I want to see a copy of one of those.
the eastern one is likely tangled up with a national security clearance issue and the western one was thru a doge proxy on a now returned gov't computer. I might be able to get a copy of the western one, but both sources are very ethical when it comes to sharing any gov't info, even when the gov't leader isn't and is also a traitor. both are pretty understandably spooked lately. sorry to be so vague.
don't exactly know what happened with my friend locally, but a couple months after the doge incident he stopped going in to work in may and they paid him thru the end of the year.
Is it just me or does that "child" she is holding look like it has 5 oclock shadow and something like hunter biden ?
*edit Asked copilot and it claims the image has been face swapped , so who knows .
maybe you should try reading the story first before applying any WY logic. by chance, does your neighbor paint his cattle and horses fluorescent orange during hunting season?
Oh i read it at its link, didnt mention anything about the photo supplied at all , imho a big nothing burger that doesnt concern me individually as far as the article itself . I simply thought something was off with the picture provided and mentioned it in passing noting what i saw off, didnt expect a response really .
Hi-vis clothing is a good idea where and when required be it hunting season or not , helps cut down on accidents. but you cant tell some folks that .
The picture is obviously Lewandowski with Noem's blanket over his head. Hunter Biden has nothing to do with this story but nice deflection though. We get it. It's all Biden's fault. Just ask Trump.
This story is yet another about the arrogance, lack of respect for others and sense of self-entitlement pervasive throughout the Trumpist regime. The big nothing burger is, of course, your comment.
I will take your word on that , i DO need to schedule an eye exam , its been a while .
i didnt blow up the pic or anything so i didnt look for real details , and my comment was not made as a deflection , other than to inquire about the manipulation of the photo. So be it .
as for the arrogance , lack of respect and sense of self entitlement , sadly that is todays politics from ALL parties involved in politics or society for that matter , so to that , pot meet kettle .
My comment a nothing burger? yeah it was , nothing to lose sleep over in any event .
The article posted is simply just one more example of how NT has slowly turned into a poor mans imitation of the Sacramento Bee , or the daily onion , fun to read and get a laugh from but nothing to take too seriously in reality .
it seems somebody in route to both sides-ism failed to transcend maga dogma on the way to factual evidence ...
Morning Mark..no you weren't the only one when I came to the brilliant conclusion it had been super imposed..I had to blow the photo up..
I am assuming it is the drop kick that entered the cockpit..what an absolute wanker doing a dummy spit over a flipping blanket that is not even his..
Pilot should have left them stranded on the tarmac when he landed..
From another article I read, they fired the pilot for the 'blanky incidentcy", but had not another pilot to replace them, so they had to rehire him or they'd be stranded wherever. Too funny.
In that case then the drop kick is a double wanker..
The pilot should have asked for a pay rise as well to really rub it into the sod... before taking off again..
Fired and rehired, within a few hours. I would have said FcK OFF, but that's me
Yeah, FcK OFF and fly yourself back.
Was scrolling to see if any needed a reply and all I see in big RED Letters "Yeah, Fck OFF" and I was like, who wants to get into a verbal altercation, then I found myself talking back to myself....
I was merely elaborating on your comment as to what the pilot should have told the creeps.
oh I know, after seeing the context, just at first saw the RED replied with first words FcK OFF, and I thought someone wanted to play. Glad to see we are on the same page
how about telling them to watch their step after reaching 30K feet ...
nobody here dares a written confrontation with you ...
The Shadow knows!
taxpayers are basically footing the bill for kristi to maintain a premier membership in the mile high club and is most likely on her back by the time her private jet goes wheels up ...
Picture replaced with one from the article to avoid copyright issues.
whoever would do that?