Newsstand - Man Who Sent Himself in Crate Is Fined

Newsday Article (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-stowaway-flight,0,4002882.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines)

"A man who shipped himself in an airline cargo crate from New York to Dallas because he was homesick and didn't want to pay for a plane ticket was fined $1,500 Wednesday and placed on probation for a year.

Charles D. McKinley was also sentenced to four months under house arrest."

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

I certainly thought it was a stupid stunt but exactly what was he guilty of? Not showing Govt Issued ID?

MisterNice

And he didn't even get to earn miles for this expensive trip http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Well, at least he didn't have to pay the Security Fee... And maybe he did earn miles, if he could pay the fine with an airline FF program affinity VISA card. True, they wouldn't be status miles...

hope the plane he was on wasn't on old crate!

For US$1,500.00 plus the original cost of shipping himself, he could have saved himself some money by flying comfortably in First Class or Business Class, earning miles both in his frequent flyer account and towards status, consuming a minimum of a small snack and drinks, not to mention saving his and other people’s time by not going through with this ridiculous stunt, and had at least enough money and time left over to take his family out for dinner at a nice restaurant...

As I recall, he shipped himself at his employer's expense because he couldn't afford a ticket. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Canarsie:
For US$1,500.00 plus the original cost of shipping himself, he could have saved himself some money by flying comfortably in First Class or Business Class, earning miles both in his frequent flyer account and towards status, consuming a minimum of a small snack and drinks, not to mention saving his and other people’s time by not going through with this ridiculous stunt, and had at least enough money and time left over to take his family out for dinner at a nice restaurant...</font>

I doubt getting caught and fined was calculated and budgeted for when the trip planned...

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dave99:
As I recall, he shipped himself at his employer's expense because he couldn't afford a ticket.</font>

If that was the case, does he still work for that employer?

I cannot imagine that his employer had previous knowledge of this stunt and permitting it to happen. I would further believe that the employer would feel deceived if this were known only after the fact. In either case, I would think that the employer would seriously question the judgement and integrity of having such an employee work for the company.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
I doubt getting caught and fined was calculated and budgeted for when the trip planned...</font>

Obviously, but he has to pay regardless of his intentions!

Hindsight is 20/20...

Another case where security was breached and the wrong person got in trouble.

he wasn't thinking outside the box, was he? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif