I know this is old news but I can't get over how it was taken so seriously.
So a 49 yr old United Airlines pilot dropped his pants at a Rio de Janeiro security screening when asked to remove his belt. He did keep his underwear on.
I know airports can be serious. I know security is nothing to be messed with. But for heaven's sake, he just dropped a little trou. He didn't spit on an officer, didn't even give him the finger. Those things should not be ignored. It's just plain disrespectful. Dropping your pants when asked to remove your belt? So not a big deal.
My guess is that he just left Rio de Janeiro and was in the Carioca spirit. Men here pull down their pants at a moments notice to mark their territory just about everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised to see a priest pee on the edge of his own church down here.
Not to mention walking around most of the city in tiny little speedos. You aren't hiding anything in those bad boys.
And how dare the pilot make a joke at a security screening. Pilots are well known for being very timid, shy, and respectful of limits. Sorry but I'm going to have to say it, wait a minute... Yeah, no, they are pilots. They fly big iron birds around the sky and defy gravity on a regular basis.
These are people who suffer from high self-esteem and arrogance. They have to. They go through training to learn how to fly those monsters and what to do in case it starts heading down. Personally, I'd jump ship from that vocation the moment we got to the whole, if all goes to hell everything is in your hands.
They should just be thankful he didn't mark his territory or sport an American speedo under that uniform. The American banana hammock is to the Brazilian banana hammock as the Brazilian bikini is to the American bikini. It has a whole lot less holding things up.
