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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
rom wrote in message ...
American Airlines pilot suggests passengers discuss Christianity Associated Press NEW YORK - An American Airlines pilot flying passengers to New York asked Christians on board to identify themselves and suggested the non-Christians discuss the faith with them, a spokesman for the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline said Saturday. Flight 34 was headed from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy Airport on Friday afternoon, said spokesman Tim Wagner. The pilot, whose identity was not released, had been making flight announcements and then asked that the Christians on board raise their hands, Wagner said. The pilot told the airline that he then suggested the other passengers use the flight time to talk to the identified Christians about their faith, Wagner said. The pilot later told passengers he would be available at the end of the flight to talk about his first announcement. Wagner said the airline was investigating the incident, and that the company had guidelines about appropriate behavior. He said the pilot had just returned to work from a weeklong mission trip to Costa Rica. "It falls along the lines of a personal level of sharing that may not be appropriate for one of our employees to do while on the job," Wagner said. http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/...te/7900122.htm What he did may not be appropriate. But he was not preaching. He asked Christians on board the flight to share their faith with others. |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
On 7 Feb 2004 18:02:36 -0800, (Yaofeng) thought hard
and said: rom wrote in message ... American Airlines pilot suggests passengers discuss Christianity Associated Press NEW YORK - An American Airlines pilot flying passengers to New York asked Christians on board to identify themselves and suggested the non-Christians discuss the faith with them, a spokesman for the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline said Saturday. Flight 34 was headed from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy Airport on Friday afternoon, said spokesman Tim Wagner. The pilot, whose identity was not released, had been making flight announcements and then asked that the Christians on board raise their hands, Wagner said. The pilot told the airline that he then suggested the other passengers use the flight time to talk to the identified Christians about their faith, Wagner said. The pilot later told passengers he would be available at the end of the flight to talk about his first announcement. Wagner said the airline was investigating the incident, and that the company had guidelines about appropriate behavior. He said the pilot had just returned to work from a weeklong mission trip to Costa Rica. "It falls along the lines of a personal level of sharing that may not be appropriate for one of our employees to do while on the job," Wagner said. http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/...te/7900122.htm What he did may not be appropriate. But he was not preaching. He asked Christians on board the flight to share their faith with others. You could argue, I suppose, that since he did not force anyone to convert he did nothing wrong. I guess. -Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 15 A.A. #2035 Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, and Krzysztof Penderecki are my Gods. Madly Insane EAC Scientist. |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 14:43:25 -0600,
thought hard and said: And he will lose his job... Wishful thinking. an't have the mentally unstable in such a position. Is believing in a god really a mental illness? Nuh-uh. -Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 15 A.A. #2035 Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, and Krzysztof Penderecki are my Gods. Madly Insane EAC Scientist. |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:00:38 -0600, Daniel Kolle
wrote: What he did may not be appropriate. But he was not preaching. He asked Christians on board the flight to share their faith with others. You could argue, I suppose, that since he did not force anyone to convert he did nothing wrong. I guess. How do you "force" someone to convert on an airplane? He did plenty wrong, and deserves to lose his job. If you don't think so, then prove me wrong: Go to your job on Monday, and take your co-workers and bosses aside individually, and tell them of the glories of Jesus. Let me know how that works out for you. |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
So one day I'm on a flight and the pilot is Jewish and I have to hear
him tell the other Jewish passengers to talk to me about their faith. And the next flight I take, the pilot is Muslim and I....etc., etc., etc. Yeah, that's great. That's what I want my pilots to do. Where do you draw the line? What is the pilot is a Black Panther or KKK. Is that okay too? |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
At least it was not as scary as one United pilot on a flight I took early
last year who announced that his crew was prepared to deal with any nefarious acts that might arise onboard, and that he hoped we would all "do our part" if we saw a need to jump in. The guy sitting beside me said 'Oh for Crist's sake". I guess he would have not needed a religious discussion. -- Commander Bob Please remove ALLSPAM from address to respond via email. |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 15:27:03 -0600, "E.E.Bud Keith"
posted in alt.atheism: And just what is that we call you, the guy was not harming a sole but you compassionate liberals go for the jugular just because you disagree with him. He's being paid to fly a plane. If he wants to win converts, he should do it on his own time, not on his employer's time. perhaps all he was attempting to do was create and atmosphere in which people might talk to and learn from each other. You mean that the Christians could have learned reality from the atheists? Not a chance. -- "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." - Isaac Asimov (random sig, produced by SigChanger) rukbat at optonline dot net |
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American Airlines' Preaching Pilot
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:03:50 GMT, Douglas Berry
posted in alt.atheism: I was amused that the captain had just returned from a mission to Costa Rica.. an area which has been 95% Catholic for four centuries. Which of course makes them a perfect target for a missionary who has the "real truth". -- "Damn. Looks like all of usenet agrees that you don't have the logical faculties to prove the statement 'dog**** is not peanut butter' if we gave you a jar of each and a box of crackers" - John Hattan to Tichy (random sig, produced by SigChanger) rukbat at optonline dot net |
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