In Which Simon Is Deputized :)

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Simon has given me permission to tell this wonderful true story 🙂

Back in the day, when Simon was running counterdrug riverine operations in South America, he would often fly to South America out of Miami. On one such trip, he was flying with his Colonel in first class (they had received an upgrade) when the stewardess came over to them and explained that there was an unruly passenger in coach, and the pilot wanted Simon and the Colonel to subdue the unruly passenger. The Colonel gave the go ahead, the stewardess handed them a pair of handcuffs and the two of them went back to coach. They put the misbehaving passenger on his stomach, and then handcuffed him.

It was the understanding of Simon and his Colonel that in situations like this, the captain of the plane has the authority to deputize passengers. 🙂 The more you know about Simon, the cooler he is 🙂

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24 thoughts on “In Which Simon Is Deputized :)”

    1. That was what we were told by the airplane’s captain. This was in the late 1990s a few years prior to 9/11 but we needed no persuasion, just wanted legal authority to accomplish the mission.

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  2. “They put the misbehaving passenger on his stomach, and then handcuffed him.”

    This makes it sound easier than it might have been.

    Story can be confirmed by II SOTG C.O. at the time of the incident = “my colonel”

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  3. Because we were given free upgrades, it would have not been cricket to have refused the skipper’s kind offer to apply the minimum force necessary to handcuff the gentleman either with or without his cooperation.

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    1. I will remember this if they ever try to give me an upgrade, lol 🙂 Joking, lol 🙂

      I thought it was interesting, when you were telling me this story, if I recall correctly, the stewardess said “The captain wants you to….” Not, the captain is asking you to do this, more like, the captain is telling you to do this. Am I understanding/remembering that correctly?

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      1. There wasn’t enough testosterone among the stewards to safely subdue the unruly gentleman so the captain was more like begging us than anything else.

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  6. My commanding officer would have backed me up I am sure had I needed his help. As the event would unfold I was able to restrain the gent while Colonel V applied the FlexiCuffs.
    Had to have been American Airlines because I had a lady friend there who could get me upgrade/s to 1st class. The American James Bond as Miyo sometimes introduces me.

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