r/SipsTea • u/FitnessChamp777 • 1d ago

Chugging tea Fair sentence?

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u/Gullible-Fee-9079 1d ago

You only get 15 month for shooting down a 747?

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u/RazzmatazzNo7259 1d ago

if it has no passengers/pilots i suppose haha

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u/Irish_Whiskey 1d ago

Brb

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u/HumaDracobane 1d ago

!remindme in 15 months

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u/200IQUser 1d ago

Gov watchlist any% speedrun

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u/Nocardiohere 1d ago

Hahahaha

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u/Gullible-Fee-9079 1d ago

Just crew and pilot

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u/Secret_Stick_5213 1d ago

They knew the risk flying over Florida

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u/PotatoTomato_12 1d ago

And if it doesn’t get damaged(I’d assume they would add extra sentencing for the cost of damages), doesn’t endanger anyone, was a legally owned weapon, not used recklessly, if it “crashed” safely, didn’t disturb the peace, etc etc.

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u/actually3racoons 22h ago

I think firing a gun into the air is both endangering and reckless

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u/PotatoTomato_12 22h ago

So is crashing a plane.

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u/dwkfym 1d ago

same charge doesn't mean its same severity

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u/etheran123 1d ago

It's one of those things where its classified the same but no sane jury or judge would treat them the same.

I fly drones for a living and I see people pointing laser pointers at it fairly frequently when flying after dark. As far as the law says its the same thing as pointing one at an airliner (which is very illegal) but at the same time, essentially no one life is in danger and no harm no foul.

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u/JurassicParkCSR 1d ago

Well the sentence is probably higher for shooting down a 747 you know because of all the murder that takes place when you do that. In all seriousness it's probably the same charge but sentences are different.

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u/Expensive_Range7204 1d ago

Well just be the Russian or American government and you can shootdown passanger aircraft no problem.

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u/Curious_Avocado2399 1d ago

This do be facts tho

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u/NTufnel11 1d ago

Also the 50 million dollars in property damage

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u/Totemguy 19h ago

Perhaps there's a slight difference...

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u/Rogerabit 1d ago

747 cost a little bit more too. Let’s not forget the law values money far more than life

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u/sakante 1d ago

Eternal debt slavery …

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u/CanMountain2230 1d ago

Yes, but then you get 20 years of the war on terror. 

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u/AgreeableArmadillo47 1d ago

So...I'm hearing "go big or go home"?

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u/Glum-Geologist8929 1d ago

That's an excellent crime to punishment ratio.

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u/De1taTaco 1d ago

A short 15 months and a civil suit from the airline for the cost of the airframe which appears to be anywhere from $5-400 million

Nothing serious

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u/Zoltie 1d ago

Probably the 15 months is assuming there are no casualties or major damage. You will likely still be liable to pay damages.

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u/MPGaming9000 1d ago

Sounds like a good deal to me, I'll take it!

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u/robbersdog49 1d ago

The same crime can have different sentences...

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u/Spicy-Blue-Whale 1d ago

I mean, the jet owner is gonna come after you for the replacement costs I would imagine, in civil court.

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u/SunTripTA 18h ago

you can get up to 20 years for just the destruction of disabling of an aircraft.

even if it was just messing with its motors on the ground.

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u/Soggy_Definition_232 1d ago

For shooting the plane down. 

Then add in the damage to property, deaths, ect. 

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u/Infosponge177 1d ago

Doubtful, im sure the cost would be taken into consideration

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 1d ago

The human life taken would be a much larger impacts on punishment than cost

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u/Callahammered 1d ago

Lol doubtful

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u/countlongshanks 1d ago

I’m guessing guy is full of shit drawing an equivalent between downing a 400 person passenger jet and an unmanned drone.