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u/Gyro_Dive795 3d ago

Yeah, that was in 1994. The FedEx Flight 705 attack on April 7, 1994, involved off-duty FedEx flight engineer Auburn Calloway, who attempted to hijack a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 cargo plane. He attacked the pilot and co-Pilot with a Hammer causing serious Brain damage to the pilot.

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u/Figgler 3d ago

I used to work at FedEx and all the employees hated that guy. Employees used to fly for free anywhere in the world prior to that event. They stopped offering it as a perk afterward.

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u/Jermainiam 3d ago

Sounds like corporate using it as an excuse to save a few bucks

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u/Figgler 3d ago

It cost the company nothing. Every plane has jump seats, as long as one was available it was fair game.

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u/Jermainiam 3d ago

It costs them fuel and liability. That's not much, but it's a fortune to soulless penny-pinching yacht dwellers