Pilot killed neighbour's dog for barking

ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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Flybe pilot drowned neighbour's border terrier Meg in a bucket and dumped body in a hedge because it wouldn't stop barking
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3089612/Flybe-pilot-drowned-neighbour-s-dog-bucket-wouldn-t-stop-barking.html#comments

If he cracks that easily, he probably shouldn't be in charge of a plane full of people.
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  • gregrichardsgregrichards Posts: 4,913
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    Electra wrote: »
    Flybe pilot drowned neighbour's border terrier Meg in a bucket and dumped body in a hedge because it wouldn't stop barking
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3089612/Flybe-pilot-drowned-neighbour-s-dog-bucket-wouldn-t-stop-barking.html#comments

    If he cracks that easily, he probably shouldn't be in charge of a plane full of people.

    Agreed you would hope a pilot would be able to cope with almost everything under pressure. No excuse of killing an innocent animal by all means speak to your neighbour and go to the council to complain but you should never take matters into your own hands like this. I'm glad my neighbours aren't like this. Maybe he should live in the middle of nowhere with nobody to annoy him.
  • EvieJEvieJ Posts: 5,958
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    This sickens me.


    The punishment for cruelty to animals is far too lenient to act as much of a deterrent to others. A small part of me would like to see him suffer more.
  • Louise32Louise32 Posts: 6,784
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    The problem is the UK's Animal Cruelty Laws aren't up to scratch and often the maximum 2 year sentence isn't even handed out.

    So it should be changed to a minimum jail sentence of two years if found guilty up to a maximum of 15 years.

    It would be a better deterrent as the current laws we have aren't a deterrent.

    People will think twice if they know they'll get a minimum of 2 years.

    Agreed scary he's a pilot- this cruel act may have cost him a really good job too as I can't see Flybe being happy.
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..
  • NamiraNamira Posts: 3,099
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..

    It's a living thing that didn't deserve to suffer by being drowned, and it would have suffered terribly.
  • Louise32Louise32 Posts: 6,784
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    Not everyone views humans as superior to animals.

    Dogs are sentient beings.
  • bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    Electra wrote: »
    Flybe pilot drowned neighbour's border terrier Meg in a bucket and dumped body in a hedge because it wouldn't stop barking
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3089612/Flybe-pilot-drowned-neighbour-s-dog-bucket-wouldn-t-stop-barking.html#comments

    If he cracks that easily, he probably shouldn't be in charge of a plane full of people.

    I've read his pathetic excuses. Sorry, but anybody who does something like this should go to prison. Dogs bark when they're left on their own - it goes with the territory. Live with it.
  • zx50zx50 Posts: 91,227
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    EvieJ wrote: »
    This sickens me.


    The punishment for cruelty to animals is far too lenient to act as much of a deterrent to others. A small part of me would like to see him suffer more.

    He shouldn't have killed it, but imagine a dog constantly barking. It's very easy to just say the above, but just imagine yourself having to listen to the barks of a dog all the time when you're at home. Not a dog that barks sometimes, but all the time. It would drive you round the absolute bend. I'm in no way defending what he did, but I have sympathy for the fact that he had to listen to constant barks when he was at home. If the dog was constantly barking, that is.
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    Electra wrote: »
    Flybe pilot drowned neighbour's border terrier Meg in a bucket and dumped body in a hedge because it wouldn't stop barking
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3089612/Flybe-pilot-drowned-neighbour-s-dog-bucket-wouldn-t-stop-barking.html#comments

    If he cracks that easily, he probably shouldn't be in charge of a plane full of people.

    Absolutely nuts. And I agree, someone who could do something so extreme so easily I really wouldn't want in charge of my life on a plane.
  • EvieJEvieJ Posts: 5,958
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..

    Didn't occur to him to speak to the neighbours? Or move if it was that bad!! I couldn't imagine ever getting to that point.

    Lets hope his neighbours next dog isn't just as "happy" ;-)
  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..

    I wouldn't want someone capable of snapping & killing someone's pet piloting any plane I'm on.
  • SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    White noise drowns out most annoyances, Literally drowning the noise is a bit much.
  • bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..

    2 hours sleep? - where do you get that from.

    As far as I can see the dog barked in the garden, and that was what was annoying Woodhouse.
    Sara-Lise Hawe, defending, said: 'This is a dog that barked from morning until night, and a year before my client had had a heart attack, and spent time off work trying to recuperate.

    'He found it impossible to be in his garden. Mr Woodhouse is not a man who likes to complain but he had spoken to the council and he was at his wits' end.
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Where did it say it affected his sleep though? It seems to have prevented him from enjoying his garden but nothing else?

    Not that killing a dog is a particularly rational thing to do even if it was keeping you awake at night.
  • .Lauren..Lauren. Posts: 7,864
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    *waits for someone to make connection with Germanwings flight*


    A dog that won't shut up is infuriating, but you stlll don't kill it, it's that simple.
  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    zx50 wrote: »
    He shouldn't have killed it, but imagine a dog constantly barking. It's very easy to just say the above, but just imagine yourself having to listen to the barks of a dog all the time when you're at home. Not a dog that barks sometimes, but all the time. It would drive you round the absolute bend. I'm in no way defending what he did, but I have sympathy for the fact that he had to listen to constant barks when he was at home. If the dog was constantly barking, that is.


    Yes, if it was. Maybe he's just a bit neurotic. I wonder how he'd cope with a crying baby on one of his flights.
  • bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    SJ_Mental wrote: »
    White noise drowns out most annoyances, Literally drowning the noise is a bit much.

    It does indeed, and I have used that method with great success myself. The white noise is continuous and the same, so the brain soon gets used to it, enabling you to sleep easily.

    It's sporadic and discontinuous noise, such as barking dogs and all night parties, which keeps people awake. A strong loudspeaker near the bed can be tuned to FM white noise, and turned louder and louder, until the extraneous noise is totally blocked out, leaving only the white noise.
  • NamiraNamira Posts: 3,099
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    Electra wrote: »
    Yes, if it was. Maybe he's just a bit neurotic. I wonder how he'd cope with a crying baby on one of his flights.

    Or indeed a crying baby next door.
  • PizzatheactionPizzatheaction Posts: 20,157
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    I don't think Stephen Woodhouse from Long Buckby should ever fly again.

    His face looks like that of the sort of person capable of such a killing.
  • Evo102Evo102 Posts: 13,630
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    I'm concerned that a pilot who has suffered a heart attack is allowed to fly commercially again.:o
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    His face looks like that of the sort of person capable of such a killing.

    And what does a face capable of killing look like?

    Surely you're just saying that because you know he's killed something. If you had walked past him otherwise would you think "that guy is clearly capable of killing his neighbours dog"? :confused:
  • .Lauren..Lauren. Posts: 7,864
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    Evo102 wrote: »
    I'm concerned that a pilot who has suffered a heart attack is allowed to fly commercially again.:o

    Why not? As long as he's recovered fully and appropriate measures have been taken.
  • Sargeant80Sargeant80 Posts: 1,413
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    If the dog was constantly barking then the people at fault are the owners of the dog.

    If the animal isn't trained correctly then it will do what it does. No reason to take it out on the poor animal.

    If the facts are correct though, he may have killed the animal, but the owners were the cause of its death and they should accept responsibility.
  • Louise32Louise32 Posts: 6,784
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    zx50 wrote: »
    He shouldn't have killed it, but imagine a dog constantly barking. It's very easy to just say the above, but just imagine yourself having to listen to the barks of a dog all the time when you're at home. Not a dog that barks sometimes, but all the time. It would drive you round the absolute bend. I'm in no way defending what he did, but I have sympathy for the fact that he had to listen to constant barks when he was at home. If the dog was constantly barking, that is.

    If the dog was constantly barking he could have left the house, gone to the shops or simply put the tv on and he wouldn't have heard.

    His sentencing 12 weeks suspended for 2 years is a sick joke. At least Flybe might punish him though.
  • CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    While it's extremely wrong, I can see where he's coming from, would you want someone piloting your plane with only 2 hours sleep ?

    Sorry, but it's just a dog, not a person, I repeat, it's a dog, only a dog..

    Would you want someone flying a plane who can snap so easily and so extremely?
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