Pilot Arrested For Bizarre Behavior In Front Of His Home

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:53 am

The link has a picture of this guy.

http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/10855.asp

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Pilot Arrested For Bizarre Behavior In Front Of His Home
Posted: 5/2/2005 5:01:00 PM
Updated: 5/3/2005 6:58:05 AM

Pilot Arrested For Bizarre Behavior In Front Of His Home

A local pilot for American Airlines was in trouble with the law Monday after neighbors in his upscale neighborhood complained about his bizarre behavior.

Roy Clemmons, 47, has been a highly-regarded pilot for American Airlines.

Neighbors like Dorene Phillips said Clemmons is a family man and a hard-working professional, and said they were stunned to learn of Clemmons arrest.

Wilson County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Clemmons Friday and charged him with performing lewd and obscene acts while naked, in broad daylight, and in front of his home.

In the police report, a neighbor reported Clemmons fondled himself on his front lawn 25 times over the past year.

The neighbor videotaped Clemmons during the act as proof of the allegations.

Investigators said the neighbor made the tape fearing no one would believe her without it.

After viewing the video, the sheriff alerted American Airlines.

Clemmons was then grounded and sent back from a flight to face charges.

Phillips said she never saw Clemmons expose himself in public, but felt the allegations were a concern, especially with children in the quiet neighborhood.

Phillips said she's did talk with Clemmons after his arrest.

She says Clemmons told her he's couldn't believe he was arrested, and insisted he had no memory of what happened.

Phillips said, “In my mind, he may have been sleep walking and didn't realize these things were going on.”

Investigators wouldn't comment on specifics of the investigation Monday, but said Clemmons does appear to be very much awake in the video tape taken by the his neighbor.

Officials with American Airlines could not be reached for comment Monday, but Phillips said Clemmons told her he will be undergoing a psychological evaluation and was not flying, for now.

Clemmons was free on $10,000 bond Monday.

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hz2p · Post by **hz2p** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:07 pm

I have trouble believing that article - it can't be correct.

It must have been an Air Canada captain, right? Perhaps someone from Toronto?

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:10 pm

Someone you know?

swede · Post by **swede** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:38 pm

, "Upscale neighbourhood", guess it wasn't with him around..

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:33 pm

I remember a while ago they banned the sleep aid Halcion because it caused blackouts etc. It was popular with flight crews doing overseas runs, helping them get their 8 hours prone etc. But there were too many cases of "How the hell did I end up here?" etc, and it was banned.

Maybe he was in a similar situation? I dunno, but it does sound strange.

Navajo-dude · Post by **Navajo-dude** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:39 pm

WHOOP WHOOP................PULL UP

WHOOP WHOOP................PULL UP

Yoyoma · Post by **Yoyoma** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:02 pm

What's so "bizzare" about his behavior?

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:38 pm

For a pilot, I think that behaviour is pretty reasonable...stayed in a hotel once where some of the guys closed down the bar and then carried on in a room - threw their furniture off their balconies into the pool...stole the cannon from in front of an unnamed hotel on Vancouver Is. and held it for ransom...started a fight in the Strange Range in a famous city in the north so to distract the bouncer so we could 'appropriate' one of their flags for our pilot house...had a margarita party at the base and ended up in one guys room and continued until an engineer jumped off the balcony onto the roof of the room inhabitant's car (known far and wide as the "Smithrite")... come to think of it, none of that's bizarre either...

double-j · Post by **double-j** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:39 pm

I find it funny that this mans occupation played no part in this occurance, however the media was quick to mention over and over that this guy was a captain for AA. If he drove a delivery van for Fed Ex would they made a big deal about that?

cheers,

jj

Right Seat Captain · Post by **Right Seat Captain** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:05 pm

jazzy-j wrote:I find it funny that this mans occupation played no part in this occurance, however the media was quick to mention over and over that this guy was a captain for AA. If he drove a delivery van for Fed Ex would they made a big deal about that?

cheers,

jj

I was just about to say, I see no connection with this guys behaviour and the fact he's a pilot. So what? It's no different than reading some story in the local newspaper about a robery on the other side of town. Anybody can be a pilot, and even the best pilots are humans like the rest of the world.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:28 pm

Ummm....something about responsible job, hundreds of lives and millions of dollars at stake...good judgement...stable mentally..stuff like that.

flingwing206 · Post by **flingwing206** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:31 pm

There's endless posts here about pilots whining about being 'professional' and entitled to professional pay, but when a 'professional' acts like a jackass, you want his profession ignored?

Sorry, but this shows that pilots are held to a higher level of behaviour, and therefore bizzare behaviour is newsworthy.

Your choice

a) Mature professional

b) boorish slob

Take your pick.

Hun IN the SUN · Post by **Hun IN the SUN** » Fri May 06, 2005 2:55 am

Well I dont see whats so bad about that guy

thats normal in my neighbourhood

Right Seat Captain · Post by **Right Seat Captain** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:30 am

What someone does in their own time, is their own business. If this was an article about him doing these kind of things, but in the cockpit or in the cabin in full view of passengers, that'd be something else.

Tango01 · Post by **Tango01** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:06 am

I love it!

wha happen · Post by **wha happen** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:52 am

so what is the big deal. He wasnt on duty, if this is what the guy needs to do to wind down, so be it. And i dont see how him being a pilot has anything to do with his behavior

. cmon we are all crazies

ACbound · Post by **ACbound** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:09 pm

Hey "Just Another Pilot" sound familiar? we all know about you after that kegger. or what you do on your own time is yours.

Pugster · Post by **Pugster** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:42 am

Tugging in public has nothing to do with your ability to fly an airplane (well, unless you're unleashing the beast on the flight deck...).

It might keep you out of the PTA, however. I'm sure half of the people on this site are bent in some sort of way in the old "rogering" department.

Now that I think about it, the disturbing part is that Capt. Wanker couldn't put two-and-two together and realize that his flogging of the weasel in plain view of his neighbors might cause a little bit o' legal trouble for him and his 3 inch friend. Kinda reeks of a personality disorder or some other underlying psychological issues. Then again, if every pilot that's ever been caught laying pipe in public lost their job, this site would be pretty empty. I don't think you've lived until you've been caught giving the ol' one-two-buckle-my-shoe to somebody.

Maybe he was mowing his lawn and got bored? Saw a garden gnome and got all hot and bothered? Was having sex with an invisible woman? Saw himself in a reflection, and due to the pilot ego, was "all over himself"?

Before we judge too harshly, lets remember...90% do it, and the other 10% are lying. We just haven't reached the point that we're 747 Captains and love ourselves so much that we can't even control when it happens anymore

.

Mach1 · Post by **Mach1** » Sat May 07, 2005 11:09 am

Tugging in public has nothing to do with your ability to fly an airplane

Hey! If he’s flying an airbus, it might even make his “stick work” better.

Crawls away in shame now.

EPR1.6 · Post by **EPR1.6** » Sun May 08, 2005 4:37 pm

If any other professional like a doctor, lawyer, teacher, etc... did this, you can bet they would certainly point out the profession. Who would really like visiting a doctor who performs lewd behaviour in public. Imagine what he might be capable to doing during an inspection of a patient's privates.

Have any of you had an aviation medical examiner that inspected your twig and berries? I had one that did, and it freaked me out so I never went back to him for a medical!

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun May 08, 2005 5:40 pm

" Have any of you had an aviation medical examiner that inspected your twig and berries? I had one that did, and it freaked me out so I never went back to him for a medical! "

Is it possible that your twig and berries are so small that his medical couriousity compelled him to have a closer look?

EPR1.6 · Post by **EPR1.6** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:11 am

Well...I expected some funny respones...but nothing that funny

(don't cats have really small twig and berries?)

Snowgoose · Post by **Snowgoose** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:36 am

What happens on the front lawn, STAYS on the front lawn!

swede · Post by **swede** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:19 pm

Too bad the neighbours bull mastif didnt jump him..

Cool Rythms! · Post by **Cool Rythms!** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:42 pm

Maybe he was sleep walking and thought he was a firefighter putting out flames.