Two can play that game

Hahaha

Brazil is protesting American fingerprinting of visiting Brazilians by requiring similar fingerprinting for Americans entering Brazil.

AN American Airlines pilot was fined nearly $17,000 on accusations he made an obscene gesture when being photographed at the airport as part of entry requirements for US citizens, officials said.

Brazil imposed the new rules that Americans be fingerprinted and photographed at entry points in response the similar rules in the United States for citizens of Brazil and other countries whose citizens need visas to enter.

...The pilot, Dale Robin Hersh, lifted his middle finger while undergoing the new security process at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport, said federal prosecutor Matheus Baraldi Magnani.

Police accused the pilot of showing contempt to authorities, a crime in Brazil, and escorted him to a nearby federal courthouse for possible formal charges.

However, Hersh agreed to pay a fine before he leaves Brazil in exchange for no charges being filed, the prosecutor said.

...Hersh's 10-member crew was detained inside the airport when the incident began yesterday morning and was not allowed to enter Brazil. Police said the crew was not charged and was returning to the United States on an evening flight.

American Airlines spokeswoman Martha Pantin said the incident was the result of a misunderstanding.

"The company apologises to the Brazilian government, the airport authorities, the police or anyone else who may have perceived anything they believe to have been disrespectful," Pantin said.

God, I love American responsiveness. It wasn't our fault the guy flipped you off, you were wrong to perceive it as disrespectful.

Another report said they would hold the pilot's passport till the fine was paid, and another that the prosecuting attorney was turning the fine over to a social service organization.

Here's the clever fool being clever:



That was an expensive display of disdainful American bravado. Hope he got a lot of satisfaction out of it.

And is this just too cool:


Warm welcome: Samba dancers greet a tourist and his son as they arrive at the Rio de Janeiro Galeao airport yesterday. The samba reception is part of a city campaign against a federal judge ruling that all US citizens be fingerprinted and photographed at the country's entry points.
Picture: AP

Somebody hide AssKKKroft's eyes.

And let's all take a trip to Brazil!!!

We will not fly American Airlines, though.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.