Weingarten, did this guy tell you he was married to Morgan Fairchild, too? Besides the idiotic macho posturing, absolutely none of this juvenile wet dream rings true. Did you ever hear of fact checking? Why is this garbage in Salon? What's more amazing than anything in this work of fiction is the fact that they paid you for this.

Airbus doesn't use the 700 designation for their aircraft, so none of their large jets are "Jumbo Jets", but they are still pretty damn jumbo sized.

What are you talking about? The A380 is the largest commercial passenger plane ever built. The 700 designation is not some universal indicator of plane size, its simply the numbering scheme that Boeing uses for their aircraft, many of which (like the 707 and the 737) are only average in size.

I think the most glaring inconsistency is the number of people that are taken on the individual job and his ability to miraculously fix airplanes with absolutely no tools at all, as if 300 million dollar planes can be opened up with a dollar phillips head. In the story of repo'ing the French guys stuff, he talks about going himself, and then, for whatever reason, theres another guy flying the plane. And then theres an odd photo in the beginning of the story suggesting that he takes a fairly well-organized crew to fly these plans, which means either his stories of flying solo are bull, or that they are much more ho-hum than he describes.

Maybe it makes good copy to say he had no identification,he did, and the full story of the pilot that died in the Ketchikan, AK crash, Major Stephen Freeman USMC, Retired, is also a compelling story of self-sacrifice.

In attempting to limit the damage and possible casualties of the crash he stayed with his plane and ejected when he could do no more, unfortunately it was too late to save his life.

He is remembered in Ketchikan as a hero for his actions and left behind a wife and children.

The full story is available through the following link.

www.sitnews.us/0106news/012606/012606_crash_ketchikan.html

Someone else already noted in this thread that there are laws that have to be obeyed. And, maybe they aren't that well implemneted in Haiti, but they sure are in Europe.

Most European nations have very clear and precise laws on the book on how repossessions are to be handled - and none of them involve foreign repo men sneaking in in the dark of the night. In Germany, for instance, the way to reposession leads via a civil lawsuit an a court officer doing the actual reposession.

The American system of self help reposessiuon is mostly unheard of in Europe, and many states maintain a strict monopoly for such actions for the state.

So Mr Weingarten should have been arrested in France back then, and probably should so whenever he leaves the US. Aggravated theft, endangering the safety of air traffic and several other criminal offenses come to mind.

Stunning and refreshing are the words for this savory fare cunningly steamed for us by Marc Weingarten. The fast-paced narrative of Nick Popovich's ballsy hijinx is perfect for our times, and welcome on a domain too often associated with feminism, lezzies, gays and political agitation. Salon's decision to flash a new stride with this campy departure from the norm has all the class and surprise of the memorable film 10th Victim, that Elio Petri flick starring Ursula Andress. In our times surprise is the biggest part of success in Art. And despite the flak from nay-sayers and male rivalists, Repo - and particularly in this context - rises to the level of Art

Regrettably, the scintillating graphic introducing this article is no longer present. Dead-on as an attention-grabber, the composite photo featured a sharply aimed revolver and a sleek jumbo jet. This seducement worked like catnip enticing the visitor to Weingarten's yarn.

The panache of this slick and spirited scoop speaks for itself. Readers are drawn into an all-male world of high adventure, to discover darker aspects of upper echelon business. This portrait of an alpha-male rouses sharp admiration for Nick's success in living out the virility, daring and spirit his gender is intended to embody. It is not surprising to see Nick Popovich in the group portrait as a physical type worthy of the Trevi Fountain. Thank God, the emasculating effects of education, professionalism, women's lib - the whole civilization spiel - have not rendered extinct this lusty specie. Cracks and snide comments from a few in this section spring from penis-envy and low levels of testosterone.

As for any technical inaccuracy, it is trifling. Salon presents an astounding volume of journalism, and in the midst of such enterprise minor lapses occur. Instances cited are so minor as to be laughable, when compared say, to the announcement that Craigslist is withdrawing it's famous personals section, or the attribution to Obama of the provocative pitchfork quote reported by no other media.

Life ain't perfect. But the attitude of hostility and judgment many bear through life is cause for pity. As Sinatra might say, "Anybody who doesn't go for Repo Man doesn't like black-eyed peas."

-- compassus

Did the author check any of these stories?

I worked for Silver state Helicopters up until the day the company shut down (it was not even owned by Jerry Airola at that time) Robbie was a Vice President for Silver State helicopters and she was the one that gathered all of the helicopters and turned them over to this guy. His people were incompetent thieves for the most part. He sent a bunch of day labor guys out to the hangers and took the helicopters apart so they could be hauled on flat bed rental trailers. This was stupid! They devalued the helicopters, not to mention that what they did was not legal. they did not even mark the pieces so they would know what helicopter the parts came from.

You make this guy out to be e hero. Pay attention to the details. He was a con man, multi level marketer that tripped over a job that Dog the Bounty Hunter is just as qualified to do.

I think Airola should sue you for calling Silver State a "Ponzie Scheme". That was a great company when he owned it, no better place to work.

I can only assume tha tthe rest of the stories are just as much BS as the one about Silver State Helicopters.