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Drunken RIM executives removed from plane and payroll
CANADIAN GADGET MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has parted with two of its executives after they got so drunk that they caused a plane to be diverted.
The firm that makes the Blackberry smartphones sacked the executives, described as "senior" by the Telegraph.
The employees, George Campbell, 45, and Paul Alexander Wilson, 38, reportedly were reckless and drunk during the flight, causing it to turn around and return to Canada. This is never a good thing.
"RIM expects that its employees conduct themselves in a manner reflective of our strong principles and standards of business behaviour," said the firm in a brief statement.
"RIM does not condone behaviour that conflicts with applicable laws and employees are expected to act, at all times, with integrity and respect. The individuals involved in this incident are no longer employed by RIM."
The two men pleaded guilty to mischief, were given suspended sentences, banned from flying Air Canada for one year and ordered to pay more than $35,000 each to the carrier.
Update
RIM has provided us with a short statement about what happened.
"Based on the limited information available at this time, RIM has suspended the individuals involved pending further investigation," it said. µ
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Those poor RIM execs must've taken a look at next year's projected sales figures and had no other way to cope.
With that kind of reaction and punishment they had better been beating up passengers and trying to hack a hole in the fuselage, else it's a bit over the top.
Recall that RIM said (encrypted) messages couldn't be read by anyone, not even RIM, yet they later set up stations in various countries to enable spies to read them. Complete liars. Definitely in cahoots with national intelligence agencies, too tempting a crowd of rich and powerful who believed was secure, a gold mine of dirt and inside info for spy agencies.
So when RIM says this:
' "RIM expects that its employees conduct themselves in a manner reflective of our strong principles and standards of business behaviour," said the firm in a brief statement.'
Means employees are supposed to keep a low profile and not make anyone wonder about corporate integrity.
At least Microsoft knows how to appreciate drunks and lewd behaviour.
With a bit of convincing they'll welcome fighting too.
They're not drunk, that's just the motion of their research.