Ex-US pilot fights extradition to US for training Chinese pilots a decade ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-25/daniel-duggan-speaks-from-australian-prison-cell-730/102639750

by BLKNSLVR • 3 years ago

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nocoiner3• 3 years ago

The “he doth protest too much” vibes coming off that article are strong.

Strange coincidence that he also renounced his American citizenship around the same time he was doing this very cool and totally legal flight instruction.

djohnston• 3 years ago

Idk, I’m American abroad and the tax system is a pain. If I were 100% staying in Australia I’d also be inclined to renounce.

nocoiner3• 3 years ago

That’s a reasonable point. I don’t envy folks in your situation having to deal with that. From what I understand, the tax situation sounds pretty ridiculous.

Still, it somewhat boggles my mind that one could be patriotic enough to volunteer for military service yet ascribe sufficient sentimental value at least to keep the citizenship.

BLKNSLVR3• 3 years ago

I get "doth protest too much" vibes from the US pursuit of this. From a decade ago.

The most telling thing about this situation is the US' paranoia about China. This is so obviously a "set this guy up as an example" to scare the bejesus out of any other ex-forces types wanting to do almost literally anything even tangentially related to China.

Ten years ago!?!

Not a great advertisement for the US armed forces.

Renouncing US citizenship seems to be the smart move regarding taxes if you're peermanently moving overseas, from my casual knowledge. Wouldn't help ones relationship with a paranoid, jealous, and overtly violent government at all though.

The thing that scares me most about this, though, is the Australian government's treatment of a citizen. Just continues the sad historical trend of being a yes-man to any slight whiff of power. Australia: "anyone need a sidekick? We don't know how to lead, but damn we can blindly follow like fuck"

nocoiner3• 3 years ago

So the US spends, what, $10 million (more?) to train each military pilot, and then after retirement, with their pension and thanks of a grateful nation evidently being insufficient compensation, it’s OK for one of them to decide to moonlight for the country’s main adversary to their their pilots how to shoot down US pilots (“tangentially”)?

If and when the fact pattern above is found to exist in a court of law, I sure hope the US makes an example of that.

Just get a job flying for the airlines. Those guys are making bank these days.

tibbydudeza• 3 years ago

The two test pilots who helped test the Chinese Comac C919 prototype all went to the S.A flight school while the rest to the "National Test Pilot School" in California.

Most likely they did military flight training before this but that is how most pilots get their training before moving on to civilian flying considering the costs involved.

It all sounds like BS to me.

Ex-US pilot fights extradition to US for training Chinese pilots a decade ago

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