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AIR LINE PILOT. viewrours... The Robin Hood syndrome IHD dewne- G& 4 yg eet an aS 4 3 oi 3 z z z $ a * mW OOM wat Nth nent, PpejeLEPS®, 2 POAES Se elect pear td ma nedbonitivinte tearrmemnaymnrtcnine-neiedy sei paiompeymienectnrs eh MAME ar NMOW DO IDM ew I OO DM ION wee NWA WN RK OOw IHU AW ro wa betwee. Once upon a time there was an English archer named Robin Hood who lived in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire. He gathered unto himself a band of rebels who supported themselves by robbing the rich upperclass gentry that ventured into his domain. Over the years, Mr. Hood has been immortalized in song and poem for his legendary deeds. Many proverbs and sayings have been handed down in Eng- lish literature that give this group of rogues an undeserved aura of respecta- bility. Legends die hard. Mr. Hood and his gangsters still occupy an honored place in story books, cartoons and films al- though their greedy motivations have been sanitized for young minds. While Air Line Pilot is not in the busi- ness of destroying legends, one fact is clear. Mr. Hood was a thief, pure and simple, even though those he relieved of their gold might have been able to afford the loss. A modern-day Robin Hood has now emerged. He told Northwest Airlines his namé was D. B. Cooper when he boarded Flight 305 during the Thanks- giving holidays. After takeoff, he com- mandeered the 727, threatened to blow it up, demanded and got $200,000 and four parachutes and then bailed out. somewhere between Portland, Ore., and Reno, Nev. When it turned out that Mr. Cooper , bs, couldn’t be promptly located, his names and dramatic deed caught the public” fancy. There were some citizens who felt he had earned the $200,000 through his act of bravery and daring. A song was written about him; a Portland ven- dor is reportedly doing well selling T- tle of man against machine. One ‘inde _ can explain why he committed ji _ him. He is the object of one of th with a suitcase full of greenbacks.’ Dr. Otto Larsen, sociology p if have explained the newly dre Robin Hood syndrome this ways “We all like adventure stori oe hijacker took the greatest ultimate-rt He showed real heroic features; mys of skill and all the necessities. perfect crime. { < 000 and people e can understand i “His was an awesome feat in the bat- vidual overcoming, for the time being anyway, technology, the corp rati iOn the establishment, the syste Although’ it may be comfor! some to be able to explain humai rations so easily, the fact remain: Mr. Cooper, or whatever. his committed a serious crime an less a criminal because. social set endangered a plane-load of passeng intimidated the crew, blackmailec airline out of hard-earned caused damage to an aircraft. Mr. Cooper is no. hero. He is: inal in every sense of the wor being sought for“an act of pira . cannot be condoned or excused 3am If Mr. Cooper is dead, justi been done. If not, we have ne thorough searches ever conduc the FBI for a wanted criminals fullest extent of the law: SS This Robin Hood will e