Pilot charged with making 'inappropriate' comments at Philadelphia airport

PHILADELPHIA - A US Airways pilot was released from jail early Monday, a day after he was arrested for making what authorities said were &#34;inappropriate&#34; comments at an airport security checkpoint. <br> <br> Police charged the pilot, Elwood Menear, 46, of Annville, with making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct, said Cpl. Jim Pauley, a police department spokesman. <br> <br> Pauley refused to give specifics about the comments. <br> <br> &#34;The pilot made some comments that the (security) screeners thought were inappropriate,&#34; said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac. She declined to elaborate on what was said. <br> <br> Salac said the FAA could ground Menear. <br> <br> It was the second incident involving a US Airways pilot at the airport in the last few months. Another pilot&#39;s sarcastic comment about a gun shut down a terminal in November. <br> <br> Menear had been scheduled to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Milwaukee on Sunday morning. He was released on bail shortly after 3 a.m. Monday. <br> <br> A woman reached at a telephone listing for Menear identified herself as his wife and said she and her husband had no comment on Sunday afternoon. <br> <br> The FBI and U.S. Attorney&#39;s Office will determine whether to file federal charges against Menear, bureau spokeswoman Linda Vizi said. <br> <br> &#34;There was no immediate threat to anybody,&#34; said US Airways spokesman David Castelveter, who also refused to give specifics about the comments. <br> <br> Roy Freundlich, spokesman for the US Airways unit of the Airline Pilots Association, said the union will provide protection for Menear. <br> <br> &#34;The union will obviously be part of the investigation and make sure the pilot&#39;s rights are protected,&#34; Freundlich said<br>