They didn’t appreciate his air strip-tease.
A judge has blasted an ex-baggage handler as “vain and stupid” after he filmed himself working out shirtless inside a moving jet engine at Sydney Airport in Australia, as seen in a viral TikTok video.
“I am really at a loss as to what motivates people to do such things,” Magistrate Greg Grogin said during a Wednesday hearing at the Downing Centre Court in Sydney, the Daily Mail reported.
The accused Preslie Ginoski, 23, had been arrested by the Australian Federal Police in February after the video of the ill-advised stunt started circulating on social media, 9 News reported.
The bozo, who regularly posts fitness content to social media, had reportedly conducted this anti-safety exercise last year, but uploaded it in January to celebrate leaving his airport gig, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
In the footage, entitled “quick pump before flight,” the shirtless Ginoski is seen doing pushups and flexing inside the jet turbine with his body just inches from the whirring fan.
It was reportedly one of six clips that officers found on the gym rat’s phone depicting him on or near the jet engine.
“He was doing it for that purpose, to try and gain social media attention,” Ginoski’s attorney, Ahmed Dib, told the court while showing them a photo of a female flight attendant who had separately filmed herself inside the turbine.
He argued that his client had suffered stress because his university professors claimed they didn’t want him bringing that behavior to campus, the Daily Mail reported.
“What it has done is put a target on his back,” Mr. Dib told the court, to which Magistrate Grogin retorted, “he put it there.”
The judge dubbed the clout-seeker stupid, vain and irresponsible, adding that Ginoski was fully aware of what he was doing when filming and posting the video.
“He took off his top, he took off his required security badges and decided to show off his body,” said Grogin, who said the Ginoski’s reckless behavior jeopardized people’s safety.
“You chose the wrong day, the wrong thing to do and the wrong memento,” the judge added.
The airhead pled guilty to threatening aviation safety and failing to wear a safety lanyard in Sydney Airport’s security zone.
He was convicted of both charges and forced to pay $1,500 before getting released.
In addition, the attention resulted in the former airport employee losing his apprenticeship with a construction firm.
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