# Marian Beck pleads guilty **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [October 17, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350 "2023-10-17T16:15:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rickd/32/29903_2.png) [@RickD](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/RickD)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/1 "2023-10-17T16:15:21Z")
The crazy lady from Halibut Cove AK who harassed the seaplane with her ferry took a plea. Fined, and surrendered her MMC. [Crazy Halibut Cove lady takes plea](https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/10/16/restaurant-owner-pleads-guilty-in-kachemak-bay-seaplane-case-while-state-contracts-with-mckinsey/#:~:text=Beck%20will%20plead%20guilty%20to,be%20approved%20by%20a%20judge.) ---
**Author:** ![ocnslr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/54ee81/32.png) [@ocnslr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ocnslr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/2 "2023-10-17T16:45:25Z")
She got off too easy, IMHO. Maybe the judge will agree and reject the plea agreement. ---
**Author:** ![RickD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rickd/32/29903_2.png) [@RickD](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/RickD)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/3 "2023-10-17T17:38:10Z")
Agree. She needed some time in jail. Just enough to get the point across. The fine is only $25,000. Losing her 100 ton MMC is meaningless as she’ll just get someone else to run it. Not a fan of nuisance law suits, but she needs to be buried with lawsuits from the aircraft passengers who were "traumatized ". ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/4 "2023-10-18T20:19:01Z")
I’m afraid that I’m far behind the times on Halibut Cove. Marian Tillion Beck? Is this Clem Tillion’s daughter or granddaughter? Clem Tillion of Halibut Cove was a very influential politician in Alaska for decades. He was also a longtime member of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. ---
**Author:** ![neutralobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@neutralobserver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/neutralobserver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/5 "2023-10-18T20:27:07Z")
There has to be some mental illness here, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/6 "2023-10-18T20:48:15Z")
I think that it’s most likely that people in picturesque and quiet Halibut Cove are angry and militant about disruptive and unwanted flight seeing trips. ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/7 "2023-10-19T10:58:42Z")
> **[Marian Beck: The Saltry Restaurant | The Filson Journal](https://www.filson.com/blog/profiles/marian-beck-the-saltry-restaurant/)** > > The first thing you notice about Marian Beck is her hands. Graying Alaskan fishermen all have the same hands, swollen and powerful from decades of picking fighting salmon from gillnets, stacking seining gear, or baiting hooks. Her hands look like... Here is a nice profile of Marion Tillion Beck and a bit of info about how her father Clem Tillion founded the remote community of Halibut Cove after WWII. ---
**Author:** ![RickD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rickd/32/29903_2.png) [@RickD](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/RickD)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/8 "2023-10-22T02:58:26Z")
She didnt like the seaplane muscling in on “her” territory, which caters to tourists she brings on “her” ferry. She was reckless and unprofessional. Damn lucky she didnt kill anyone. Have you seen the video? [Crazy Lady Harassing Seaplane](https://youtu.be/eiIViCaAGOg?feature=shared) ---
**Author:** ![Lew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lew)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/9 "2023-10-23T08:43:07Z")
That should have got her jail time. I have crewed on commercial vessels on waterways with seaplane traffic. You do not mess with them, they have far fewer options than you do and accidents can easily be fatal. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Bruce1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bruce1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/10 "2023-10-23T09:35:20Z")
was there any explanation of why she did it? I can’t possibly think of one? my imagination tells me that the pilot of the plane was a former lover that dumped her. I read alot of english lit\> women scorned HA! ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/11 "2023-10-23T10:15:10Z")
@tugsailor has provided the context. The usage and operation of float planes can be a very contentious issue in some Alaska coastal communities. The people who make money taking tourists on trips and the people who want to enjoy the peace and quiet of a waterfront home or whatever are sometimes on opposite sides of the issue. Not expressing an opinion about this or the appropriateness of the punishment but here’s an article from a quick google search about Homer. [FAA addresses aircraft noise concerns in Homer](https://www.ktoo.org/2017/06/11/faa-addresses-aircraft-noise-concerns-homer/) ---
**Author:** ![freighterman1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/freighterman1/32/11176_2.png) [@freighterman1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/freighterman1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/12 "2023-10-27T13:25:18Z")
Noise pollution a big issue even in noisy places like Seattle. The busy seaplane terminal on Lake Union has strict operating hours because of noise. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/13 "2023-10-27T15:29:06Z")
Vancouver harbor is another good place to enjoy the sweet music from the float equipped Beavers with the big Pratt & Whitney radials. While I was there, a famous actor who was there to shoot a movie was given a penthouse with an expansive view of the harbor. The next day, he asked for accommodations away from the harbor because he couldn’t relax with the constant sound of floatplanes coming and going. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/14 "2023-10-27T16:15:24Z")
Some of the people who didn’t mind the deeper sound of the De Havilland do object to the higher-pitched Cessna. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/15 "2023-10-27T17:22:41Z")
Yeah, I can see that. Also the turbine whine of the twin Otters. ---
**Author:** ![Lew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marian-beck-pleads-guilty/67350/16 "2023-10-28T09:08:51Z")
I don’t mind the sound of the Beavers, they land in my front yard (river).