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By: Letterman’s top 10 for Northwest pilots - Turnip Style Dot Com

Letterman’s top 10 for Northwest pilots - Turnip Style Dot Com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:19:59 +0000

[...] Laura Townsend Elion managed to get out Top 10 list of reasons that the Delta (Northwest) pilots managed to miss Minneapolis by 150 [...]

By: Barbara J

Barbara J — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:09:04 +0000

Here I was hoping it was UFOs. Instead it was IFBs – identified flying buffoons.

By: Letterman’s top 10 for Northwest pilots

Letterman’s top 10 for Northwest pilots — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:40 +0000

[...] Laura Townsend Elion managed to get out Top 10 list of reasons that the Delta (Northwest) pilots managed to miss Minneapolis by 150 miles. Now David Letterman [...]

By: Laura Townsend Elion

Laura Townsend Elion — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:16:02 +0000

@MidMom8949

Good one! After this, they make take them out.

By: MidMom8949

MidMom8949 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:53 +0000

I suggest that all passengers on planes so equipped push the little map button so that they can see whether the plane passes the destination. . .

By: Thetnor

Thetnor — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:43:44 +0000

What’s the worst that could happen?

By: Laura Townsend Elion

Laura Townsend Elion — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:10:51 +0000

Good one, Michael! We’ll see if that’s the case.

By: phoebemomma

phoebemomma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:23:48 +0000

I fly from CA to Minneapolis several times a year, and this story is making me very nervous. When I fly, passengers are checking their watches and we recognize the Twin City area…if there is a delay the pilots inform us of the problem. Surely the the flight attendents knew something was wrong. Are they barred from talking to the pilots??? It scares me that fighter jets were being scrambled, technically they could have shot down the plane .
Can you imagine how many people missed connecting flights, funerals,business meetings or insulin injections etc because of this mistake? Crazy!!
There are many well trained pilots who are out of work these days…why can these jerks stay employed? Younger, well-trained pilots are struggling to gain job security,while these older guys don’t value their jobs or the passengers they serve.

By: How Does A Pilot Overshoot an Airport? | Flight Wisdom

How Does A Pilot Overshoot an Airport? | Flight Wisdom — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:16:51 +0000

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By: harold weller

harold weller — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:16:00 +0000

From a security point of view
1. Here is an out of contact plane in major city air space and fighters were still on the ground. How long do terrorists have before they have to worry about armed intervention?
2. There is no way that a plane in the air can be contacted on a clear channel if activated overrides all other channels in the air?