Comments on: What we’re reading: Casinos use social media sites, A380 irks engineers, Delta pilots union assails NTSB

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:02:24 +0000

NTSB doesn’t license pilots. The FAA does that, so statements to NTSB would have had no bearing on the liensing issue. It sounds to me like the union is P.O.’d that NTSB made the statements public, which they have a right to do. I also doubt if the statements to the NTSB were voluntary. The flight crew was probably required to answer the NTSB questions.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:37 +0000

I agree with SirWired and Joel W. –the union should shut up and stay out of an indefensible situation.

The pilots blew past their destination airport by 150 miles–before a flight attendant alerted them to their screw up. If the flight attendant had not been paying attention, when would the idiots in the cockpit have noticed?

I do not care what they were discussing–whether it was some company policy as they said or what the best adult site is–they were in dereliction of duty. Their first and foremost duty is the safe operation of the airplane and getting it to the destination–everything else is secondary.

The pilots do not deserve to have their pilot licenses reinstated.

By: Joel Wechsler

Joel Wechsler — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:03:39 +0000

I think there are times that unions, whether they represent pilots or, professional athletes, should just be quiet rather than try to defend the indefensible.

By: SirWired

SirWired — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:01:39 +0000

That Delta union flack is full of it. The voluntary disclosure programs are meant for pilots to self-report safety violations where they otherwise would have gone unnoticed and unreported. In return for the voluntary disclosure, the report is anonymous.

In the case of this shameful incident, the violation most certainly was not unnoticed and unreported. If the pilots had refused to cooperate, the outcome would have been the same: license revocation.

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