If Your Gonna Have An Argument In The Cockpit Put The Plane on Auto Pilot - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Brian Carlton · #1 10-23-2009, 04:45 PM

Doesn't add up.

If you're in an "argument", you still hear the radio................

My bet: They both fell asleep..........

Mistress · #2 10-23-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Doesn't add up.

If you're in an "argument", you still hear the radio................

My bet: They both fell asleep..........

Brian- So at what altitude do you think the alarm went off?

Brian Carlton · #3 10-23-2009, 06:38 PM

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Brian- So at what altitude do you think the alarm went off?

From what I gathered, they were steady at altitude..............who knows what finally woke them...........maybe the flight attendant...........

Hatterasguy · #4 10-23-2009, 06:39 PM

Maybe the flight attendant's should carry air horns for this.

truckinik · #5 10-24-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

From what I gathered, they were steady at altitude..............who knows what finally woke them...........maybe the flight attendant...........

Yeah, or perhaps just a bad phaquin dream..... Either way you look at it, a lotta people are gonna be tryin' to live this one down for a long phaquin time...

cmac2012 · #6 10-23-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Doesn't add up.

If you're in an "argument", you still hear the radio................

My bet: They both fell asleep..........

Oh man, doesn't look good if that's the case. Do they record every minute of speech in the cockpit? If so, this story about arguing about airline policy is going to fall flat if not true.

Brian Carlton · #7 10-23-2009, 07:05 PM

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Do they record every minute of speech in the cockpit?

They do............IIRC it's the last 60 minutes............the tape runs in a loop.

aklim · #8 10-23-2009, 07:18 PM

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Oh man, doesn't look good if that's the case. Do they record every minute of speech in the cockpit? If so, this story about arguing about airline policy is going to fall flat if not true.

New recorders retain as much as two hours of cockpit conversation and other noise, but the older model aboard Northwest's Flight 188 includes just the last 30 minutes — only the very end of Wednesday night's flight after the pilots realized their error over Wisconsin and were heading back to Minneapolis.

Bull FAWKING ****. They best hope that the union will jump in to save their sorry butts.

150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets scrambled to chase them.

After that? I don't know about you but I wouldn't hire them for anything in the airplane except vacuum detail.

WVOtoGO · #9 10-23-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Doesn't add up.

If you're in an "argument", you still hear the radio................

My bet: They both fell asleep..........

Not to mention see the GPS map move right onto your pre-programmed destination and beyond... The flight clock... The FMS... (the list goes on)

I’m thinking they snoozed as well.

All I know for sure is that when I heard this story on the morning news.
I almost ruptured something, I laughed so hard.

Brian Carlton · #10 10-23-2009, 10:25 PM

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Not to mention see the GPS map move right onto your pre-programmed destination and beyond... The flight clock... The FMS... (the list goes on)

I’m thinking they snoozed as well.

All I know for sure is that when I heard this story on the morning news.
I almost ruptured something, I laughed so hard.

Think they keep their jobs...........??

aklim · #11 10-23-2009, 10:49 PM

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Think they keep their jobs...........??

Seeing as how many people are out of work today, employers should be spoiled for choice. Should they? No. 150 miles off is a lot of miles off. I don't care of they were sleeping, jerking each other off or talking about airline policy. Bottom line is they were too far off for an "oops". Either they were incapable or incompetent. With a union in place, I suspect they will have their wrists slapped and then keep their jobs.

Brian Carlton · #12 10-23-2009, 10:51 PM

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Seeing as how many people are out of work today, employers should be spoiled for choice. Should they? No. 150 miles off is a lot of miles off. I don't care of they were sleeping, jerking each other off or talking about airline policy. Bottom line is they were too far off for an "oops". Either they were incapable or incompetent. With a union in place, I suspect they will have their wrists slapped and then keep their jobs.

The question wasn't directed to you. You have already weighed in on the matter...........and repetition won't make your case any stronger.

aklim · #13 10-23-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

The question wasn't directed to you. You have already weighed in on the matter...........and repetition won't make your case any stronger.

So sorry, almighty one. I failed to see that.

Thought I'd add a reason for why I felt that they should be dismissed when I thought of it. I didn't realize we could only answer once.

Brian Carlton · #14 10-23-2009, 11:06 PM

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So sorry, almighty one. I failed to see that.

Thought I'd add a reason for why I felt that they should be dismissed when I thought of it. I didn't realize we could only answer once.

You can answer anytime you want...........as many times as you want.

However, your position is pretty obvious and based on an underlying distaste for any union behavior.

I asked the pilot for a reason..........he's actually in that industry...........we're not.