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

Mistress · #1 10-23-2009, 04:42 PM

these guys are in BIGGGGGG trouble....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33436497/ns/us_news-life/

Brian Carlton · #2 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 · #3 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?

MTI · #4 10-23-2009, 04:51 PM

Same thing happened here, pilot and co-pilot on an interisland fell asleep and overshot Hilo airport with passengers wondering why the plane wasn't descending when over the island.

Hatterasguy · #5 10-23-2009, 05:41 PM

Meh, sometimes you make mistakes. That flat pattern looks like something I would do, maybe thats why I'm not a pilot.

Brian Carlton · #6 10-23-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mistress

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 · #7 10-23-2009, 06:39 PM

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

cmac2012 · #8 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.

MTI · #9 10-23-2009, 07:00 PM

Cockpit voice recorder is on a re-recording loop, so they're not going to get much of the "heated debate" but they might get the "Okay, here's our story . . ." part, unless they did everything with hand signals and writing it down.

catmandoo62 · #10 10-23-2009, 07:03 PM

heard on the news tonight that that particular plane had the old style recorder that records in 30 minute loops ,so they might just luck out and get out of it.

Brian Carlton · #11 10-23-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

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.

Brian Carlton · #12 10-23-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by catmandoo62

heard on the news tonight that that particular plane had the old style recorder that records in 30 minute loops ,so they might just luck out and get out of it.

Yep, if it's 30 minutes, they took at least 30 minutes to bring it down after they woke up.

Nobody can prove anything............thankfully for them.

MTI · #13 10-23-2009, 07:08 PM

Oh, I think getting into a "heated debate" and neglecting flight plans and ATC calls is going to be a trip to the woodshed that even their union is going to have a hard time saving their jobs.