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"Report: Stray jet's pilots were on laptops"

JamesRage said:
Its like arguing that you shouldn't punish someone who drives drunk
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No. It's like arguing that you shouldn't punish someone who drives distracted. And we don't; people are on their cell phones, messing around with the stereo, etc... while they drive all the time. They're not punished until they get in an accident.

It is dishonest to compare this to drunk driving because when you are drunk your judgment is impaired; when you are distracted your attention is impaired.

Scarecrow Akhbar said:
And if the pilot in the other airplane hadn't been able to contact them? What if this regulation manual they were so assiduously studying hadn't let them go until the plan ran out of gas?
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I highly doubt that would happen, but if it did then you couldn't really punish them because they'd be dead.

What if Balloon Boy got sucked into an engine?
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That would make us all a lot happier.

What if they weren't at the controls when some mechanical/electronic casualty happened and the plane took a dive?
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What if? What if? What if...
 
Let he who has never missed an exit cast the first stone.
 
akyron said:
Let he who has never missed an exit cast the first stone.
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I was reading pilots' comments on an airline forum, and learned a few things. The pilots should have begun their descent 100 miles from the airport, so they flew 250 miles without controlling the plane. Turning back cost more miles, for a total of about 300 extra. One pilot said they landed with 20 minutes fuel left. If that is true, it becomes much more serious than "missing an exit".
 
WillRockwell said:
I was reading pilots' comments on an airline forum, and learned a few things. The pilots should have begun their descent 100 miles from the airport, so they flew 250 miles without controlling the plane. Turning back cost more miles, for a total of about 300 extra. One pilot said they landed with 20 minutes fuel left. If that is true, it becomes much more serious than "missing an exit".
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Yeah, it could have ended rather tragicly, to be honest - especially when you consider that a stewardess told them they were off course, the pilots didn't suddenly realize it.
 
akyron said:
Let he who has never missed an exit cast the first stone.
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That answer to this issue has got to be one of the worst analogies I have ever heard. Don't take that personally it's not you it's the post that your auto response software wrote for you.
 
Joe1991 said:
That's what the airlines get for paying these guys minimum wage.
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I'm not one to begrudge a skilled employee their pay, but $140k =/= minimum wage.

jamesrage said:
Those ****ers were sleeping. It sounds like a lame excuse some dumbass teenager would come up with.Jimmy why are you drunk, well I was at a social gather and the orange juice has this weird taste but I didn't want to be rude by refusing so I drank lots of it instead, I didn't know it was Vodka.
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Exactly. It seemed pretty obvious to me.

Scarecrow Akhbar said:
What if Balloon Boy got sucked into an engine?
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My halloween costume would become a whole other level of awesome.

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F107HyperSabr said:
Report: Stray jet's pilots were on laptops - CNN.com

The pilots of the jetliner that recently flew past its destination by about 150 miles have stated that they were "using their laptops and lost track of time and location". Ain't that just a fine thing ?

These dregs had the lives of passenger and crew in their hands and they were on hier laptops.

Wonder if they post on DP ?
In my opinion these guys need their multi engine licences pulled. I would may be let tel fly crop dusters. Maybe after 15-20 years if they are still alive and can see and hear I would let tem apply again for their multi-engine license, maybe !!!
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Not on raid nights!
 
F107HyperSabr said:


That answer to this issue has got to be one of the worst analogies I have ever heard. Don't take that personally it's not you it's the post that your auto response software wrote for you.
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I am not surprised you cannot wrap your brain around it. I take it you do not travel? Of course they should be held accountable. However the punishment should fit the crime. Make them pay for the extra gas for example.
 
akyron said:
I am not surprised you cannot wrap your brain around it. I take it you do not travel? Of course they should be held accountable. However the punishment should fit the crime. Make them pay for the extra gas for example.
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I think that's still just extreme - simply alter rules and regulations and the way we keep an eye on the controllers in the future, etc ... a reprimand and a shame-on-you ... it doesn't have to be dramatic. I think the damning in the media and from the public has been punishment enough.
They might have officially scrwed theirselves out of future employment, as well.
 
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