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NWA 188: Airliner overshoots airport by 150 miles...

A4sForever

A4sForever

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slug said:
Either way, they should be fired, immediately..... If Northwest keeps these guys on, that will be one fewer airline that I will ride on.
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DELTA is callin' all the shots on that score now ... at the very least, these guys will get time off ...

A well-known 'aviation expert' (most of you would recognize his name) that I've been friends w/ for over 35 years was 'offered early retirement' (read: take it or you're fired) from one of his former airline jobs ... he overflew the destination airport while bullshitting on the PA to the pax and a frequent-flyer-type passenger queried the lead stew something to the effect of: "Isn't that where we were suppose to land ... ??" :)

Where the fuck was the First Officer's head ... ???

The story was largely buried and hushed up, but that's the deal-io.
 
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BigIron said:
Here's a copy of the flight track...
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"We didn't miss the airport, boss. We we're just shooting that new crazy arcing, teardrop, hi-ILS approach there at the end.":eek::D

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Fog

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These dudes need a huge stash of "attaboys" registered in high places over many years to avoid getting sh#t-canned here. This is a lingering,high-profile , aw-shit story that hurts NW's image badly while it's in the midst of the Delta merger. A high-profile scapegoat needs to be identified & keel-hauled quickly to save face for Sr. Mgt. at NW. Thr flight crew probably has fewer friends than they thought last week.
 
A4sForever

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Flugelman said:
Dang Tweets can screw anything up.... :eek::D
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Unless something has changed on 'da Bus ... CVR tape is only a 30 minute continuous loop ... sooooooooooooooo ... recovering any real incriminating evidence may be a moot point from the get-go ... :)

These two guys(?) are either complete idiots or there's something more to the story ...

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P3 F0 said:
Isn't the cvr only a 30-min loop? I think the only way we'll know for sure is when the truth gets leaked from the organization.
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BINGO !!!!
 
A4sForever

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Northwest Plane That Overshot Airport Had Old Black Box, Which May Not Help Solve Mystery

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles -- but how?[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"When the aircraft taxied to the gate I was able to see the two white males in the seats of the flight crew, both were wearing uniforms consistent with Delta flight crew," said a police report, signed by an Officer Starch ... [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]the male seated in the pilot seat turned, looked at me and gave me two thumbs up and shook his head indicating all was OK."

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"all was O.K. ... " God, I love it. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif] [/FONT]:D:D:D:D

As it turns out ... I know one of the two pilots involved ... :D ... we shall see what transpires ...

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A4sForever

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Link: [FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"It was not a serious event, from a safety issue,"[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif] First Officer Cole said in front of his Salem, Ore., home. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"I would tell you more, but I've already told you way too much."[/FONT]

No shit, Sherlock ... :)

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va. said: [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"It's probably something you would say never would happen if this hadn't just happened."

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Not so, Bill ... as I related, a well-known -- nationally known -- 'Aviation expert & consultant' lost HIS airline job ... doing something very similar, at least from a 'results' standpoint ... [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]and I know of a couple more (similar) incidents -- just not so well publicized.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]When flying, you've ALWAYS got to be 'on your game' -- even when you're tired, beat-up, distracted, pissed off, and quite frankly -- you'd rather be somewhere else.

"There's NO SLACK in [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]ATTACK [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif](light/medium/heavy - insert choice) [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif] " [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]... as the saying used to go[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif] (or commercial air ??? ... again, feel free to insert choice).

Some things just don't change ... they never have; they never will ... [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]:)
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