Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Oct 23rd 2009, 12:19 am
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Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Oct 23rd 2009, 2:16 am
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
I'm based in Minneapolis and fly NWA
Local media is suggesting they may have fallen asleep. Apparently the passengers didn't notice anything.
Local media is suggesting they may have fallen asleep. Apparently the passengers didn't notice anything.
Oct 23rd 2009, 6:33 am
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Media reported tonight that the pilots may have been sleeping.
Either way they are probably not gonna fly again as their excuse of having a heated argument and loosing their situational awarness isn't gonna fly either, I mean it took ATC some 60 minutes apparently to get them on the radio again.
Sleeping or fighting either way not professional and not safe.
Either way they are probably not gonna fly again as their excuse of having a heated argument and loosing their situational awarness isn't gonna fly either, I mean it took ATC some 60 minutes apparently to get them on the radio again.
Sleeping or fighting either way not professional and not safe.
Oct 23rd 2009, 10:22 am
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Sully needs to kick their a$$ ! 
Oct 23rd 2009, 4:42 pm
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
It'll be interesting to know how many hours they had been on duty the day before. 8hrs is the minimum legal rest period but by the time you catch the shuttle bus to the hotel then go back out the next morning, that 8hrs can become 6hrs or less. Add any timezone difference factor and it can make for a long day and a short rest period.
Oct 23rd 2009, 4:56 pm
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Oct 23rd 2009, 9:03 pm
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Lovers' tiff?? Shag fest??
Oct 24th 2009, 12:59 am
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
It'll be interesting to know how many hours they had been on duty the day before. 8hrs is the minimum legal rest period but by the time you catch the shuttle bus to the hotel then go back out the next morning, that 8hrs can become 6hrs or less. Add any timezone difference factor and it can make for a long day and a short rest period.
Were actually on a minimum of 9 hours rest.. unless ur on an illegal. This was not an illegal..
I do agree u have to get ur sorry ass into bed first.
Oct 24th 2009, 3:54 am
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Re: Northwest Goes The Extra 300 Miles For Its Passengers........
Yeah 9hrs is the normal rest period but it can be reduced to 8 (pt.135 world at least). Those "rolling rest periods" on pt.121 are a pain!
