Northwest Pilots Ruin Good Time for Everyone
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Lifestyle, News, Politics
You might remember the two idiot pilots that whizzed over their Minneapolis destination and cruised 150 miles further before they had to be informed by a flight attendant that they were “off course”. Well Captain Timothy Cheney and First Officer Richard Cole have had their pilots’ licenses revoked by the FAA. And why did they miss their destination? Cause they were playing on their laptops. Dumbasses.
Now lawmakers are moving to impose upon the flight crew the same restrictions that have always been put upon passengers. That’s right folks, the use of personal electronic devices will now be prohibited in airline cockpits to avoid another incident like this one. Jesus H Christ! You mean that all this time the pilots have been locked behind that terrorist-proof door with their feet kicked up, ipods on full blast and checking out the latest kiddie-porn on their laptops. Ok, maybe they aren’t all pedophiles but still…
Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee had this to say:
“We now understand from this flight at least that this can happen and there ought to be a more clear understanding by everyone in the cockpit that there is a national standard that would prohibit this and that they need to take it seriously,” said Dorgan
I should hope that they take it seriously. The 144 passengers on that flight were taking it seriously during the 91 minutes the plane was out of communication with anyone on the ground. I imagine the stewardess saying something like this:
“Excuse me pilots, could you take the f@cking ear buds out for a minute to answer a call from ground control? Oh nevermind, is that the latest season of Dexter you’re watching?”
According to the AP:
The two pilots of Northwest Flight 188 told National Transportation Safety Board investigators that they didn’t notice repeated attempts by air traffic controllers and airline dispatchers to contact them because they were working on a new crew scheduling program on their laptops.
Sure…”scheduling program”.
