You Know What’s Crazy? I’ll tell you what’s Crazy!
A jetliner missing the airport by 150 miles?
Can you say S C A R Y?
It’s so absurd it’s surreal.
It’s not like you missed the exit to the mall.
This is life and death people! It’s a Northwest Jet loaded with 147 people and it over shot the Minneapolis Airport by 150 miles! That’s like you missing your exit and ending up in Canada.
The plane didn’t radio in till it was somewhere over Wisconsin. Were they on a cheese run?
According to published reports: The pilots claimed they got into a “heated discussion” which is why they decided to blow every FAA rule to high heaven.
A heated discussion? What were they talking about Obama Health Care? You’ve got a couple million pounds of thrust between your legs and the lives of 147 souls in the back and you decide to go to sleep on the job, literally?
Thank God for computers which kept the plane flying at 37,000 feet. The passengers probably didn’t even know what was going on, though I’m sure there were more than a few eye brows raised.
Were the pilots having a cocktail party on the flight deck? Were there strippers? High Balls? Or were they just sleeping as so many people suspect.
The pilots might as well come clean, because they are going to check the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder which among other things records cockpit conversations and other noises.
Regardless of why the plane flew an hour past its scheduled airport, I would ground these pilots forever. This is serious business at 37,000 feet. It’s inexcusable. Being a pilot is a prestigious job, a well paying job. Many qualified applicants would like the opportunity to take the stick. I say fire the entire flight crew and get the best possible people up there.
That’s not just crazy, it’s imperative!