1 posted on
09/11/2015 11:12:44 AM PDT by
Gamecock
For those of you not familiar, ETOPS stands for “extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards.” Or more informally, ETOPS=Engines Turn Or People Swim.
2 posted on
09/11/2015 11:13:43 AM PDT by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: Gamecock
ETOPS
Engines turn or people swim.
3 posted on
09/11/2015 11:13:48 AM PDT by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: Gamecock
Geez. How can anyone find the debris field if there isn’t enough ‘floaty stuff’ on the plane?
5 posted on
09/11/2015 11:15:30 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Gamecock
Or you can fly Aeroflot from Seattle to Moscow over the North Pole.
On that route there are almost no places to emergency land except onto desolate ice and snow. Basically any emergency landing is no different than a crash - it is extremely unlikely that you will survive it.
They even give you a polar explorer certificate after you get off the flight (I have one somewhere.)
13 posted on
09/11/2015 11:35:08 AM PDT by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: Gamecock
15 posted on
09/11/2015 11:40:49 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Gamecock
I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.
16 posted on
09/11/2015 11:41:39 AM PDT by
DannyTN
To: Gamecock
"Oh,
what?"
Is it "Oh, and the 2nd word begins with S?"
"And, does that word end with T?"
I wonder if the miscreant pilot was sitting in his own S when he realized his error?
17 posted on
09/11/2015 11:41:44 AM PDT by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
To: Gamecock
So they flew the wrong plane, which was bad enough. Would have been even worse if it was a red-eye with the wrong passengers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Honolulu." "WHAT?! We're supposed to be in New York!!"
20 posted on
09/11/2015 11:43:57 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: Gamecock
I wonder who ended up taking the blame for that one!
If not named Wilber now...
To: Gamecock
At least they should include a bobber on a sting to find them when they go down! ;-)
To: Gamecock
30 posted on
09/11/2015 12:21:58 PM PDT by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Gamecock
I do not want to fly in an Airbus over land, let alone 2500 miles of ocean.....
To: Gamecock
I wonder who ended up taking the blame for that one! The Bush-Cheney-Trump-Haliburton Right Wing war-monger Tea Party shall be blamed.
To: Gamecock
Didn’t Amelia Earhart make it way back when.
Nothing happened to her....
To: onedoug
To: Gamecock
Oh Snap! They can expect a nice fine.
44 posted on
09/11/2015 3:52:57 PM PDT by
TalonDJ
To: Gamecock
...Possibly with the merger of American and US Airways, which had a lot of A-321s in its fleet.
No excuse, but a reason?
46 posted on
09/11/2015 4:09:27 PM PDT by
onedoug
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