” I can’t even begin to imagine what kind of a “ruh roh” moment that must have been.
They ended up canceling the return flight and then ferried the plane back to Los Angeles empty.”
I can....
A scheduler and a dispatcher just lost their jobs.
That should have been caught somewhere along the line, even if it was a last-minute aircraft swap.
I have it on good authority that both are trans-gendered, trans-racial lesbians so they're being promoted.
To continue that same thought, how does THE CREW accept a non-ETOPS aircraft for that flight?
Sounds like a cascade of stupid on that one.
Some poor ramp schmuck probably looked at another one and said, “Why are we loading Hawaii bags on a non-ETOPS?”, and was told by the ramp sup to get back to work.
Not to mention the ETOPS mechanic pre departure check.