Posted on 01/06/2018 8:22:31 AM PST by BenLurkin
I am waiting for pictures of passengers sliding down the inflatable exits with their personal item and carry-on roller bag while the planer is on fire.
Personally, I try and avoid routing through Leftist cities. The absence of responsible hiring practices and supervision are noticeable. When people mess up, such as the person towing the Chinese 777 in this incident, there are typically no consequences for them.
When there is a lack of accountability there is a lack of capability.
Unfortunately, even though the plane was being towed China will likely re-assign the pilots.
This is much more common for international flights than you would think. Those long trips typically just wait until the next regularly scheduled day. Even then most passengers are rerouted on other flights and carriers.
Toronto also involved a towed aircraft.
...roughest landing I ever had was in I Mexico city about 25 years ago.
Mexicana Air.... thought the landing gear was gonna come up through the floor...very hard
Some Captain’s career should be over.
Yep. Never once in my 20 years of air traffic control, did I ever call any part of the airport the tarmac.
If I'm not mistaken, the plural of "aircraft" is... "aircraft."
There’s something fishy about that...
Not using the word Octopai to describe more than one octopus is fishy. It is actually octopusses.
There were no China Southern pilots involved. The plane was being towed by ground crew. There may not have been any air crew aboard.
When the wind is blowing right, many of the Asian bound flights leaving JFK travel over my house. I follow them with FlightTracker. They are about 20,000 feet and climbing at the point they are over my Southern Connecticut home. Probably taking the route that puts them right under the Arctic Circle before heading south again. Anyway, it’s always a majestic sight as these are gigantic planes. Amazing how they can travel halfway around the world on a tank of gas.
“Ive decided its worth a premium to avoid all connections when possible.”
no doubt about it. probabilities of problems are additive with each additional flight .... AND with a single flight you’ll at least be stuck in the originating city, not stuck in some city that’s neither your origin or destination, and which it’ll be nearly impossible to get out of quickly ...
Wow! Did the guy in Tranna who towed the Sunwing plane into the WestJet plane, quickly move to NYC? Two similar ground accidents in less than 24 hours.
The scariest landing I experienced was at SFO. The airport had been closed by high winds for hours. Even the Golden Gate Bridge had been closed.
When my older model 737 entered final approach, it became evident that winds were still high and turbulent. Aircraft was bouncing and rolling. What scared me was when it began to yaw, as well. Landed safely, even though rough and bouncy.
After parking at the gate, as the stews walked up the isle, I overheard the boss tell the others that during final approach the captain had told her to prepare to ditch.
Chicoms and Arabs screwing up NY. Metaphor.
Just to be annoying, because I’m annoyed. The plural of aircraft is aircraft. Not aircrafts.
And why is one plane towed into another on the ground at walking speed even a story at all?
No, the accepted spelling is "octopuses". But I prefer "octopussies" anyway!
Sounds like you and I flew into SFO the same day. I was on a smaller plane (one stewardess/United I think) but in the very front row. It seemed to be fishtailing a bit but not too bad.
Turns out someone headed to the same meeting had been in the back. She said the motion was much worse in the back of the plane and some people were puking and others were praying aloud.
Not handling the weather very well
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