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United Pilot Spilled His Coffee While Taxiing In Chicago—And That $5 Drink Grounded A $130 Million Jet
VIEW from the WING ^ | September 3, 2025 | Gary Leff

Posted on 09/05/2025 6:22:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: E. Pluribus Unum
He needs a sippy cup.

I use Dixie go cups.

Who wants to get caught sipping from a bottle of Kitty Piddle behind the wheel.

41 posted on 09/06/2025 4:06:23 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: nickcarraway

How hard to coffee-proof the console areas of cockpits in $100million+ planes....?


42 posted on 09/06/2025 5:05:03 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: nickcarraway

Best defense is a good offense. Maybe he should sue whatever airport concession for the coffee being too hot.


43 posted on 09/06/2025 5:10:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SaveFerris

At least he didn’t have a quick bite of the fish.


44 posted on 09/06/2025 5:48:12 AM PDT by bgill
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To: trebb

“The center pedestal (throttles, ENG START, radio tuning units, ECAM control panel) and overhead panel are exposed. Any spill on them requires drying, cleaning and functional checks.”

Assuming the overhead panels are actually overhead, how do you spill coffee in them? Does turbulence get that bad?


45 posted on 09/06/2025 5:55:10 AM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope. No liquids on the flight deck.


46 posted on 09/06/2025 9:42:16 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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