[doodad]

Them sleeping is what is being investigated this morning. A flight attendant had to tell them they were past their destination.

[par4]

I don't think that it's possible to be so distracted as to miss Minneapolis Center calling them every thirty seconds on the frequency that they were on, the last two they were on, the guard channel and whatever else they could think of. Not to mention the autopilot warning about missing a waypoint.

If they were that distracted, maybe they'd be better off in a job that allows for total loss of awareness, like lawn jockey (if that't racist, then roaming gnome).

[GovernmentShrinker]

I’ve been wondering about the flight attendants. There were 3 of them on this flight. Normally flight attendants are very aware of the flight schedule, because they need to finish drink service and trash pick-up before descent begins. How could it take so long for any of the flight attendants to notice that the “prepare for landing” procedure still hadn’t started, well after the time where the plane was supposed to be on the ground? And the passengers — usually there are a number of passengers on board who are very focused on landing time, due to needing to catch connecting flights, etc. I’m wondering if any of the flight attendants actually did notice the overshoot, or if one of them was alerted by a passenger who called the attendant over to inquire about why they weren’t descending yet.