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Northwest pilots' licenses revoked; Franken calls for cockpit laptop ban
Minnesota Public Affairs News Service ^
| October 27th, 2009
Posted on 10/27/2009 8:49:18 PM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:49:18 PM PDT
by
presidio9
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:50:48 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
To: presidio9
Franken is a chowderhead. just like the pilots
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:50:55 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: presidio9
I think current regulations effectively ban the use of a laptop during flight in the cockpit. No new law is needed..these guys just lost their jobs, licenses and careers. They were pretty dumb. The Stews seem to always be discussing this type of things in the galley also..but haven’t seen any laptops running there.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:52:36 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: presidio9
Memo to Al Franken: use of laptops in cockpits is already banned.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:52:36 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: presidio9
Franken thundered in a statement.Giggle.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:52:56 PM PDT
by
Big Giant Head
(Running my computer bare naked for over a year with no infections at all.)
To: presidio9
They should have just said that they were homos "engaged in an intimate moment" and all would have been excused.
(Dang, I just threw up on my boots.)
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:53:06 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
To: presidio9
Is this Al first big legislative maneuver?
Way to go Minnesota! This guy is a genius! /S
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:54:00 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: presidio9
John W calls for Franken ban.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:54:13 PM PDT
by
John W
To: John W
**John W calls for Franken ban.**
I’d be happy with a Franken BRAIN BAN...for starters.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:55:07 PM PDT
by
gwilhelm56
(I will DIE with Israel BY MY SIDE, rather than LIVE with the CHAINS of ISLAM on my Back!)
To: presidio9
Stuart Smalley, trying to be relevant.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:55:25 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: Ramius; Oldexpat
In situations like this, it is important to resist the urge to call someone like Franken an idiot. Both of you did, of course, but you would have been right to do so. That being said, I can’t help wondering why Senator Franken assumes pilots need a laptop to take a nap in the cockpit.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:57:25 PM PDT
by
presidio9
("All right then. I'll go to hell." -Huckleberry Finn)
To: gwilhelm56
There is no such thing as a Franken brain......
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:57:36 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
(Jesus is the Light of the world!)
To: mylife
**Way to go Minnesota! **
They also elected JESSE “THE BODY” VENTURA for Governor... Franken was NOT a STRETCH of the Imagination.
But there IS HOPE... someone there elected Michele Bachmann
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:57:41 PM PDT
by
gwilhelm56
(I will DIE with Israel BY MY SIDE, rather than LIVE with the CHAINS of ISLAM on my Back!)
To: Eagles6
You have the Dem mood correct.
Laptops bad. Laptops good.
These people are nuts. There are laws on the books for reckless endangerment
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:58:09 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Eagles6
Watching the reaction to that would’ve been hilarious.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:58:26 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Just secede and get it over with. No love lost on either side. Cya.)
To: presidio9
I’m so embarrassed that this man-child “”represents”” Minnesota.
To: Big Giant Head
I had never heard of Minnesota Public Affairs News Service before, and I figured it was a lot like Pravda. On reading the article for a second time I’m wondering if it’s actually mocking the Senator.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:58:52 PM PDT
by
presidio9
("All right then. I'll go to hell." -Huckleberry Finn)
To: Mom MD
**There is no such thing as a Franken brain......**
Point.. game set match
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:58:56 PM PDT
by
gwilhelm56
(I will DIE with Israel BY MY SIDE, rather than LIVE with the CHAINS of ISLAM on my Back!)
To: presidio9
Uh, did it ever occur to Sen. Diapers that the fact that these pilots' licenses were revoked is because the FAA already frowns upon laptops (and presumably other distractions) in the cockpit?
I am sure other pilots will look at this incident and think twice about repeating this behavior given the consequences involved.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:59:31 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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