[safisoft]

A 90 minute overshoot, with ability to contact the pilots, should have resulted in military jets being dispatched to check out the plane. This event shows this country is ripe for another 9/11

Who said anything about a 90 minute overshoot? They overshot by 12 minutes. The 90 minute was without radio contact. Loss of contact happens EVERY day somewhere in the US. Normally, within 15 minutes or so, someone in the FlightDeck figures it out and contact is reestablished. Going 90 minutes is a long time... but it isn't the first time this has happened I promise. These pilots are the sacrificial lambs because the PRESS made a big deal about it.

[La Enchiladita]

And there is the possibility not all pilots are as honorable as you are, or as you would like to believe. I’m not sure this is merely a media cook-up as you allege since the FAA has revoked their licenses. And you’re right, 90 minutes is a LOT longer than 15. No thanks to ever having these guys in a cockpit again.

Of course, the FAA isn’t all that the public thinks they are either.

Another strange thing: the NTSB, who are doing the investigation, reportedly declined to seize the pilots’ laptops. Is that another coup for the union?