Northwest Airlines new slogan...

[phragle]

"Our planes are so smooth and quiet, even the flight crew can take a nap".


A nortworst flight from san diego to minniapolis dropped radio contact for over an hour and over shot their destination by 150+ miles.. ooops. the flight crew claims they were arguing over "company policy" and lost track of where they were. I know exactly where they were... dreamland :26: If anyone is flying nortworst to florida for key west, if you see cuba out the window, send coffee to the cockpit!

 

[MattBMiller]

I heard that's why the low flying jets that buzzed my office yesterday were called out.

 

[Ratickle]

Surprises me because even my cheapazz GPS would tell me to make a u-turn and wake me up.....:sifone:

 

[cuda]

"Our planes are so smooth and quiet, even the flight crew can take a nap".


A nortworst flight from san diego to minniapolis dropped radio contact for over an hour and over shot their destination by 150+ miles.. ooops. the flight crew claims they were arguing over "company policy" and lost track of where they were. I know exactly where they were... dreamland :26: If anyone is flying nortworst to florida for key west, if you see cuba out the window, send coffee to the cockpit!

The crew had probably been to Minneapolis before. It took me all of one day back in 1977 to figure out that's NOT where I needed to be. I got a flight home to Tampa the next day.

 

[fund razor]

From wsj:

 

[Tom A.]

Ooops!:ack2:

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Northworst Airlines now...SleepWest?

 

[cigdaze]

Wow. What a goof-up.

 

[MarylandMark]

Lol!

 

[Airpacker]

Fly Northwest, we'll get you there eventually, really.

 

[Perlmudder]

at their speed, how long does it take to travel 150 miles?

 

[Wrinkleface]

"Our planes are so smooth and quiet, even the flight crew can take a nap".


A nortworst flight from san diego to minniapolis dropped radio contact for over an hour and over shot their destination by 150+ miles.. ooops. the flight crew claims they were arguing over "company policy" and lost track of where they were. I know exactly where they were... dreamland :26: If anyone is flying nortworst to florida for key west, if you see cuba out the window, send coffee to the cockpit!

Could drop in 4 a few stogies!!!!:sifone:


Wonder where I will end up Wed. night go'n into Lauderdale??????:willy_nilly:

 

[Ratickle]

at their speed, how long does it take to travel 150 miles?

My guess 20 minutes depending on upper level steering air currents.

 

[Ratickle]

Could drop in 4 a few stogies!!!!:sifone:


Wonder where I will end up Wed. night go'n into Lauderdale??????:willy_nilly:

...:sifone:

 

[Perlmudder]

Could drop in 4 a few stogies!!!!:sifone:


Wonder where I will end up Wed. night go'n into Lauderdale??????:willy_nilly:

My brother just called me from Lauderdale. He was at a marina and 4 39 TGs, a 39 SF and the Geico caveman TG showed up. I told he needs to buy a digital camera asap cus his Iphone wont cut it!

 

[ROGUE]

Many years ago on a TWA 727 flight going onto St Louis i was staring out the window as usual and I knew all the approaches by heart and I wondered why we were landing in the trees. Sure enough, 5 miles too soon. Good thing those old 727's had lots of power, I swear the tail was brushing the tops of the trees as we pulled out. DOH.

Of course in this case and in this day, good luck trying to get into the cockpit to wake the pilots up. Speaking of which, lets assume the pilots blacked out or got sick? How is anybody going to get into the hardened cockpits to save the day? Bend over flyers.

 

[MacGyver]

The news reported the cockpit voice recorder was the 30 minute model. Investigators were hoping it was the 2 hour version. So now there is no proof they were asleep.

 

[phragle]

Whats the cheapes way to fly from LA to NY?? Buy a Northwest flight from LA to Chicago......

 

[MattBMiller]

Wonder where I will end up Wed. night go'n into Lauderdale??????:willy_nilly:

I already sent the pilot a few bucks to send your azz to Zimbabwe. One way!

 

[JupiterSunsation]

These guys were sleeping......then the A/T controllers made them do manuevers to prove they were indeed the pilots and not terrorists. They had to be sweating bullets in the cockpit after they woke up, I think we just got canned must have crossed their minds!