Would there be penalties on the AA pilot(s) if they are found to have not followed instructions when they crossed 4L where another aircraft was departing?

(Written on 01/17/2023)(Permalink)

I don't understand why they had to deplane ALL the passengers in order to remove the one guy. We've all seen videos of police removing a passenger while others passengers were in their seats. Makes no sense why they couldn't they remove this one guy without deplaning everyone.

(Written on 11/29/2022)(Permalink)

patrick baker, On your first point, can you explain why you feel that this will cause a security concern? Screening at security would be the same whether the person is a passenger or a visitor. And I'm not going to comment on your second point.

(Written on 10/25/2022)(Permalink)

Are you saying that doing risky things in aircraft should be allowed by the FAA if it's done over unpopulated areas and if the pilots are the only people at risk?

(Written on 05/20/2022)(Permalink)

Seems that they created more safety issues be making the flight go through an additional landing and take-off than if they had merely let the flight proceed to the original destination. Both pilots were licensed to fly the aircraft.

(Written on 05/05/2022)(Permalink)

I love Southwest and we fly them almost exclusively. But I don't see much benefit from this new fare option over Wanna Get Away. Appears that the only difference is that you can make same-day flight changes. I could see that being desirable for business travelers, but business travelers will probably book a higher fare class anyway. For leisure travelers it's not often that plans would change where a different flight on the same day is needed. Currently there are a limited number of Wanna Get Away seats available for a given flight. When those are sold you must book a higher fare class. With the new fare will Southwest reduce the number of Wanna Get Away seats on a flight in order to offer the new fare? If so then the new fare will have the overall effect of causing people to have to pay more. Hopefully there will be the same number of seats allocated to both of the Wanna Get Away fare classes, and the passenger just selects which option they prefer.

(Written on 03/29/2022)(Permalink)

Incredibly insensitive remark. Do you seriously believe that someone can have a sudden onset of COVID which causes an immediate medical incident leading to a pilot suddenly veering off a taxiway?

(Written on 01/07/2022)(Permalink)

While this one incident may have been fairly harmless, I can see the concern if people start altering boarding passes. These passes are used to get through Federal security points. If bad guys start trying to alter passes in other ways, such to get the wrong people on board, there could be real harm. I can see Spirit's seriousness with handling this person the way they did.

(Written on 11/20/2020)(Permalink)

None of the comments so far have mentioned the video in that article. Th video is tour of some behind-the-scenes areas of the 747. They show the avionics bay below the lower passenger deck, and it looks just like a server room. The video also discusses the technology of the electronics, etc. It's fascinating.

(Written on 08/14/2020)(Permalink)

That's correct. Always bugs me when people call the 3.5" disks "floppies." Although true floppies can also be 5.25".

(Written on 08/14/2020)(Permalink)