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Worst Airline Blunders of 2011
“I had to fight to keep my eyes open” are words you never want to hear from your pilot. But two British pilots were so fatigued earlier this year that they admitted to falling asleep—on the same plane. (www.travelandleisure.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Most of these have nothing to do with flying. Just fruitcakes dealing with fruitcakes or someone's big mouth. The real blunders are never reported if they don't get caught.
I'm guessing we don't know the worst blunders.
I'd agree ... the "blunders" in this list are mostly just events that gave someone bad press for trying to implement flawed policies. The biggest exception being, of course, that page about pilots on Indian airlines.
What annoyed me about this sloppy article was that I really wanted to know the circumstances: who overheard the pilot's comment? Where? Over the PA? Getting off the plane? No amount of clicking through made me any the wiser.
Journalism 101: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?
To the guy who says pilots should know when to take themselves off the roster: Where have you been? How are they supposed to make a living under the current circs? Eh?
Journalism 101: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?
To the guy who says pilots should know when to take themselves off the roster: Where have you been? How are they supposed to make a living under the current circs? Eh?
I've read all the comments here and didn't see any saying a pilot knows when to take himself/herself off the roster. Which comment was it?
Hmmm, a disproportionate number of the blunders came from SWA. Makes me really wonder about their corporate culture that these incidents take place so often and SWA is left having to save face.
Truthfully, I looked at most of those "blunders" of SWA and felt like they were actually trying to do the right thing, but didn't handle it well.