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No, what time was it and acft type.
 
It happened last night. It looks like they just tried to take a shortcut through the grass in the dark (I'm guessing that mngt was trying to get them to save fuel). Word that I heard was that everyone on board was O.K. though.
 
El Pobre said:
It happened last night. It looks like they just tried to take a shortcut through the grass in the dark (I'm guessing that mngt was trying to get them to save fuel). Word that I heard was that everyone on board was O.K. though.
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737 or 717?
 
Hey Ty, what in hE*& were you trying to do?
 
Ty is on the 737
 
Ship 716...delivered in Nov 2000. Sent some ATL agents/ramp up to MEM this morning to help out. Saw the picture from MX....apparently it was in a little ditch...had some trouble getting the people/bags off. Good news was nobody was hurt.
 
El Pobre said:
It happened last night. It looks like they just tried to take a shortcut through the grass in the dark (I'm guessing that mngt was trying to get them to save fuel). Word that I heard was that everyone on board was O.K. though.
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no no no between the blue lights Citrus :D
 
(I'm guessing that mngt was trying to get them to save fuel).

Mgmt, tripping over dollars to save pennies
 
:mad: MOD INPUT.

I AM LEAVING THIS UP HERE SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHY HE GETS A WEEK OFF. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST POSTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS SITE. TRULY IN POOR TASTE.

LONGHORN

Well...Truth be told:

Apparently, an Eastern Scab was in the Left Seat. He was trying to read the latest Scab List while his Co-Pilot, a recent Commuter puke, was up cleaning Lavs and seats in the back. (The Jet Blue jumpseater was too tired.)

The grass suddenly "jumped out" from the Taxiway and no one caught the anomaly.

Joe Leonard is sending a Fork-lift to remove the wreckage.

Company info says they will use it to fuel a Company B-B-Q in the Everglades next spring.


YKW
 
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Whine Lover said:
Well...Truth be told:

Apparently, an Eastern Scab was in the Left Seat. He was trying to read the latest Scab List while his Co-Pilot, a recent Commuter puke, was up cleaning Lavs and seats in the back. (The Jet Blue jumpseater was too tired.)

The grass suddenly "jumped out" from the Taxiway and no one caught the anomaly.

Joe Leonard is sending a Fork-lift to remove the wreckage.

Company info says they will use it to fuel a Company B-B-Q in the Everglades next spring.


YKW
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Probably one of the top ten tasteless posts on this board......ever. Congrats.
 
716 needed new nose tires anyway... Had the DC9 shimmy thing.... LOL....

Bummer it happened.. Nobody hurt... thats what is important.. slow down.. take time.... work safe... Max safety in effect !!
 
Whine lover.. = ex commuter puke .....civilian..? right..so how the heck does that add up.... rich kid with dad's Citation.. 12k hours ago.. please...... I guess you went right to flying for big bucks and you were an expert the minute you recieved your measly license... Sorry man.. you pissed me off ..Who do you work for.. if it is a legacy we can 'dig' up some uneducated garb on you as 'they' have all had something happen that wasnt cool..

Shiit happens man.. flying is safe.. we need to all slow down.. dont take it for granted .. Lover.. you need to look in the mirror.. bad post... period.
 
This sucks. Glad no one was hurt.

Whine Lover - You sir are without a doubt the lowest jerk I have ever seen spew forth on this board. Better watch your back. That Karma can be a real B#tch.
 
Whine: You are an @ss among @sses. The veritable King of all @sses. Your total inability to separate your disdain for AirTran/LCCs in general and common decorum marks you as a worthless POS. Congratulations.
 
The only thing we fly into MEM is the 717.

That pretty much sucks. I would be interested to see photos, used to be based there and can only imagine it happened just north of the ramp before you get abeam the fire hall. There's a really dark grassy area that I could see that happening if you didn't know the area well and the FO was heads-down - an extra pair of eyes always helps.

I was in MEM last week and was heads-down reading the checklist when the CA taxiied past the 18C entrance because it isn't marked for sh*t in MEM. Your first indication is reaching the 9/27 hold short line. 2 sets of eyes are worth a lot...

That would be the 4th airplane that I know of that dropped into a ditch in MEM. Ditch b*tch (a saab) behind the PCL maintenance hangar by Wilson (FBO), an Avro a mechanic taxiied too fast into the side of the terminal and jetbridge (unsalvageable), the MD-11 that idiot chick snapped the main gear off while landing in a 18 kt crosswind on hour #137 of remedial training O.E. (FedEx), and this one. Lots of crap to happen at one airport, curse of Elvis leftover I guess.
 
Lear70 said:
The only thing we fly into MEM is the 717.

That pretty much sucks. I would be interested to see photos, used to be based there and can only imagine it happened just north of the ramp before you get abeam the fire hall. There's a really dark grassy area that I could see that happening if you didn't know the area well and the FO was heads-down - an extra pair of eyes always helps.

I was in MEM last week and was heads-down reading the checklist when the CA taxiied past the 18C entrance because it isn't marked for sh*t in MEM. Your first indication is reaching the 9/27 hold short line. 2 sets of eyes are worth a lot...

That would be the 4th airplane that I know of that dropped into a ditch in MEM. Ditch b*tch (a saab) behind the PCL maintenance hangar by Wilson (FBO), an Avro a mechanic taxiied too fast into the side of the terminal and jetbridge (unsalvageable), the MD-11 that idiot chick snapped the main gear off while landing in a 18 kt crosswind on hour #137 of remedial training O.E. (FedEx), and this one. Lots of crap to happen at one airport, curse of Elvis leftover I guess.
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There's one more.......back in 96 a lear taxied right off the taxiway into the mud going to 18L (now 18C) from the AMR Combs (now Signature) ramp. He was in a hurry to get his execs out at about 7AM and the windscreen was fogged over. Couldnt wait a couple more minutes for it to clear and went straight into the mud. Combination of looking straight into the sun and a fogged up windscreen led to his boo boo.
 
Bosley said:
Whine:
A very tasteless post. I don't even think a pos like mryflyer would post something as classless as this. Then again, he might. Either way, its tasteless and should be taken down!
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Funny, I thought his post was very similar to some of the stellar PM's you have been sending me lately. Of course his was lacking racial epitaths you like to include but all in all much like some of your greatest hits.
 
So Anyhow....does anyone know what happened to the AT plane...surely AT must have put something out to their pilots.
 
Whine Lover said:
:mad: MOD INPUT.

I AM LEAVING THIS UP HERE SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHY HE GETS A WEEK OFF. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST POSTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS SITE. TRULY IN POOR TASTE.

LONGHORN
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Needs more than a week for that crap. :mad:


On another note, Kansas State? :eek:
 
Other than hearing about the MEM episode, it was a pretty good week.

Irish ranked #5 (thanks Rutgers, Georgia, and K-State) and my Steelers are still mathematically alive.

I'm glad everyone was OK.
 
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