Irate NW Pilot

[Casper]

Hey did any one hear about the crazy North West pilot that flew from DTW to LAS ? I guess this guy must be loving life at NW, they said as PAX started to board he was sitting in the cockpit on his cell phone and was completely irate about somtething screaming the F word at the top of his lungs at whoever he was talking to he even swore at a patron then he walked to the back of the plane went into the bathroom and continued to yell evidently the PAX heard this and started to complain at the termination of the flight in LAS the cops showed up with the assistant CP to find out what had happened and sent him back to his base in DTW.

 

[John Pennekamp]

Hey did any one hear about the crazy North West pilot that flew from DTW to LAS ? I guess this guy must be loving life at NW, they said as PAX started to board he was sitting in the cockpit on his cell phone and was completely irate about somtething screaming the F word at the top of his lungs at whoever he was talking to he even swore at a patron then he walked to the back of the plane went into the bathroom and continued to yell evidently the PAX heard this and started to complain at the termination of the flight in LAS the cops showed up with the assistant CP to find out what had happened and sent him back to his base in DTW.

Source? Why would a NWA assistant CP be in LAS?

 

[John Pennekamp]

(CNN) -- Northwest Airlines canceled a flight with 180 passengers aboard after the pilot began cursing at passengers while the plane was being prepared for takeoff in Las Vegas on Friday, airline officials and witnesses said.

The cancellation disrupted Easter travel plans for many of the passengers.

From the moment the captain stepped aboard Flight 1190 to Detroit, passengers reported hearing him use "animated" language while talking on his cell phone, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told CNN.

"He was having a fit, swearing up a storm," a passenger on the flight said. "He was saying 'F this' and 'F that.'"

When confronted about it by passengers, the pilot became "obscene" and began cursing at the customers, she said. "He made a big disturbance."

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and the local FAA flight standards office were notified, Gregor said. Police arrived on the scene, pulled the pilot aside and interviewed him.

He was not administered a field sobriety test. CNN was unable to immediately contact the police officers involved.

The FAA officials called Northwest Airlines headquarters. The airline decided to remove the pilot from the aircraft and fly him to Detroit for further questioning.

Northwest Airlines then canceled the flight, apologized for the delay and offered hotel accommodations and penalty-free re-booking on the next available flight out of Las Vegas, a spokesman for the airline said.

The airline said "a review of the matter" was being conducted and the decision to cancel the flight was made "due to reports of inappropriate language by a crew member."

Mike Fergus, an FAA spokesman, said the FAA's flight standards investigation unit was looking into the incident. According to Fergus, the FAA has the authority to send a "letter of admonition" to the pilot or, in the most extreme cases, revoke a pilot's FAA certificate, which would ground the pilot.

"I had to call and cancel two family dinners and we're stuck here an extra night," a passenger said. "We've been at the airport for six hours waiting -- it's chaos. It's Easter weekend...we want to be home."

Sounds like the facts in your account are inconsistent with the reported story.

 

[John Pennekamp]

While the pilot's behavior is inexcusable, you have to ask yourself... who did the passengers really hurt by sticking their nose in his business and confronting him? Him or themselves? He gets the carpet dance with a CP, and possibly a suspension. Slap on the wrist. They get themselves stuck over Easter weekend when the flight gets cancelled. They have only themselves to blame.

 

[Casper]

The report that I got was from an e-mail that I recieved this morning I have not the faintest idea if it is fact or fiction but I will read the report now that I know there is one. Regardless we as pilots should try to hold ourselves to a professional level at all times no matter how bad or how good things are.

 

[Whataburger]

I'm not supporting this guy, but can you imagine what kind of Sh!t storm would start if a crew member asked a passenger to quit using "animated" language on the phone?

 

[Casper]

Yeh good point...

 

[CFIT]

Somebody has to find out what the phone call was about-

 

[Casper]

Most likely crew schedualing.

 

[John Pennekamp]

I'm not supporting this guy, but can you imagine what kind of Sh!t storm would start if a crew member asked a passenger to quit using "animated" language on the phone?

Exactly! Passengers think they can get on our airplanes and throw little temper tantrums at our flight attendants because the flight's late, or it's hot or whatever, but WATCH OUT the first time a crewmember acts anything other than professional and accomodating. I'm sick of the double standard.