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http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/4898113p-4833154c.html
RITE OF PASSAGE . . . Is it true the Cessna 180 that set down on Ruth Glacier on Monday "for unknown reasons" carried three muckety-mucks from Alaska Airlines?
A private jet picked up the Cessna's distress call about 5:40 p.m. and the 210th Rescue Squadron sent a helicopter and plane from Kulis to pick them off the ice northwest of Talkeetna. But the folks on board, or maybe it was the rescue PR people, were too tres coy with the media about who the passengers were. Earwigs wondered why.
Were they joy riding when they were supposed to be working? Did they fail to weigh everyone on board before taking off?
Or were the airline executives, which included vice president of flight operations Capt. Kevin Finan and two airline captains, embarrassed about crashing and worried about passenger confidence?
Really, darlings, get over it. Alaskans would never hold it against you. Cracking up a small plane is practically a residency requirement.
RITE OF PASSAGE . . . Is it true the Cessna 180 that set down on Ruth Glacier on Monday "for unknown reasons" carried three muckety-mucks from Alaska Airlines?
A private jet picked up the Cessna's distress call about 5:40 p.m. and the 210th Rescue Squadron sent a helicopter and plane from Kulis to pick them off the ice northwest of Talkeetna. But the folks on board, or maybe it was the rescue PR people, were too tres coy with the media about who the passengers were. Earwigs wondered why.
Were they joy riding when they were supposed to be working? Did they fail to weigh everyone on board before taking off?
Or were the airline executives, which included vice president of flight operations Capt. Kevin Finan and two airline captains, embarrassed about crashing and worried about passenger confidence?
Really, darlings, get over it. Alaskans would never hold it against you. Cracking up a small plane is practically a residency requirement.
