ATC Causes VERY Near miss betw Major & Regional

[ultrarunner]

On another note...I think this is the type of incident that ALPA should be putting out press releases and making the pilots available to the media for interviews...ALPA should be saying "HELL YES these passengers were in danger and HELL YES 150+ people almost died today and PRAISE JESUS that there were FOUR highly trained ALPA pilots at the controls today and the FAA and Delta spokespersons are smoking crack if they think this is not a big deal!!!" These pilots should be on Good Morning America, Larry King, and Leno. We should be making a big deal out of this so that people understand what our role is in the aviation system...so they know that it ain't just the computer flying the airplane!

Later

You are absolutely right. ALPA's silence is pretty much deafening. Not reason they shouldn't have taken advantage of the opportunity. Well, at least you know where they stand.

 

[Tanker Clown]

You are absolutely right. ALPA's silence is pretty much deafening. Not reason they shouldn't have taken advantage of the opportunity. Well, at least you know where they stand.

My man, that's not ALPA's job. Their job is to capitulate. And they do a fine job at it.

 

[ultrarunner]

Good point Tanker

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

I've always loved the term "near miss." Isn't that a collision? "The two planes nearly missed before they collided....film at 11."

No.

No, it's not.

A miss is miss. A hit is a hit.

Imagine the following conversation between two pilots:

Spikey: "Duuuude - I had a close call with a runaway go! CRJ the other day!"

Backpacky: "No way, Bro! You hit 'em?"

Spikey: "No, it was a close call, Dude."


Don't be a Backpacky.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Yeah, did they nearly miss each other, or nearly hit each other.

Did you nearly pass English or nearly fail?

It's not the same thing, is it?