"Aviation Expert" on CNN is a Student Pilot

[Lake Alice]

Forget politics, weather, the war, etc... listening to CNN and Miles O' about anything aviation related is equivalent to asking a college freshman, claiming pre-med, about heart surgery.

CNN frequently sacrifices journalistic accuracy and integrity in order to report "first on the scence" news.

 

[atrdriver]

I still say the best line ever was "I assume they had less fuel on board than they did when they took off in Paris," after the AF in YYZ.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

CNN Aviation Expert Desk. Here is a behind the scenes look at CNN and it's aviation bureau.

 

[bearcat]

So let me get this straight...According to the latest expert (and he has printouts), the runways at O'Hare are bigger than the runways at Midway and bigger runways are better.

Just wanted to make sure I understood this right. The best line so far?

"Let us recap, we surely don't want to head down the road of speculation...." - Anderson Cooper

The length of the runway doesn't matter if you land 3000 feet from the end.

 

[Captain Happy]

CNN Aviation Expert Desk= Some of the funniest sh*t I've seen in a while and sadly very true i am sure!

 

[wmuflyguy]

They get them from Airliners.net of course. When you sign up for airliners.net you submit your info, then when there is an incident or accident they will call you to get your expert opinion!

Here are some of the comments from the picture linked below. There were a few voices of reason on the board. Here are some of the more memeroable comments

Looks to me there was some windshear involved.Should have went around,but good job by the pilots

A single tire touchdown! Fantastic! Did the tire blow? Great control. Kudos to the pilot/s, the company who manufactured the tire and to the photographer. It also has to do with good, regular scheduled aircraft maintenance.

Some shot! This could be the last flight for the poor passengers. Think about. It could be you in there. Try to remember this photo next time you check in to go in holiday…

Great Shot. Couple degrees more and this old lady would be in pieces!

Engine strike! Well, almost!

I was on that flight and that landing was bloody scary! I filmed the last 5 minutes of that flight, including the landing, from where i was sitting (next to a window at the front of the plane) using the video camara setting on my Fuji Finepix E550!

Wow!!! What a nasty landing. Great shot mate...

Read the comments on this landing picture. http://www.airliners.net/open.file?...2&prev_id=971830&next_id=917513&tbl=AIRLINERS

 

[Stifler's Mom]

wmuflyguy,

I can help but think of the movie Weird Science, imagining these guys with bras on their heads while typing those comments.