no1pilot2000
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I'm not saying ALPA has any power over the FAA. What I am saying is I suspect ALPA legal could/should have told them to shut their mouth, THEN counseled them on what to say. ie the TRUTH. Any lawyer could have advised them better than what they actually did.
These days it seems prudent that our first phone call should be to the one on the orange card, or a lawyer before we speak to ANY official.
Where were the stewardesses during this incident and why were they not checking in with the cockpit every 30 minutes or so (answer: hiding out in the galley with their People magazine shoving a brownie in their fat face)??? Sorry, but if they are going to terminate the pilots, then the stews need to go as well.
The pilot who condemns loudest and hardest is the one I would be more suspect of personally. Maybe they did screw up, but think about it. Those guys are no different than any of us.
Just like the accident pilot who didn't get up planning to be in an accident, these two guys didn't get up figuring this would happen. They were selected and trained and checked and monitored just like airline pilots everywhere, just like us.
It's just plain sad, my heart breaks for these guys.