GO! Airline's Flight Crew Naps Again For the 2nd Time.....

[Capt10Matt]

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Go! Airline's Other Blackout Under Investigation Written by KGMB9 News - [email protected] March 15, 2008 10:23 PM

Tonight, we have the air traffic control tapes from a 2nd go! Airlines flight that lost communication with controllers last month. For 12 minutes. They tried to contact the pilots on the Kona to Honolulu flight on February 12th. A blackout the FAA is investigating.

Traffic controller: "Air shuttle 15 air shuttle 15 contact HCF approach contact HCF approach on 119.30, air shuttle 15 contact HCF approach 119.3"

The controller who monitors the airspace around Maui then asks a controller at the Kona airport if he's heard from the pilots.

Traffic controller: "Kona. Air shuttle, when it took off everything was normal uh?"

Other controller: "Air shuttle. Yeah."

Traffic controller: "He's just flying he's not talking to anybody."

Other controller: "Uh no, we don't hear him down here."

1 minute later, the pilot checks in.

No word yet on what the FAA's investigation uncovered.
Last Updated ( March 15, 2008 10:41 PM )

Here we go again.....

 

[Flyer1015]

GO! (to sleep)......... it's right there in the name.

 

[Flyer1015]

Kidding aside, fatigue/rest rule issues need to be re-addressed.

 

[homerjdispatch]

Yeah cause those go pilots are so fatigued from all the red-eyes and naps they fly. (tounge-in-cheek)

 

[pdub20s]

Im still on Reduced Rest now damn it!!!

 

[Amish RakeFight]

What an embarrassment to the profession.

Seriously.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

I'm not sure what the biggest embarassments are, these crews falling asleep or everyone thinking our rest rules are remotely sensable. I mean come on, the guy stocking shelves at walmart gets done in 8 hours, we go 16 (or even 14 per contract) on duty flying an airplane, the doctor transplanting your heart 24... maybe even more. Something is really messed up with that.

 

[DrewBlows]

I'm not convinced they fell asleep. The news in Hawaii is listening to ATC non-stop, which means they will catch every time someone is out of radio contact. Every time someone accidentally turns their radio down the news hears it. Ever listen to 121.5? Every five minutes a controller is looking for someone who isn't responding on the proper frequency. A non-story in my opinion.

 

[be-400xpdriver]

post #9
MESA SUCKS

what took so long?

 

[go!ng for broke]

They were talking about the second incident a month ago. Where have you been?? Oh by the way it was first.

 

[go!ng for broke]

I'm not convinced they fell asleep. The news in Hawaii is listening to ATC non-stop, which means they will catch every time someone is out of radio contact. Every time someone accidentally turns their radio down the news hears it. Ever listen to 121.5? Every five minutes a controller is looking for someone who isn't responding on the proper frequency. A non-story in my opinion.

What about the 21,000 foot approach??? That makes the story along with the pilots suspensions..Its OK we can wait for the FAA report.

 

[viper548]

They fly these routes everyday. After the first week they have all the frequencies memorized. Lost comm? Doubt it

 

[atlcrashpad]

MGT thinks it's rest

Eight ours from parkin' brakes set tah "duty in" aint rest........ tired bouyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....

 

[regionalcap]

They were talking about the second incident a month ago. Where have you been?? Oh by the way it was first.

It was reported on the news channels yesterday. They were saying it was a second incident. Of course, we all know how accurate news stories are.