Inappropriate comments about RJ crash?

[fuzzy077]

Poor bastards.

Comon... have a little respect will ya?

 

[JetPilot_Mike]

F-in A.

 

[joe_pilot]

My post from another thread.....


I'm really getting pissed off about this right now (again). We all want to (and will) learn from all of this, but I can't stomach people with little or no experience in the industry (with the exception of riding in the back) having diarrhea of the mouth. From the un-official information I have heard and read, the crew doesn’t appear blameless, but to portray their actions in the light Mr. Stempler did is just plain sensationalism. He didn’t have to use the language that he did, so why did he? It would appear that he wants to get a sound bite on FOX, CNN and Headline News. Why? Because it drums up business for his fee-based Air Travelers Association.


In my opinion, he is just another guy (and aviation lawyer) trying to make a buck at the expense of others.


A search of the airman registry for D Stempler returned 0 records, but I found this interesting article.

Again,


RIP guys.

 

[FL000]

20 minutes from initial stick shaker to impact.

and 13 minutes to 'fess up to losing both engines.

 

[AutoCars Armed]

I thought I would throw up if I read the word "dude" one more time.

DUDE
DUDE
DUDE​

 

[Captain Overs]

The CRJ certainly isn't the best climber in the world, but that does not make it a "POS." The airplane performs perfectly if you follow the book and respect the limits of the performance charts. I've taken the plane to FL410 and it did just fine. We were empty and it was a very cold day. If you try to do the same thing when it's ISA+15 then the plane won't do it. Again, you just have to respect the limits within the performance charts. The airplane is not the problem.

I was unaware that the pilots were acting in a way they shouldn't have. That changes things. If the airplane is giving you a warning, as someone else mentioned, then you take the chance it'll bite you.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I was pretty much speechless after reading that CVR.


Anybody notice the {whistling} thing just before the first stall event? Nearly all accident CVR's with situations where the pilots were doing something way wrong include one or more of the pilots whistling to themselves. Pretty eerie.

I cannot believe they switched seats. Flew with Jesse a few days before the accident... no indications of any behavior like this.

Furthermore I can't believe that they let the plane get that far...it was telling them over and over that it didn't like being up there. Ugh.

 

[AutoCars Armed]

Peanuckle about sums it up. I withdraw any of my previous defenses of this crew. It was scary to read that CVR transcript.

 

[SkyBoy1981]

I was reading the CVR transcript while I was listening to the hearing.

I thought I would throw up if I read the word "dude" one more time.

Last word on the CVR? dude.

Thats being a bit arrogant, don't you think? Sure, these guys did some stupid things (seat swapping, over-rotating, etc..) and I'm not trying to defend them for that....but can you think back to a few times where you would've sounded like a fool on a CVR if it had ever been made public? So they said "dude" a lot...so do I sometimes...and so do some of the 40 something year old guys that I fly with...who really gives a **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**?

 

[AirBill]

These comments are really scary:


"..it ain't speeding up worth #."
"this # nose is. look at how nose high we are."
"I know that's #. dude the # ball's way off man. dude the ball's full off."

So it's uncoordinated and nose-up. But then:

# thing's losing it.
[sound of laughing]
...we're losing here. we're gonna be # coming down in a second here dude.
[sound of laughing]
this thing ain't gonna # hold altitude. is it?
it can't man we # (cruised/greased) up here but it won't stay.
yeah that's funny we got up here it won't stay here.
dude it's # losing it. [sound of laughing]
yeah.


Has there been any discussion about flying that high at night, and its effect on your body? We're all taught about it, but one of the known factors is that impairment is worse and comes on earlier at night. I haven't seen the NTSB even look in that direction.

These guys did some stupid things, and it's very uncomfortable to read the CVR. But at some point, it seems like their judgment just dropped off the scale. I mean, the airplane is telling you that you're getting into serious trouble, and your only response is to laugh? Something not right there.

 

[SkyBoy1981]

Has there been any discussion about flying that high at night, and its effect on your body? We're all taught about it, but one of the known factors is that impairment is worse and comes on earlier at night. I haven't seen the NTSB even look in that direction.
These guys did some stupid things, and it's very uncomfortable to read the CVR. But at some point, it seems like their judgment just dropped off the scale. I mean, the airplane is telling you that you're getting into serious trouble, and your only response is to laugh? Something not right there.

Excellent observation.

 

[100LL... Again!]

These comments are really scary:


"..it ain't speeding up worth #."
"this # nose is. look at how nose high we are."
"I know that's #. dude the # ball's way off man. dude the ball's full off."

So it's uncoordinated and nose-up. But then:

# thing's losing it.
[sound of laughing]
...we're losing here. we're gonna be # coming down in a second here dude.
[sound of laughing]
this thing ain't gonna # hold altitude. is it?
it can't man we # (cruised/greased) up here but it won't stay.
yeah that's funny we got up here it won't stay here.
dude it's # losing it. [sound of laughing]
yeah.


Has there been any discussion about flying that high at night, and its effect on your body? We're all taught about it, but one of the known factors is that impairment is worse and comes on earlier at night. I haven't seen the NTSB even look in that direction.

These guys did some stupid things, and it's very uncomfortable to read the CVR. But at some point, it seems like their judgment just dropped off the scale. I mean, the airplane is telling you that you're getting into serious trouble, and your only response is to laugh? Something not right there.

You mean impairment comes on quicker because of fatigue, and ackside of the clock affects?

 

[TonyC]

Thats being a bit arrogant, don't you think? Sure, these guys did some stupid things (seat swapping, over-rotating, etc..) and I'm not trying to defend them for that....but can you think back to a few times where you would've sounded like a fool on a CVR if it had ever been made public? So they said "dude" a lot...so do I sometimes...and so do some of the 40 something year old guys that I fly with...who really gives a **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**?

My point is this: The vocabulary, namely the heavy reliance on the use of the word "dude," reflects on the individuals. Haven't you heard the commercials for "Verbal Advantage" that remind you that you are known by the words you use? Perhaps they overstate the issue in an attempt to get you to buy their product, but the principle is true.

Use of the word "dude" makes one sound immature and unprofressional. Is it a huge surprise, then, to learn that their actions were immature and unprofessional? The vocabulary reflects an attitude.

Don't try to sell me on the notion that all 40-somethings use it. I'm 40-something and I don't. I don't hear it used among the 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings, or 50-somethings I work with, at least not in the cockpit.

Now, I may be all wrong on this, but that's just my opinion. This ain't Animal House. Language colors the mood, and the mood in the cockpit of Northwest Airlink Flt #3701 was the wrong color.




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[Yank McCobb]

If you keep at it, you JUST might surpass Surplus1 as flightinfo's most overly melodramatic poster.

 

[TonyC]

Has there been any discussion about flying that high at night, and its effect on your body? We're all taught about it, but one of the known factors is that impairment is worse and comes on earlier at night. I haven't seen the NTSB even look in that direction.

These guys did some stupid things, and it's very uncomfortable to read the CVR. But at some point, it seems like their judgment just dropped off the scale. I mean, the airplane is telling you that you're getting into serious trouble, and your only response is to laugh? Something not right there.

You can compare the FDR data with the timeline of events and get a shred of information about cabin altitude. Passenger Oxygen Caution came on about 7 minutes after the downhill ride began, well after the conversations you've quoted from the CVR occurred. Cabin Altitude Warning was on immediately following the FDR gap, but not prior. (The gap was due to loss of electrical power after the engines flamed out. Data collection began again once the APU Generator was on.)

While the cabin altitude would have been higher than they'd experienced previously, the poor decsion-making didn't begin there. Poor decision making is evident just after rotation, and it had probably occurred prior to engine start.





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