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Ernest T. Bass said:
I love how he's sporting the cap sideways, gangsta-style while being interviewed on TV. That immediately indicates to me that the guy's no rocket scientist.
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Not to mention the fact that the procedure to open the cabin door (lever in the direction of the red arrow) apparently blew his mind. Had there been a cabin fire on the ground this guy would have burned to death had no one been there to open the door for him.
 
He woke up and decided to review the MX log? What was he looking for, directions to open the door? It is not that hard...
 
This happened at ASA in ATL awhile ago also.. The guy called 911 from his cell phone telling them he was trapped in an airplane and the cops went to the Macon airport searching frantically fro him (where he was from and where his cell phone called the local 911) until they figured it out, called ATL and rescued him on the ramp. The F/A took the hit, not the pilots.
 
dash8driver said:
he's not the first pax to not pay attention during the FA's safety briefing or read the card in his seat pocket.
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"Lift the handle up and push door out." Not that hard, hell if he had just looked at it (assuming he wasn't drunk) it wouldn't have been that hard to figure out.
 
Not to mention the fact that the procedure to open the cabin door (lever in the direction of the red arrow) apparently blew his mind. Had there been a cabin fire on the ground this guy would have burned to death had no one been there to open the door for him.
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Hence the reason why..... there..... are...... flight attendants...... they do more than serve drinks you know...
 
O.K. So I have been off line for a while but I logged on to Flightinfo to get some industry news and gossip. What a surprise; Mesa in the headlines on Flightinfo again. Well I looked over the thread but I couldn’t view the video because of the computer in the hotel. While I haven’t seen the video yet I am calling shenanigans and here is why.

Passenger sleeping in a seat. Can’t be seen by the crew. O.K. maybe if this guy is a midget. I haven’t seen the video.

Option 1. This guy was either hiding in the lav or in an overhead bin (I have seen an F.A. do this on a part 91 flight).

Option 2. He was not on the plane but hid somewhere and then climbed aboard after the crew left.

Either way there is a full briefing on opening doors and all of them are well marked along with written directions and pictorial directions (You don’t even have to be able to read to use them) on a card in the back of every seat.

If he is to stupid to open a door then he shouldn’t be allowed on planes.

The guy also went up on the flight deck. Why?

Because he wanted to dramatize his story.

Well I can only say that I hope that our crew does not get in trouble for this. It is obvious to me that he did it intentionally. There is no way that could have just occurred accidentally.
 
Rez O. Lewshun said:
Hence the reason why..... there..... are...... flight attendants...... they do more than serve drinks you know...
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I said had there been no one there to open the door for him...i.e. if the F/As were both dead. That's why the pax are supposed to be familiar with this stuff.
 
My bet is that this guy in the video was actually an off duty Mesa FO.
 
F/O said:
I said had there been no one there to open the door for him...i.e. if the F/As were both dead. That's why the pax are supposed to be familiar with this stuff.
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Did he not open the door himself?
 
Rez O. Lewshun said:
Hence the reason why..... there..... are...... flight attendants...... they do more than serve drinks you know...
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You're kidding right?

Most stewardesses I've seen would huddle in a corner of the cabin and shake themselves to death if sh|t hit the fan on one of those CRJ's. Especially if some of those boy toys are in the back running the show.
 
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FirstMate said:
You're kidding right?

Most stewardesses I've seen would huddle in a corner of the cabin and shake themselves to death if sh|t hit the fan on one of those CRJ's. Especially if some of those boy toys are in the back running the show.
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How do you think they feel about your airmanship skills?
 
Rez,

Who shows you how to get out of a burning bus? How about a subway car? How about your own car? Does someone show you how to put your seatbelt on when you get in your car?

For some reason, we have a higher (and absurd) level of safety on 121..... No other form of transportation has some of these absurd rules..... Let Darwinism work it's magic.....
 
Rez O. Lewshun said:
Did he not open the door himself?
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Yes, but if you watch the video carefully you'll see that instead of opening the door right away he apparently stumbled around the cabin and into the cockpit for a few minutes, sat in one of the flight deck seats, perused the aircraft log, and drank a can of pop before he figured out how to open the door.
 
Amish RakeFight said:
Maybe this is far-fetched, but could this individual be looking for a meal ticket?

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He came off a redeye and trust me, after a redeye, its no problem to go into deep sleep mode on an RJ. Been there, done that...
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F/O said:
Yes, but if you watch the video carefully you'll see that instead of opening the door right away he apparently stumbled around the cabin and into the cockpit for a few minutes, sat in one of the flight deck seats, perused the aircraft log, and drank a can of pop before he figured out how to open the door.
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Was there a life threatening need to get out immediately?
 
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If someone can take off on the wrong runway and die then anyone can miss a pax asleep between the seats.
 
man tough crowd. you guys are way to high and mighty for this common folk that probably never had to open an aircraft door ever before in his, so what if it took him a few minutes to figure it out. he looks liek an AC repairman not a pilot. lord knows i'd be curious enough to look around the cockpit if this happened to me. also, the guys hat seemed to be on straight to me. who cares if he intentionally did this, still bad on the crew for letting it happen.
 
JoeMerchant said:
Rez,

Who shows you how to get out of a burning bus? How about a subway car? How about your own car? Does someone show you how to put your seatbelt on when you get in your car?

For some reason, we have a higher (and absurd) level of safety on 121..... No other form of transportation has some of these absurd rules..... Let Darwinism work it's magic.....
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Things are a little more drastic in a plane crash than a bus catching on fire. Just listen to ANY plane crash survivor...I have.
 
This is the new way that Mesa is trying to find pilots. Make passengers sit on the aircraft until they have enough time in type to qualify for their hiring minimums.
 
RemoveB4Flght said:
With only 9 days off a month, i'm not sure that's really a form of discipline...
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Ain't that the truth.

Mesa is the only company that would simultaneously suspend you for 5 days then "junior assign" you during your suspension.

(then screw up the paycheck - "We don't have to pay you . . you were suspended!")
 
dooork said:
I guess it's better than taking off the wrong runway or....etc.
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After four pages of saying mesa sucks ...which they no doubt do.... why am I the first to say that this guy sucks.
 
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He probably went up to the flight deck and his first thought was "what are all of these little yellow stickers everywhere?"
 
This is not the first time this has happened at mesa or any other airline for that matter. This just happened to make the news. I would be willing to bet that this happens more often than we would think.
 

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