Sleepy NWA pilots?

[contrail67]

1) they were sleeping
2) flew the extra 150 to CYA on the CVR

CASE CLOSED.

I doubt if that much thought went into flying an extra 150 miles to CYA.

Look, they missed MSP by 150 miles and it really does not matter why...they screwed up...just like when NWA missed the Rapid City airport a few years ago and landed at a military airport. No excuses...just screwed up.

 

[scoreboardII]

you folks do know they can easily extract data overwritten on a CVR by a factor of ten don't you???

 

[ultrarunner]

you folks do know they can easily extract data overwritten on a CVR by a factor of ten don't you???

No kidding? I didn't know that.

Ok, a factor of 10 based on the 30 minute loop will give them 300 minutes.

We'll either get the entire "heated discussion" or lots of zzzz's......

How many ACARS messages went out by the way?

 

[airplane wizard]

Maybe they weren't sleeping. Maybe they were poking each other in the a*s for the last hour of the trip?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Does the Bus have a crew alert warning system like the 757/767?

DL 757/767 aircraft don't have crew alert. I'm 99% sure the busses dont either.

 

[FlyinGuy]

Maybe they weren't sleeping. Maybe they were poking each other in the a*s for the last hour of the trip?



They were trying to get used to flying w/ the DAL guys!!!!

 

[climb2slow]

Does the Bus have a crew alert warning system like the 757/767?

No, no such luck. Just an insanely loud FA call buzzer...and as to acars...on our birds, no aural notification at all...just the ACARS MSG light on the screen.

 

[OPECJet]

Maybe they weren't sleeping. Maybe they were poking each other in the a*s for the last hour of the trip?



They were trying to get used to flying w/ the DAL guys!!!!

We have a winner!!!!!:beer:

 

[lowtimedriver]

Maybe they weren't sleeping. Maybe they were poking each other in the a*s for the last hour of the trip?

Now here is a plausible theory. Gives a new meaning to the term cockpit. :nuts:

 

[Scope out RJ's]

You know they weren't upside down by their track on Flightaware.com???

Perfect airmanship was because the darn airplane was on autopilot...

Says the hight time highly experienced navajo pilot!:laugh:

 

[Scope out RJ's]

"Delta 60 Atlanta Tower, cleared to land taxiway Echo."

Actually it was taxyway "M"

 

[PA31Driver]

Says the hight time highly experienced navajo pilot!:laugh:

Actually Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I haven't flown Navajos for about 6 years now...but carry on anyway.

 

[Bert Harbenson]

While we're throwing out speculation, anyone know if their extended track took them near DTW? Maybe they were doing a Detroit turn later in the rotation, looked at the wrong line and entered the wrong destination during preflight. If the fms gave you the standard not enough fuel warning--"we haven't loaded the winds yet, that will change.". Miss a handoff somewhere, get distracted and bingo. Somewhere past MSP one of them picks up the rotation to talk about new scheduling policies and--hey where are we??

 

[pilothouston123]

Here's what happened to me. Just got promoted to the gulfstream. Flying Hou-FLL co-pilot. I got in a arguemt with the captiain and told him to look down that looks like our airport. we were still at 430.
Center lost us or thought we were just passin through.

over flew by about 30 miles for spacing

 

[crj567]

Actually it was taxyway "M"

Does that make it O.K?

-Damn, you are a tool!