US Airways to give each flier on ditched jet $5,000

[JumpersAway]

Who knows what was going on. Bottom line, the guy has probably been to busy with the FAA, NTSB, and the like. He's probably been away from his family for too long and has other higher priorities.

Seriously, if you had just been through something like that would you really care about sitting in 15 degree weather for an innauguration- I'd rather be with my family after an accident.

 

[Bringupthebird]

Is that true? I've heard he had dinner with his crew in D.C. - seems odd he wouldn't attend the inauguration. Who knows.

I heard USAPA had taken him out for dinner in their van. Anything Sonic had on the menu, on us!

 

[Whataburger]

Airways stoped handling pets, but nice try to get someones fur up....

Actually just flew with a dude who knows a chick that knows a dude who robbed a dude that said there was some 4legged creatures in the pit.

Speaking of fur, anyone else notice the amount of fur coats that the pax going into D.C. for the inaguration were wearing?

 

[CRJDispatchKid]

ooohhhh yeah, I love that user name. Wish we had them up north

On another note, your D@mned right. You accept that check and your done with the whole deal.



Hey just heard he was invited to Obama's inauguration by Obama and didnt show. Fox News just had a picture of an empty seat with his name on it. NICE!!!

Ok, I owe him a beer now. A truly ballsy SOB..

He was there. CNN showed him briefly after the inauguration ceremony was over and everyone was being dismissed.

 

[Metrojet]

What about the 5 pets that were in cargo bin?

Are you asking if they survived or are they also getting $5000 each?

Metrojet
P.S. - I believe all onboard (including carry on pets) survived.

 

[LearLove]

Speaking of fur, anyone else notice the amount of fur coats that the pax going into D.C. for the inaguration were wearing?

I know, did a PBI to DCA and PVD to DCA legs on the 19th. Seemed like every liberal rich person in the world came out of the wood work and migrated to DC.

 

[kf4amu]

PHL-BWI had every poor liberal person on board.

 

[bubbers44]

As to can birds be avoided in a commercial jet the answer is yes. I flew into Tegucigalpa, Honduras for seven years in a B757 and my number 1 concern was the thousands of turkey buzzards in the valley every day.

You have to give looking out the windscreen your ultimate concern below 3500 ft AGL. If you don't chances are you will hit one. They are everywhere. Even on final approach slow I have made major maneuvers to miss them knowing I may end up going around if I couldn't get back in the slot knowing how important it was not to hit one of those big birds. We had a couple of engines taken out by our company by flights but they can be avoided in most cases if you keep a vigilant lookout for them.

I have heard the posts saying it isn't possible, but it is possible to avoid birds with a commercial jet if you are looking for them before they fill up your windscreen.

 

[Captzaahlie]

Actually just flew with a dude who knows a chick that knows a dude who robbed a dude that said there was some 4legged creatures in the pit.

Speaking of fur, anyone else notice the amount of fur coats that the pax going into D.C. for the inaguration were wearing?

Well heck with a source like that you must be right!

Did I mention the beaver was my favorite animal?

 

[Abernathy]

As to can birds be avoided in a commercial jet the answer is yes. I flew into Tegucigalpa, Honduras for seven years in a B757 and my number 1 concern was the thousands of turkey buzzards in the valley every day.

You have to give looking out the windscreen your ultimate concern below 3500 ft AGL. If you don't chances are you will hit one. They are everywhere. Even on final approach slow I have made major maneuvers to miss them knowing I may end up going around if I couldn't get back in the slot knowing how important it was not to hit one of those big birds. We had a couple of engines taken out by our company by flights but they can be avoided in most cases if you keep a vigilant lookout for them.

I have heard the posts saying it isn't possible, but it is possible to avoid birds with a commercial jet if you are looking for them before they fill up your windscreen.

It's a lot harder to see birds when your nose is pointed 15 degrees up and you're working the flight director. On approach, it's a little easier.

 

[Dizel8]

"They bought their tickets, they knew what they were in for, I say, let 'em crash!"

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Just think you could buy 2500 cans of pop on your next USS Airways flight with that 5k!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Has anybody considered that maybe US Air Management is doing this out of genuine care?

 

[PreContact]

Supposedly the jet has a compressor stall issue 2 days earlier...

 

[T/SF34/A]

Right and ol' Geraldo is saying that the same issue was the cause of the dual engine failures on Thursday because the "AD" says so....FOOL