Us Pilots Joe Lepore And Jan Paladino Home Safe

[Big Beer Belly]

Haynes and Fitch are heroes; extremely lucky, yes...

First, what's a heroe?

Second, what did they do to be bestowed with hero status? Landed a damaged plane? Wouldn't tens of thousands of pilots in previous wars be "heros" then... or is this like 9/11... where anyone unfortunate enough to be in one of the towers when they were attacked is somehow also a "hero"?

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[JT8D]

Haynes and Fitch are heroes; extremely lucky, yes...

Getting into a mid-air , flying on 1 and three quarters wing and elevator, landing in the jungle and being sequestered to a hotel room in a third world country for nearly three months while a third world population rallied for their heads outside...and now facing 12 years in prison in that third world country...

That's what you call being lucky? In my world I would call that being cursed.

 

[Brasgaucho]

That's what you call being lucky? In my world I would call that being cursed.[/quote]

Surving a mid air crash when the other aircraft goes down killing 154 people isn't lucky but, curse?

 

[JT8D]

Surving a mid air crash when the other aircraft goes down killing 154 people isn't lucky but, curse?

Go back to studying your BE 1900 1st flight attendant/ First officer before start check.

 

[Brasgaucho]

Go back to studying your BE 1900 1st flight attendant/ First officer before start check.

Did I make you wet your diapers old man?

 

[BlueBusDriver]

Wheather you consider them hero's or not....let's just be glad that they are safely home, with their families.

BBD

 

[Big Beer Belly]

Getting into a mid-air , flying on 1 and three quarters wing and elevator, landing in the jungle and being sequestered to a hotel room in a third world country for nearly three months while a third world population rallied for their heads outside...and now facing 12 years in prison in that third world country...

Landing in the "jungle"? Are you sure? Last I read they landed at a military airfield... a far cry from "landing in the jungle".

As far as being "sequestered to a hotel room"... well, I'd guess the thousands of pilots/airmen shot down, captured, tortured, and held prisoner for YEARS in previous wars might take exception to what you consider "terrifying treatment" being sequestered in their hotel room.

I don't mean to sound unsympathetic to these fine gentlemen's very unfortunate situation, it's just that the term "hero" is thrown around so casually nowadays that it's lost its meaning.

I do wish them well and Brazil, their incompetent air traffic controllers and government can fornicate amongst themselves for eternity for all I care. :beer:

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[JT8D]

As far as being "sequestered to a hotel room"... well, I'd guess the thousands of pilots/airmen shot down, captured, tortured, and held prisoner for YEARS in previous wars might take exception to what you consider "terrifying treatment" being sequestered in their hotel room.



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Last I checked these guys aren't United States Soldiers fighting a sanctioned United States conflict...they are merely United States pilots trying to do a job. This situation should scare the CRAP out of every American pilot who flys our aluminum outside of The United States.

 

[Big Beer Belly]

Last I checked these guys aren't United States Soldiers fighting a sanctioned United States conflict...they are merely United States pilots trying to do a job. This situation should scare the CRAP out of every American pilot who flys our aluminum outside of The United States.

So (according to your world)... if you fly a plush bizjet, are involved in a midair collision and held in a hotel room you are a hero. But, if you voluntarily or involuntarily serve your country and are shot down, captured, tortured and held as a POW for years you are not deserving of the same accolades you reap upon these guys? Puuuleeeze! :laugh:

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[JT8D]

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