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Offline -tronski-

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Re: NorthWest pilots on laptops - CNN reports
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2009, 02:35:13 AM »
I fall asleep on long trips too...but I'm not the captain of an A320 short of an excuse

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Offline Jayhawk

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Re: NorthWest pilots on laptops - CNN reports
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2009, 04:30:22 PM »
Last time I fell asleep in a vehicle I got to my destination a lot faster actually, and got a ride, and it had sirens!
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Re: NorthWest pilots on laptops - CNN reports
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2009, 05:02:40 PM »
Update on the story - CNN reports that the FAA pulled their licenses.  No details of course, so it's hard to tell what exactly got revoked.  But I bet they're done flying heavy passenger commercial...
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Offline rogwar

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Re: NorthWest pilots on laptops - CNN reports
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2009, 06:04:19 PM »
Remember the movie Airplane?


Maybe they were working on the autopilot...

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Re: NorthWest pilots on laptops - CNN reports
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2009, 06:17:48 PM »
I read something a few years ago that said ONE hour of flight time is equal to THREE hours of driving time..