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No. 10
from Moogie
Old Oct 26, 2009, 04:19 PM

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
Originally Posted by Medic2RN View Post
Oh come on....like none of us ever got into a heated debate and lost track of time. I do it all the time on AN!!
Then again, maybe the pilots were on AN as well!

Seriously, if it turns out they were viewing internet porn....
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No. 11
from leslie :-D
Old Oct 26, 2009, 04:57 PM

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
Originally Posted by Moogie View Post
Seriously, if it turns out they were viewing internet porn....
well, at least they told the truth about it being "heated".

(moog, have any links to that story?)

leslie:stone
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No. 12
from Moogie
Old Oct 26, 2009, 05:07 PM

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
Originally Posted by leslie :-D View Post
well, at least they told the truth about it being "heated".

(moog, have any links to that story?)

leslie:stone
Here you go, Les. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/...ight_overflown

I don't know what websites they were viewing. I'm just being a little sarcastic regarding the porn sites.
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No. 13
from leslie :-D
Old Oct 26, 2009, 06:14 PM

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
Originally Posted by Moogie View Post
Here you go, Les. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/...ight_overflown

I don't know what websites they were viewing. I'm just being a little sarcastic regarding the porn sites.
aw dang it...i'm really embarrassed now.

i read your statement as, "it turns out they were watching..."
didn't see the "IF it turns out they...".
heh.

nevermind.
(per emily)

fwiw, the link didn't show the story...it expired or something else.

leslie
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No. 14
from GCTMT
Old Oct 26, 2009, 07:06 PM
Updated Oct 26, 2009 at 07:14 PM by GCTMT

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
They were probably looking at web-cats

Damn you web-cats... DAMN YOU ALL TO HEEELLLLL!!!

Yeah, I'm obsessed... what of it?

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No. 15
from Moogie
Old Oct 26, 2009, 07:12 PM
Updated Oct 26, 2009 at 07:23 PM by Moogie

Default Re: NWA Flight Misses by a Mile---150 Miles!
Dang. What happened to my link?

BTW, I have a lot of Emily Litella moments, too.

Here's another. Hopefully this one won't ghost.

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/a...ilots-say.html

ETA: here's another link from HuffPo.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_334412.html

WASHINGTON — Not sleeping, the pilots say. They were engrossed in a complicated new crew-scheduling program on their laptop computers as their plane flew past its Minneapolis landing by 150 miles – a cockpit violation of airline policy that could cost them their licenses.
They were so focused on the scheduling – quite a complicated matter for the pilots after Delta Air Lines acquired Northwest Airlines a year ago – that they were out of communication with air traffic controllers and their airline for more than an hour. They didn't realize their mistake until contacted by a flight attendant about five minutes before the flight's scheduled landing last Wednesday night, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_334412.html
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