'WE'RE BEGINNING OUR DESCENT INTO MINNEAP... NO, WAIT, THAT LOOKS LIKE CHICAGO.'
(Thanks to nursecindy and Jeff Meyerson)
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October 23, 2009
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Dozing for Dollars
Posted by: Pannus | October 23, 2009 at 09:11 AM
You beat me to it, cindy.
The pilots reportedly told the Federal Aviation Administration that they lost track of where they were during a "heated discussion" over airline policy. However, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that it will investigate the possibility that the pilots fell asleep on the job.
"Well Bob, I think the FAA needs to change the runway patterns at Newark."
"You're wrong, Ted, it's O'Hare that needs the change."
Yeah, much more likely.
And Dave, if they overran Minneapolis flying from San Diego, wouldn't they have been in Canada? I hope everyone had their passports.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 23, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Why do these types of stories always seem to involve Northwest Airlines??? It's really too bad because I fly them to Minneapolis/St Paul on a fairly regular basis and have never had a problem with them...they always seem to run a very tight operation at MSP. Of course, I am expecting that to change now that Delta has bought Northwest, but that's another story.
Posted by: tw | October 23, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Is there a Florida pilot's license?
Posted by: jtd7 | October 23, 2009 at 09:31 AM
"on behalf on northwest airlines, we would like to wish you a pleasant trip to wherever we've taken you."
Posted by: insomniac | October 23, 2009 at 09:54 AM
and this, ladies and germs, is why i just wont get in one of those aero-planes.
Posted by: queensbee | October 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM
I'm gonna poach one of the comments from the website: Do the passengers get frequent flyer miles for the extra 300 miles?
Posted by: bonmot | October 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM
On the same approach, about 10 miles south of Nashville is a private airport with a runway long enough for commercial passenger jets. Since 1986, there's been a least one and possibly two incidents of a near-landing there by commerical flights bound for BNA.
Posted by: Mitch | October 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM
"Guess we must have taken a wrong turn at Alberquerque."
Posted by: Wes S. | October 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Given post-9/11 security procedures, if those pilots really did fall asleep in the cockpit they're lucky their wake-up call wasn't delivered by the USAF.
I'm thinking there's another investigation going on at both the FAA and the Pentagon right now, to see who else might have been sleeping on the job...
Posted by: Wes S. | October 23, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
--Steve McCroskey
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I am so lost. Where the heck is Innsbruck, Austria?>
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | October 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Another case of a man refusing to stop and ask for directions.
Posted by: nursecindy | October 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Wellll, we ARE known as Flyover Country.... I mean, were they s'posed to count the cornfields?
Posted by: Tash | October 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM
They admitted now they were having a "strong disagreement" Jeez it's like riding in the back seat while your parents fight up front. Except apparently these passengers didn't notice they had flown right by their city.
Posted by: eve | October 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM
They were on the wrong vector.
Posted by: Don't call me Sherly | October 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Would you rather I called you Victor?
Posted by: Diva | October 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Blame it on the autopilot. He was ...busy.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2009 at 03:39 PM