by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (13 days ago)

Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:00PM: After (another) pilot was found drunk in London this week, the issue of pilot inebriation has become a frequent discussion topic. Since 1997, 11 commercial pilots, on average, have tested positive for alcohol every year. According to FAA regulations, pilots can't fly with a blood alcohol content of above 0.04 percent (it's 0.02 percent in Great Britain). Last year, 13 pilots tested ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 month ago)

Oct 27th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The investigation into the overshooting Northwest Airlines flight continues. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that the pilots were distracted by conversations and the use of personal laptops when flying 150 miles past Minneapolis. One of the topics being bandied about was scheduling, though I suspect it didn't involve the impact of a late arrival because of a missed airport. ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (6 months ago)

May 15th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Definition of good sex: you're willing to come back for more Definition of great sex: you're willing to piss away your pilot's license Definition of unforgettable sex: "great" sex with a porn star David Martz is stupid enough to make receiving oral sex unpleasant. How? He was videotaped(!) on the receiving end of a passenger's lips while flying a helicopter around San Diego. If this is some ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (6 months ago)

May 13th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Remember that plane crash in February, in Buffalo? There were 50 fatalities. Well, it turns out the pilot would have lost his job if he hadn't lost his life. Marvin Renlsow, who was a pilot for Colgan, reportedly falsified his job application by not disclosing two failures on flight tests in small planes. Had his supervisors known, he "would have been immediately dismissed." Currently, the ...

by Jeffrey White (RSS feed) (1 year ago)

Apr 25th, 2008 at 8:00AM: Forget all this talk about airplane safety inspections. What we should really be worried about, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board tells the New York Times today, are runway collisions. "Where we are most vulnerable at this moment is on the ground," Mark Rosenker tells the Times. "To me this is the most dangerous aspect of flying." The article details efforts to drastically ...