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. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Irony: NWA pilots land late because of scheduling discussion
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. ...Plane Answers: "Chit-chat" did NOT doom Colgan flight 3407
May 25th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away!
Allow me to invoke some commentary in lieu of today's usual Plane Answers post.
So much has been written about the Colgan Dash 8 accident in Buffalo, NY. As I've written before in a ...UPDATE: Inside the Dirtiest Hotel in the United States
Feb 10th, 2009 at 2:30PM:
Two weeks ago, I told you about TripAdvisor's list of the Dirtiest Hotels in the United States. And this morning I broke the news that I was going to be giving you a firsthand look at the dirtiest hotel of all, the Hotel Carter. Well, that's exactly what I intend do to. So wash your hands, grab some Purell, and don't touch anything, because we're going inside the Dirtiest Hotel in the United ...
