Pilots Jailed, For Praying During Emergency
03-24-2009, 05:20 PM
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Christian prayer, Muslim prayer, Hindu prayer...doesn't matter. Can that crap and fly the damn airplane!!! You pray on your own time. When you're in the front office, the buck stops with you.
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03-24-2009, 06:17 PM
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actually all you right wingers will be happy the ACLU is suing a charter school up here in MN for invoking the muslim faith in the school system and taking govt funding. It goes both ways. Either religion will get you nothing, a checklist will always give you a fighting chance. Religion, a crutch for the weak minded.
03-24-2009, 06:25 PM
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Maybe you're joking. But if not, all I can say is 'Boo-Hoo! The poor persecuted Christians in this country!'
03-24-2009, 07:12 PM
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Religion, a crutch for the weak minded.
The poor persecuted Christians in this country!'
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03-24-2009, 07:33 PM
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FAILED ENGINE CHECKLIST
MIXTURE . . . . . . . . . . . IDLE CUTOFF
TRANSPONDER . . . . 7700
HAIL MARY . . . . . . . . RECITED
To quote Yeager:
You’re stupid if you get frightened because it interferes with you working your way out of the situation. That’s the way I’ve lived. A while back I was on the Hour of Power Sunday morning TV show, and Reverend Schuller asked me: When you’re up in an airplane and something goes wrong, do you pray to God? And I said, “No, God can’t help me. I have to do it myself.” The reverend just rolled his eyes.
MIXTURE . . . . . . . . . . . IDLE CUTOFF
TRANSPONDER . . . . 7700
HAIL MARY . . . . . . . . RECITED
To quote Yeager:
You’re stupid if you get frightened because it interferes with you working your way out of the situation. That’s the way I’ve lived. A while back I was on the Hour of Power Sunday morning TV show, and Reverend Schuller asked me: When you’re up in an airplane and something goes wrong, do you pray to God? And I said, “No, God can’t help me. I have to do it myself.” The reverend just rolled his eyes.
03-24-2009, 08:04 PM
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Sounds like the Tunisair ATR that crashed in the med a few years back (2005?).
I remember hearing the black box tapes and for the last 5 minutes straight they were running checks and/or trying to restart, for the last minute occasionally one of them would say something like "god help me", so I don't see where they would have been "praying" and "panicking".
I remember hearing the black box tapes and for the last 5 minutes straight they were running checks and/or trying to restart, for the last minute occasionally one of them would say something like "god help me", so I don't see where they would have been "praying" and "panicking".
Gotta agree.
I think that when we've done all that we can do in any given situation and things are deteriorating quickly, especially when one's life is at risk, in most cases we as humans call on a Power greater than ourselves.
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03-24-2009, 08:09 PM
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But I think that's the catch - the pilot didn't do all he could do. If he had prayed and landed successfully, he wouldn't be in trouble, but instead of trying to make a runway, he freaked out and handed the airplane over to his first officer, according to an Italian news source. The plane crash-landed.
03-24-2009, 08:22 PM
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actually all you right wingers will be happy the ACLU is suing a charter school up here in MN for invoking the muslim faith in the school system and taking govt funding. It goes both ways. Either religion will get you nothing, a checklist will always give you a fighting chance. Religion, a crutch for the weak minded.
03-24-2009, 08:24 PM
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