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Old 07-23-2007, 06:33 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/23/com....ap/index.html

The pilots in a jet crash last summer that killed 49 people left the terminal without receiving four important airport advisories, including one that said the normal taxiway to the main runway was closed, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The four updates -- called Notices to Airmen -- were missing from the flight dispatch paperwork the pilots received from Comair, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported, citing information the Air Line Pilots Association submitted to the National Transportation Safety Board....
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Old 07-23-2007, 08:10 AM
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That might have helped. But not everybody reads those things even if they have them.
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Old 07-23-2007, 04:57 PM
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does anyone have any info on how the fo is doing?
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does anyone have any info on how the fo is doing?
I read that he had a leg amputated and that he does not have a medical anymore.

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That might have helped. But not everybody reads those things even if they have them.
Yes, people should read those, but a lot don't.
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Old 07-24-2007, 01:24 PM
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AOPA made a mention of this and the NOTAM system problems on their website.

www.aopa.org (second article on main page)

Was this the dispatchers fault ,or did the dispatcher not even have these NOTAMS??
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Old 07-24-2007, 07:09 PM
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Doesn't sound like they had the time. They were in such a hurry doubt they would have found them in the release.
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