Brrrrrr.....
01-22-2019, 05:31 AM
#31
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To the Captains credit he was honest with the passengers and tried everything to get the company to launch a rescue effort.
“”The flight crew was great and did the best they could, but you know it’s bad when the Captain starts telling passengers the email Oscar Munoz and post to social media in a bid to actually get some sort of rescue plan in motion. He had more faith in a viral campaign than he did in the company he represents..””
“”The flight crew was great and did the best they could, but you know it’s bad when the Captain starts telling passengers the email Oscar Munoz and post to social media in a bid to actually get some sort of rescue plan in motion. He had more faith in a viral campaign than he did in the company he represents..””
I can guarantee you, no one was just sitting on their hands. Apparently the general public thinks there are spare widebodies laying around, with crews sitting in the ready room waiting to launch. Just because some random passenger sends a tweet doesn't mean it happened.
01-22-2019, 05:59 AM
#32
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I can guarantee you, no one was just sitting on their hands. Apparently the general public thinks there are spare widebodies laying around, with crews sitting in the ready room waiting to launch. Just because some random passenger sends a tweet doesn't mean it happened.
01-22-2019, 06:13 AM
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No need for a spare widebody. It’s a two hour flight. Any combination of airframes would have been fine. If they wanted a spare 777 I agree it would most likely require canceling a revenue flight but that probably would have been a wise choice. A couple of 737’s would have been worked also.
The big delay was thinking they could fix the door, once they realized they couldn't I don't think it took all that long to send another airplane up there. Sometimes **** happens, some passengers will always be ****ed whenever their flight doesn't go perfectly- no matter how much effort goes into fixing it. Sending narrow bodies would have also entailed manually emptying all the bags out of the containers too.
01-22-2019, 06:14 AM
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Brings up the question of those airfields in Siberia that are ETOPS diverts for the Polar routes, how good would landing in Tiksi or Yakutsk be? I overflew Siberia in Globals and shook at the thought of landing there. Our company did cold weather testing in Yakutsk, awful.
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01-22-2019, 06:16 AM
#35
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Brings up the question of those airfields in Siberia that are ETOPS diverts for the Polar routes, how good would landing in Tiksi or Yakutsk be? I overflew Siberia in Globals and shook at the thought of landing there. Our company did cold weather testing in Yakutsk, awful.
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Yakutsk doesn't look like much but Irkutsk is actually a pretty vibrant city.
01-22-2019, 06:21 AM
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The big delay was thinking they could fix the door, once they realized they couldn't I don't think it took all that long to send another airplane up there. Sometimes **** happens, some passengers will always be ****ed whenever their flight doesn't go perfectly- no matter how much effort goes into fixing it. Sending narrow bodies would have also entailed manually emptying all the bags out of the containers too.
01-22-2019, 06:31 AM
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Brings up the question of those airfields in Siberia that are ETOPS diverts for the Polar routes, how good would landing in Tiksi or Yakutsk be? I overflew Siberia in Globals and shook at the thought of landing there. Our company did cold weather testing in Yakutsk, awful.
01-22-2019, 07:53 AM
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No wonder, Captains a 570 guy !! 
So easy to armchair quarterback this one but no, I probably wouldn't have dropped into Goose and chose Gander or St Johns in lieu of it. Wasn't there and won't and shouldn't critique those on that were on the flight deck. Everyone survived and all's well.
So easy to armchair quarterback this one but no, I probably wouldn't have dropped into Goose and chose Gander or St Johns in lieu of it. Wasn't there and won't and shouldn't critique those on that were on the flight deck. Everyone survived and all's well.
