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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:17 AM Original message |
JetBlue Flight Pilot Pleaded for Help During Tarmac Ordeal |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is obscene. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. How is this not unlawful detention or something? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It sure sounds like that to me. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sort of like Charley on the MTA. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. the man who never returned. n/t |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Wonder if his wife is still handing him sandwiches n/t |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. I feel really sorry for the pilot and those passengers. I know people usually think of.... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. coulda opened the emergency doors and chutes to evacuate nt |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. I thought there was a law passed about this a couple of years ago |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. its the 3 hour law and they broke it. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. laws are there for people people. not corporate people. new rules. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I think this is their business plan |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. PEOPLE, LISTEN PLEASE! |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. that is not what I read |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You're right, it's probably not what you read. That was my point. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. This is what I read |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. An account from a Miami sports writer inside the plane. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. So...your claim is because of TV, you know better than a guy who experienced it. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That's a stupid comment. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. If it isn't what you said, why did you launch into a defense of saying it? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. roll the fucking stairs up |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It was hard to roll up anything in the kind of snow we had. |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. IT DOESNT TAKE MUCH TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM THE PLANE TO THE TERMINAL |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Chicagoan here and I'm asking the question. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You don't even need to move the planes, just stairs and passenger busses. n/t |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. This is Connecticut in October, not Chicago in winter. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. I was thinking that too |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'm from upstate NY. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I used to live in Connecticut |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I landed in Alaska |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I landed in Atlanta in the 80's in near zero weather...they shut down the airport. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. No Orlando |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Whoa! Kudos for the best pissing match ever! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. -6 F? Hahahahha, amateur stuff. |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. It may not have been easy, but it was not impossible, especially in 7 hours. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. Your experience and wisdom speak volumes. I hope others see the reality |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
51. Do it quick. Do it dirty. Deploy the chutes and suggest that if the airport... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. and still... 7 hours is too long with all the issues. no reason for 7 hours. even with snow |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Bradley was a poor choice of airport for diversion |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Airports have snowplows. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Reply to you and everyone upthread... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I'm originally from the North-East (New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont)... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I not only used to live in Connecticut, I currently live in Minneapolis and grew up there |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
56. My Dad worked for AA in Buffalo |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. Edited upon reading thread. OK, then: WHY was this plane diverted to THIS airport? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It was the closest "big" airport that was still open. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Stranded On The Tarmac: Another Fiasco At Bradley |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That editorial said nothing. The picture spoke a thousand words. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Give it up dude. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. How is the weather in Miami? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I don't live in Miami.. I've lived in Buffalo, Kansas City, Michigan, |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. So you live in Orlando. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. you've become quite silly in this debate. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
65. I live about 65 miles to the west of you. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. what is the point in holding passengers hostage? I have never understood this. Explain please..nt |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. I took a poll two years ago about flying while disabled.. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. JetBlue could face up to $27,000 fine PER passenger. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
57. Jetblue has significant operational issues |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It wasn't just Jet Blue! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
59. MSNBC doing story on this now. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I stand by my comments |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You shouldn't stand by your comments, because it wasn't Jet Blue. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. No it wasn't jet blue |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Just me being silly, trumad. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You to bud. |
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