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Pilot Stops Plane for Family of Murdered Child
Topic Started: Jan 12 2011, 10:11 PM (262 Views)
musicasacra
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http://gizmodo.com/5731946/pilot-stops-plane-for-family-of-murdered-son


A Southwest pilot offered to hang my freshly pressed wedding gown in the cockpit so it wouldn't get wrinkled. When he handed it back after the flight, he said, "Don't worry, I only tried it on once." ^_^
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ivorythumper
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bravo!
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Mikhailoh
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Bravo indeed.
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apple
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nice.

(is that true about your wedding gown Musicasacra? cute story.
it behooves me to behold
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musicasacra
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apple
Jan 13 2011, 03:31 AM
nice.

(is that true about your wedding gown Musicasacra? cute story.
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Axtremus
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12 minutes, fine, seems within reason, bravo!

More than 30 minutes and I'd call the decision to wait reckless. You can screw up other people's connecting flights, and among them could be people who could miss their loved ones last moments or funerals, too. Just because the other deaths do not make the news do not make them less deserving of the deceased loved ones' attendance.

The better response would be to fix airport security that's the root cause of the unnecesary delay, more so than cheering a pilot's sentimental decision to hold the plane, quite possibly to most other passengers' detriment.
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JBryan
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Ax, I have often resisted the temptation to say this but you are an asshole.
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Axtremus
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And you would be wrong. You should learn to more often think about the welfare of all, do not get tripped up in the sentimentalism of one so easily.
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Axtremus
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It is not unusual that an airline delays a flight solely to accommodate passenger(s) who are late (when they know that the late passenger(s) are coming). These decisions are usually measured and balanced -- there are people looking at the overall connecting flight situation, whether weather and air traffic can likely accommodate a faster flight to make up for lost time, etc.

When all these considerations are made and a measured decision to wait a limited duration is made, that's really just part of the normal operating procedure -- not really news-worthy, much less praise-worthy.

If one pilot has to forego or override all that careful considerations to hold a plane, that might make it news-worthy, but do not automatically make it praise-worthy.
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Good for the pilot.
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Improviso
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JBryan
Jan 13 2011, 04:52 AM
Ax, I have often resisted the temptation to say this but you are an asshole.
You have infinitely more patience and civility than I. :thumb:

Kudos to the pilot. He is the Captain of his ship and has the final say on things concerning his ship.
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Copper
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FAA requirement #3 for the ATP certificate is "Be of good moral character".

http://www.gleim.com/aviation/airline_transport/atpreqs.php

So this is not unexpected.

However the requirements for other airline employees and TSA are not so strict.
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brenda
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Wonderful pilot decision. He likely explained to all on the plane the reason for the delay. I would be happy to wait those few minutes for the sake of the man and his family.
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Red Rice
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Axtremus
Jan 13 2011, 04:51 AM
The better response would be to fix airport security that's the root cause of the unnecesary delay
Agree!

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more so than cheering a pilot's sentimental decision to hold the plane, quite possibly to most other passengers' detriment

We're assuming that the passengers are more in sync with the pilot than with you.
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I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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Very nice for the pilot to do that. :thumb:
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