Originally Posted by
CFM56
Word is that she lost control and flipped out. Ranting over A/C PA and to passengers in terminal. Our union is behaving in the same manner unfortunately, only instead of a PA they're using USA Today.
A) I notice you never responded to the request for facts.
And on a separate note . . .
B) As has been shown time and again just because the FAA says a carrier CAN do something is not the same as saying that it is the BEST idea.
Dispatching over water in a 2 engine aircraft with an inoperative APU is NOT safe in my opinion. Fixing the APU prior to departure is NOT that complicated. The article is accurate and the obfuscation of the corporation and the FAA is appalling!
Every pilot who reads this should agree and if you don't then YOU are the problem with our industry.
Joe Peck
UAL IADFO-76/75