Originally Posted by
thrustsetrj200
Yes, it was confirmed by passengers that there was no food, no water and the lav was over flowing.
I'm sure if you, your spouse and children were on that flight you'd have a different attitude. Still can't figure out why you're standing up for this obviously poor decision making....
As a CRJ200 FO you sure know a lot about Captain's authority. Not that I'm a captain either, but I think you need to at least realize there are some things that even a captain can't fix. If the Mesaba guys weren't going to help and there was no other means of safely getting the passengers off, what would you do?
Keep in mind unlike the CRJ there are no airstairs on an E145 nor emergency chute. Its just low enough that the FAA expects people to jump, but that's definitely going to injure a few. Heck I wouldn't even be comfortable having the FO jump out. Let alone having the poor guy try and marshal me in and somehow covertly steal a jetway through hand-to-hand combat with the Mesaba ramp crew.