Originally Posted by
deltabound
Hmm. How much longer before "someone" comes on here and starts screaming "Fire them, fire them . . they VIOLATED SOP by crossing a hold line without clearance!!!"
I'd say if the city and the fed already have spent $83 million bucks to prevent it, they know there's a problem. Back to the drawing board, I guess. Although that said, I suppose the backup alarm did work as intended.
Thank goodness we live in a climate that says "learn what caused mistakes, then build systems to avoid future repeats" instead of one that says "just fire the pilots".
You won't find the usual suspects calling for their heads because it doesn't fit their template. I really think that what is happening in our industry is a mirror of what is happening nationally. There is a generational battle going on between the Generation ME who have been given everything without really earning it (by us as parents I am sad to say). Now they have run into economic stagnation and their path to nirvana has been interrupted so they blame their elders. They want what they don't have and they want it now. See Glenn Beck's show last night for contextual reference.
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This is not a political reference, wrong place wrong time. It is just an illustration of what I believe is a wider problem. In this time of shrinking economic pie the battle for scarce resources is going to be bitter.
Let's all adhere to principle of innocent until proven guilty with regards to any infraction or incident. Like Chairman Moak said, let's hope that the NTSB does too.