Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
Here's something they should check: Are the buttons on the handheld parking light controller color-coded or are they all covered with black rubber waterproof caps?
I believe they're all black. Thats why they have to look up and confirm what they're sending you, right?
However, don't we just kind of sit on our hands and when we know we're going to be towed? The tug goes out to meet them so they know there is one down there and you wouldn't power up a plane knowing a tug was down there and watching rampers approach the plane at 45 degree angles.
Looks to me like the clue is with the ramper on the bottom right of the screen. He backed up and was signaling a brakes release or for arguments sake set brakes. It was 5 seconds after he was satisfied and walks away that the plane visibly begins rolling and then it goes into the tug. At the same time, the rampers were walking away with the tow bar. Seems somebody ran a wheel route on a screen pass or the ball was snapped before the QB was ready. Football.
But hey, I wasn't there and this ain't airliners.net, we'll let the company tell us if it matters to us. On that note, did you remember the thing about the AA 777 rolling away from the gate and taking the door off or something on the way? I've got to look that up.
**** happens.
Again, not cussing. Just fun to use the ****'s.