Outstanding! Just outstanding! I can see my airline putting out a bulletin today about no beverages in the cockpit unless it's bottled water. For being professional aviators and supposedly having good motor skills, it sure seems that some among our ranks are total klutzes when it comes to handling a cup of coffee or juice.
At my previous airline, we almost lost an airplane because the previous crew had spilled OJ on the center console and hadn't reported it. They handed the airplane off to another crew and went home. The juice made its way to the autopilot circuitry and commanded a pitch up. It was due to the superb skill and quick thinking of the CA & FO that the plane didn't end up stalling & spinning in.
Last edited by Homa; 01-05-2011 at 07:45 AM.
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