Former SWA Pilot Expected to Face Prosecution

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09-20-2021 | 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

For being a sarcastic wise-ass with a co-worker? Using "cool" lingo while talking to the FAA? Lawyering up and pleading the 5th?

I know, I know... expecting pilots to be able to do that pilot ****** is racist.

Wanna hang someone, start much higher than Forkner.

If they want the fruit high in the tree, they gotta start by climbing it.

Forkner is part of that climb.

09-20-2021 | 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Texasbound

Probably best to wait to see what he is actually charged with.

Ever notice they haven't shown any emails about what he actually said to FAA? The FAA keeping quiet is the epitome of arrogance.

or the part where the FAA went along with all of this and approved a design that crashed twice killing 346 people

09-20-2021 | 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sluggo_63

Come on. Let’s not pretend that there’s not at least some smoke here. After misleading/obfuscating the facts about MCAS to the FAA in order to not require airlines to provide additional Max training to their pilots, he gets hired by the one airline that stands the most to benefit from there being no training. Then when he gets hired, SWA rewards him by making him a NOC Chief Pilot (as an FO).

Kind of reminds me of the Boeing/Darleen Drunyun fiasco. But in that one, nobody died.

wasn’t American the requesting and launch customer for the Max?

09-21-2021 | 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Profane Kahuna

wasn’t American the requesting and launch customer for the Max?

Nope it was Southwest, but they delayed the launch when they had contract dispute with the pilot group. Lion Air ended up with the fist delivery.

But SWA, Continental, and American were equally involved in the request for the MAX to be built.

09-21-2021 | 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by hercretired

If they want the fruit high in the tree, they gotta start by climbing it.

Forkner is part of that climb.

What exactly are they going to find that they didn't find in their 2 year investigation?

09-21-2021 | 10:19 AM

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He wasn’t a NOC CP for the job just title. It was a place holder so he would be treated like a line swine on the rare occasion he flew. He was never an actual NOC CP of anything.

09-21-2021 | 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant

You guys are all subscribers to WSJ???

Yes. And it's worth it. Unless you can bid overnights at hotels that comp the WSJ.

09-21-2021 | 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by nene

Do you get to keep it if in jail? Legal expenses alone will be a burden even if charges ultimately beaten. I don't know much about the certification of the MAX, but it looks as though the govt/business has found its fall guy.

They didn't "find" him, he volunteered for the duty by leaving a paper trail documenting how he snowed the regulators.

Kind of like the CVR... if something bad happens you're going to wish you hadn't said some of that stuff that you wouldn't have said in public.

09-21-2021 | 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

Yes. And it's worth it. Unless you can bid overnights at hotels that comp the WSJ.

Agree. I have the digital subscription. Worth the 4 bucks a month I pay for it. My eternal .edu email is the gift that keeps on giving.

09-21-2021 | 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

They didn't "find" him, he volunteered for the duty by leaving a paper trail documenting how he snowed the regulators.

You’re assuming they have evidence of that on the FAA side. What if he was just drunk texting a co-worker and being a moron? Is that against the law?

his LinkedIn profile is still up. Notice how many places he worked and for how long. People that move around a lot to similar jobs are not usually your stellar performers.