Pilots who overshot airport won't fight for revoked licenses

a6chris said on March 17, 2010 at 5:25 AM

The autopilot sure worked good!

stryker said on March 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM

Why fight a 9 month vacation when it would just be easier and cheeper to apply for a new one at the end of the year? Not rocket science why they aint fighting it. AND they were not sleeping people.. there was something jiggy happening!!!

carlconstantine said on March 15, 2010 at 5:34 PM

I totally agree. They are not willing to fight to save their careers for good reason... MISCONDUCT. If the Washington State Bar Association revoked my law license, they would be in for a hell of a battle! Unless I did something that... Never mind. I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize my lively-hood. Based on various news reports, sounds like those two pilots were very arrogant.

32ford said on March 15, 2010 at 4:38 PM

ohmygoodness.............. Internet access is now very common. Most all long haul carriers are now offering access. My son, who flies left seat with a major carrier, has mentioned several times the most likely scenario would be they drifted off. Let it be known that falling asleep is common, maybe not both left and right seat at the same time. A major factor causing these sleep situations is the fact the flight controls are so sophisticated and very capable of flying unattended for long periods of time the pilots then get bored just sitting there. These two pilots are simply a small cog in a large wheel of concern. Let me ask you, when was the time you almost nodded of while driving your car????????????

ddw3579 said on March 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM

@ohmygoodness - I flew on a Delta airplane last week that had wireless internet as long as you paid the money for it. Also, they will not have to start their training over. They have all the required hours so all they have to do is do 3 hours of training before each flight test should they want to do it all over again. Of course an airline will not take them back but maybe someone in the private sector will.

ohmygoodness said on March 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM

DEFINITELY a lie..how could they have pulled up a "scheduling system"...which would've required Internet access...which is PROHIBITED on planes? People flying are only allowed to access programs like Excel, MicroSoft Word, etc...anything else would interfere with their instrumentation. Yep--asleep. Definitely asleep....and lying..big time!

freddy6666 said on March 15, 2010 at 2:42 PM

That is what those two pilots should of gotten. What they did was BAD PR for the airlines and the airlines will lose money, as if they need more money.

javajoe said on March 15, 2010 at 2:28 PM

They won't fight because they don't want the truth to be known. There's got to be more to this story than they want revealed.............. Sorry, I don't buy their story.

lundgren said on March 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM

Yellow cab is still hiring.

anonymoususer said on March 15, 2010 at 1:48 PM

narcissistic idiots that do not deserve to be pilots. They not only fell asleep they continue to lie about it. Their next job should be flipping burgers at McDonalds

jamey said on March 15, 2010 at 1:12 PM

I would fly with these guys again. But only now, after they got their junk slapped for carelessness. They are probably both good pilots that made a mistake. So come on guys (pilots), admit the mistake, take your punishment, learn from it, and fly planes like you are capable of.

silverton said on March 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM

I still can't understand why they did not admit to being asleep. Many experts have said that the only logical answer, is that they both fell asleep. Also, who would ever want to fly on an airplane with either of these guys at the helm? If it were up to me, they would be offered a job loading luggage, or being a flight attendant.