Keep your filthy government hands off my FAA!

I just can't seem to give a shiat

It only takes ONE TIME to ruin it for EVERYONE ELSE

Right, Smitty, because we can work on exactly one problem at a time.

I picked the wrong day to stop farking.

HulkHands: HulkHands: I'm okay will with all of the pilots sleeping with the passengers on your flight if you are

TheJoeY: It only takes ONE TIME to ruin it for EVERYONE ELSE

Fix a pipe and they don't call you a plumber, but fly over your destination because you're on your computer....

/why is it called a cockpit btw?
//was vagina too confusing

$27 Million Dollars (who needs to feed the poor? let them feed themselves)

vernonFL How does Congress have the authority to regulate the airline industry?

Exactly, who does that Reagan think he is messing with the air traffic controllers like that!

You know who else made the mass transit run on time?

"Having fixed the economy, created jobs for all Americans, and ended crime, homelessness, and famine the world over, Congress finally tackles our long national nightmare of that one plane that didn't land on time the other day overshot the airport by 150 miles, endangered an already stressed air traffic control system, and created a potential fuel emergency because two dip-shiat pilots couldn't put their laptops down long enough to fly the plane"

FIFY

/ Worked in aviation safety for most of my career
// Many ways to make an aircraft safer, but hard to fix a "loose nut" behind the control yoke

apeiron242:
Right, Smitty, because we can work on exactly one problem at a time.

From the track record of Congress this year?

That's about right.

RussianPooper: Can we finally kill the fallacious argument that you are doing something wrong if you address a relatively minor issue when there are major issues still unresolved?

Not until we've cured cancer

vernonFL: How does Congress have the authority to regulate the airline industry?

You're joking - right? When you get on the plane in one state, and get off in another, that's pretty much the very definition of "interstate commerce."

BMulligan: vernonFL: How does Congress have the authority to regulate the airline industry?

You're joking - right? When you get on the plane in one state, and get off in another, that's pretty much the very definition of "interstate commerce."

Yeah, but all of that government regulation stifles competition! If the government would just back out airline tickets would get cheaper because consumers would get a choice in how safe they want their airline to be.

/Am I doing it right?

Well, y'know, you go to Ludicrous Speed and things happen.

At about 600 mph, 150 miles is 15 minutes.

Delta should charge each passenger a dollar for each minute and the government should get another dollar for their effort.

Hey, anything that distract them from healthcare is OK by me!

whew, what a relief!

/laptops my ass.
//sleeping, hungover, whatever. but laptops I can't believe.

wet_dream: Hey, anything that distract them from healthcare is OK by me!

Wait till these guys find out there are different committees that deal with different issues.

Why in the world is congress getting involved in this?

The airline this happened on will work hard to insure this doesn't happen again due to the bad press it got.

There is no need for congress to get involved other than to look important...

apeiron242: Right, Smitty, because we can work on exactly one problem at a time.

Someone must have told our fine representatives in DC that as well.

lc6529: Why in the world is congress getting involved in this?

The airline this happened on will work hard to insure this doesn't happen again due to the bad press it got.

There is no need for congress to get involved other than to look important...

Because the airline did such a bang up job the first time around, right?

A) I think that laptop story is probably bullshiat. How about we wait for the FAA investigation results before believing it?

B) We just spent a fortune reinforcing cockpits so that they're impenetrable. Pass whatever laws you want, but how is anyone going to know if they're using consumer electronics in there?

This is just another waste of time 'solution' that's unnecessary and unenforceable.

I'm convinced those two pilots were on their laptops looking at pr0n.

It was nice that the pilots gave all the passengers 300 extra frequent flier miles though.

Really, laptops? At least the government won't ban snakes, I love me some snakes. =====>~

Farkin'round: I'm convinced those two pilots were on their laptops looking at pr0n.

Based on what pilots earn, they were probably looking for a second job.

cirby: apeiron242:
Right, Smitty, because we can work on exactly one problem at a time.

From the track record of Congress this year?

That's about right.

Work on only one problem a year, and fix nothing; that's not just Congress' track record this year, that's their farking mission statement.

FlyPanAm: I picked the wrong day to stop farking.

I normally find those references kind of superfluous, but that one was well done, sir.

Actually, I'm kind of glad congress is looking into this. We need to be sure that someone is... you know, flying the goddamned plane.

Nucleus: Actually, I'm kind of glad congress is looking into this. We need to be sure that someone is... you know, flying the goddamned plane.

The free market will take care of it. Adam Smith's invisible hand will bat all of the unattended planes out of the sky, thus assuring that the pilots will never fly again. Behold the magnificent beauty of the free market!

For those of you that don't think congress has the ability to regulate the airlines - you're probably right.

However, congress does write the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) that every pilot and airline must follow.

I, for one, want Congress to worry about steroids in baseball first.

The political knee-jerk response to this is useless because the pilots' story is bogus.

apeiron242: Right, Smitty, because we can work on exactly one problem at a time.

That tired fark cliche' of "having fixed blah, blah, blah...." always gets me mad as well.

It's like having cancer and sarcastically saying "Having cured my cancer, I somehow found time to brush my teeth"