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  • October 26, 2009 08:22 AM EDT

    unthinkable....

    We should know the facts on this one by now...what is the hold up?

    Do you think those NorthWest pilots were sleeping? How could they overshoot their destination by 110 miles and not communicate either? And why don't we know the answer (it has been days.) There were 144 passengers on that plane and at risk - big risk.

    If they were sleeping..the ugly question (now that their flight is safely on the ground), are other pilots sleeping?

AliceWV

I would not fly with those pilots.

October 27, 2009 at 11:17 pm

free thinker

I think they were asleep and they put the lives of 144 people in danger...Just think what would have happened if the fighter jets they had ready would have shot them down. It is far worse than texting while driving (and that is really irresponsible) because many more lives would have been lost. Makes me never want to fly again. Whatever the reason they should lose their license and never fly again.

October 27, 2009 at 10:51 pm

A Texas Grandfather

Having flown that exact same flight, I hope the pilots were paying attention. Autopilot was not set correctly or was just on a compass heading meaning these guys were somewhere in lala land. With over a hundred lives in their hands, they should be more responsible. They need to have their licenses revoked and at every level, not even a private license much less a transport rating. When people are not responsible in their jobs, they should loose them.

October 26, 2009 at 11:35 pm

Younger sister

Did the FBI take their laptops? If you wanted to discuss something an didn't want it on the cockpit voice recorder, a couple of laptops would work. Didn't someone else say they were emailed and didn't respond?

October 26, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Good Lib News Today????

Employment up to 10% or 16% (from 6% goiing in, when they were going to save us from possible 8% unemployment), 500,000 new job losses last week, Ditherer in Chief still trying to decide next move, Obamacare about to be shoved down our throats, Cap and Tax Energy Inflation bill due next (+$2.00 per gallon on gas and double electricity costs and everything that takes energy to create), AMNESTY BILL coming up for anybody living in US. Keep chanting "HOPE AND CHANGE", AND "YES, WE CAN".

October 26, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Younger sister

Using a laptop while flying a passenger jet. Hmmm. Is that like texting while driving?

October 26, 2009 at 4:32 pm

Is He Well?????????????????????????????????????

Why is Glenn Beck slurring his words, glossy-eyed, crying, using ridiculous voices, and spouting things that make Charles Manson appear sane. Is he well?

October 26, 2009 at 4:19 pm

JESUS IS THE ONLY "WAY, LIGHT, AND LIFE"-THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO HEAVEN

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish (in Hell) but have everlasting life (in Heaven) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who (sincerely) believes in Him is not condemned (to Hell); but he who does not believe is condemned (to Hell) already" (John 3:16)

October 26, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Texan

Those pilots should be fired immediately!! Whenever I board a plane, I first say a silent prayer, take a good look at the pilot, and I find my seat. It's kind of a ritual. I am confident that the flight crew is competent and will get us to our destination safely. The audacity of these pilots to not be paying attention, not answering calls and to be surfing the internet, with all those passengers' lives in their hands, is inexcusable! It's as bad as texting while driving a car!

October 26, 2009 at 4:11 pm

LOL

Thank you President Obama for keeping us safe! This is the one, single judgement of a President...compliments of Republicans across the country. Hey you said it, I didnt!

October 26, 2009 at 4:11 pm

hahaha

???Report better than giving all our money to george soros ----yes or ACORN, FEMA, ACLU, or whatever the talking point is of the day. Cant you think for yourself instead of repeating nonsense GOP talking points? No wonder the GOP is crumbling!

October 26, 2009 at 4:07 pm

FOX Reports Many Items, Only Some of Which Are True

Last report from Fox News says the pilots were on their Laptops!!. surfing on the internet on the job! they need to be fired period if this report is factual... waiting to hear more! ===== You won't mind if I wait for confirmation, will you? FOX reported that the Lockerbie bomber was dead, WMD's were found in Iraq and that McCain would carry Pennsylvania before FOX didn't report them. /s/ Brick =====

October 26, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Denine

What? We go after pilots for a minnor mistake they made that caused no harm, but when a 19 year old "kid" follows through with intent to blow up a Dallas building, We say well no harm was done and how unfair the FBI set him up. I say. I am glad it was the FBI that set him up with fake bombs instead of terroist with real ones. But, lets get back to the pilots the real trouble makers.

October 26, 2009 at 3:47 pm

LOL

hey ???, whats Bush's plan? Invade the wrong country, focus your military on that country so the real enbemy escapes, and be stuck in 2 endless wars for almost a decade? Brilliant!

October 26, 2009 at 3:45 pm

???

to you who say we 'nuts' hate our contry, blah, blah, blah... seems you libs hated Bush from his first day. Mocked, degraded, insulted, heckled, even made movies about assassinating him, etc.... seems to have worked for you...maybe you're just learning there are always two sides..

October 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm

????? LIB BRAINS????

Libs hate anybody who attacks libs with IDEAS and their typical response is shown here on this blog. Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are never attacked for an IDEA OR A THOUGHT. Call them and anybody that listens to them names,is the TYPICAL lib response. Okay, I did the same thing, I called these people LIBS (a very unflattering and insulting name to call anybody.)

October 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm

According to Tanya, the body language expert

In reference to the Reid-Pelosi photo-op, a real smile turns upward. See Biden's smile! Greta, your straight across smile appears as tho you are "gritting" your teeth.

October 26, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Auntie

When are people going to learn that you don't put a timetable on war? You either go in to win no matter how long it takes or you don't go in at all. I can't believe how weak this country has become since Vietnam and I'm not talking about our military. NOBODY in this country likes war, yet many of us understand that when you show any kind of weakness there will be more war, not less.

October 26, 2009 at 3:12 pm

Shalimar

Which excuse is the correct excuse-----heated discussion or surfing the net?

October 26, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Shame on them

They were on their laptops..... prolly porn

October 26, 2009 at 2:42 pm

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