GoJet slides off taxiway in Albany

I'm facebook friends with the airport manager and he had this incident on his status yesterday. Something along the lines of 66 pissed off pax, media trying to get out to take pictures, pilots blaming the airport, etc.
 
chrisreedrules said:
Well there goes those pilots' jobs... I have a couple of buddies that work there and they tell me that management will not tolerate "any mistakes". AKA things like this. And I recently met an ex-CA from GoJets that was let go for missing a commute to work. He worked there for a few years, perfect record, and it was his first time ever having something like that happen.
Click to expand...

Seems unreasonable in this situation - will the SouthWest pilots that slid off the taxiway in Islip also lose their jobs??
 
saxman said:
I'm facebook friends with the airport manager and he had this incident on his status yesterday. Something along the lines of 66 pissed off pax, media trying to get out to take pictures, pilots blaming the airport, etc.
Click to expand...

Don't know anything about the incident but it seems everytime there is a significant snow event anywhere in the country, there's at least one airport that stays open with "braking action fair to poor" right until someone slides off the pavement. It's as certain as death and taxes.
 
STS-41B said:
Seems unreasonable in this situation - will the SouthWest pilots that slid off the taxiway in Islip also lose their jobs??
Click to expand...

They didnt slide, taxiway sierra turns before intersecting alfa and they didn't turn. Was an interesting sight to see on the way to work the other day. Nose wheel was to the top of the wheel in mud. Not making excuses, but it was dark and pouring rain at the time.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
As much as I'd like to rag on Gojets, this really could happen to any airline or any crew. If you don't think it could happen to you, you're part of the problem. Hopefully something comes out of this situation that we all can learn from to avoid doing something similar in the future.
Click to expand...

This just happened to Pinnacle just a week or so ago, IIRC. Thread here about it. You're correct, this has nothing to do with GoJets. The thread title could just have been titled with any airline name.
 
STS-41B said:
Seems unreasonable in this situation - will the SouthWest pilots that slid off the taxiway in Islip also lose their jobs??
Click to expand...
I don't know... We aren't talking about SW. GoJets has a history of firing or letting pilots "voluntarily surrender" the position they hold for lesser events than this. I was just saying it wouldn't surprise me if the CA lost his job over this.
 
chrisreedrules said:
I don't know... We aren't talking about SW. GoJets has a history of firing or letting pilots "voluntarily surrender" the position they hold for lesser events than this. I was just saying it wouldn't surprise me if the CA lost his job over this.
Click to expand...
Southwest Airlines doesn't have a history of doing that. They didn't even fire the "stuck mic captain".
 
BobDDuck said:
I'll take "airlines that frequently go off runways and taxiways" for $200 please Alex.
Click to expand...

Boop ooop boop oop op ooooop...

imgres.jpeg
 
BobDDuck said:
I'll take "airlines that frequently go off runways and taxiways" for $200 please Alex.
Click to expand...

HAHA! Thanks for making me squirt ICEE out my nose! I so didn't see that coming...although I've been around here long enough that I should have. Lol, just glad my movie hasn't started yet. Lol
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top