aviator147
Picks Trips
well it happened. Slides blown to prevent busting DOT 3. It was mentioned just over a month ago that this was discussed as an option and it actually occurred tonight.
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FL350
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http://news3lv.com/news/local/passe...-diverted-to-mccarran-on-houston-to-la-flight
Yep^
Doesn't seem like the right reason to use a slide. Can't ops open a gate for twenty minutes to let the flight deplane. Or even send out air stairs?!
Yep^
Doesn't seem like the right reason to use a slide. Can't ops open a gate for twenty minutes to let the flight deplane. Or even send out air stairs?!
aviator147
Picks Trips
well it was ACARS'ed to the crew to do blow em...
flyguy92
Well-Known Member
PIC still makes the final decision. What is the safer choice?
aviator147
Picks Trips
This situation sucks all around and I have no business monday morning quarterbacking a decision made in the heat of the moment with SOC input. My whole point was that when this was mentioned about a month ago, everyone scoffed that this was even an option, and I just wanted to say that clearly it was seeing as this was directed to happen via ACARS.
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poser765
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Why won't they handle there own passengers
DreamKiller
Well-Known Member
So what did they do after the slide was blown? It's not like that plane is going anywhere after that.
broncoav8r
Well-Known Member
And to think JS laughed at me in the LAX CPO for mentioning that ONT didn't have any AA company information a year ago...
"Well did DL answer the radio?", he said...
In LAS...apparently not...
ClarkGriswold
Non Nutritive Cereal Varnish Engineer
Unbelievable.
Seggy
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If the company doesn't support the pilots (which is very likely), the union better be sending their angry pitbulls to fight management...if compass and aa can't get their crap together, the pilots shouldn't be put in this kind of position. I would've sat there with the door closed, clock ticking while the company came up with a safer solution..
juxtapilot
Snowflake
You guys shouldn't be so quick judge..
ClarkGriswold
Non Nutritive Cereal Varnish Engineer
Um... this is stupid plain and simple.
ian
Well-Known Member
Gtfo...it's inexcusable. If the dispatcher told you to jump off a bridge I'm guessing you would do it too?
statusseeker1
Well-Known Member
It's very easy to Monday morning quarterback. However, this was a pretty drastic decision by the crew. I'm curious if they could have taxied over to the FBO and had Stairs there? If JS did indeed tell pilots to blow slides during indoc or CA upgrade (joking or not) I hope the axe drops on his head. As an authority figure, you can't drop suggestions like that and expect it to never actually happen.
ClarkGriswold
Non Nutritive Cereal Varnish Engineer
Except for the fact that they were indeed directed to.
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