Comments on: “Unscheduled Landing” http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nerd's eye view http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-83200 nerd's eye view Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:37:23 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=980#comment-83200 I can't respond to the legal implications or the technical ones as to whether or not the crew was right to fly. I just don't know enough, and honestly, I prefer to trust the flight crew's judgment, it's not like I know better than they do. I can tell you that I have ZERO recollection of any kind of drama on the flight, and I was sitting in an exit row, so probably, if there was any kind of need to get off the plane, pronto, I'd have known. I can’t respond to the legal implications or the technical ones as to whether or not the crew was right to fly. I just don’t know enough, and honestly, I prefer to trust the flight crew’s judgment, it’s not like I know better than they do. I can tell you that I have ZERO recollection of any kind of drama on the flight, and I was sitting in an exit row, so probably, if there was any kind of need to get off the plane, pronto, I’d have known.

]]> By: Ria http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-83158 Ria Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:35:16 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=980#comment-83158 It's so good to hear this experience didn't cause you the mental distress as one woman in Seattle is claiming. Not discounting what she's feeling, but she has filed a lawsuit against AA because this flight has caused her extreme emotional distress. Many assume this is a greedy suit and based on her statements rather than just the facts of what occurred. It appears the crew followed procedure at the time, but these are being amended by Boeing presently, so that this scenario isn't repeated by any carrier. Would you feel passenger Jewel Thomas has a valid suit against AA based on the FAA report presented? All the readers comments following the article point out a lot of interesting viewpoints to consider to determine whether if it is or not. I hope you will share this with your readers and perhaps others who were on this flight with you and her will contribute their thoughts on this suit. If it's a valid suit then perhaps others need to contact the law firm representing this plaintiff: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012779009_american02m.html I'm just a reader of the local news and in no way related to nor know any of the litigants involved in this suit. Just curious what your thoughts are since a reader posted a link to your blog It’s so good to hear this experience didn’t cause you the mental distress as one woman in Seattle is claiming. Not discounting what she’s feeling, but she has filed a lawsuit against AA because this flight has caused her extreme emotional distress.

Many assume this is a greedy suit and based on her statements rather than just the facts of what occurred. It appears the crew followed procedure at the time, but these are being amended by Boeing presently, so that this scenario isn’t repeated by any carrier.

Would you feel passenger Jewel Thomas has a valid suit against AA based on the FAA report presented? All the readers comments following the article point out a lot of interesting viewpoints to consider to determine whether if it is or not.

I hope you will share this with your readers and perhaps others who were on this flight with you and her will contribute their thoughts on this suit. If it’s a valid suit then perhaps others need to contact the law firm representing this plaintiff:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012779009_american02m.html

I’m just a reader of the local news and in no way related to nor know any of the litigants involved in this suit. Just curious what your thoughts are since a reader posted a link to your blog

]]> By: Di http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-80500 Di Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:42:14 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=980#comment-80500 I had tears in my eyes (they didn't fall so they don't count) but I am glad you got down safely. I don't like flying, I could imagine reacting like you but I think I chose to do the shock thing for you here, safely, at the desk ... :) Bizarre but true. I had tears in my eyes (they didn’t fall so they don’t count) but I am glad you got down safely. I don’t like flying, I could imagine reacting like you but I think I chose to do the shock thing for you here, safely, at the desk … :)
Bizarre but true.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-77049 Jeremy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:54:21 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=980#comment-77049 Helen, You and your pilot are correct that Brisbane Airport (BNE / YBBN) has a second runway used normally for general aviation - the gate agent is mistaken. Here is a diagram of the airport: http://www.airplanephotozone.com/airport/diagram_YBBN.gif Your gate agent probably didn't know about it because this runway (14/32) is almost never used by jets, as it's only 1700m long compared to 3560m on the "main" runway (01/19). But the smaller Embraer regional jets may be able to land there under specific conditions and requiring a lot of braking, as you noticed. To bring this a bit on topic, this is an example of how flexible modern airplanes really are - they are capable of quite a bit more performance than you typically see in daily operations, and have contingency after contingency all planned for. This is all for safety, as demonstrated in the bird-strike on takeoff that you also mentioned, and in the fact that the 757 in the original posting landed quite safely despite the major electrical problem. --Jeremy, student pilot Helen,

You and your pilot are correct that Brisbane Airport (BNE / YBBN) has a second runway used normally for general aviation – the gate agent is mistaken. Here is a diagram of the airport:
http://www.airplanephotozone.com/airport/diagram_YBBN.gif

Your gate agent probably didn’t know about it because this runway (14/32) is almost never used by jets, as it’s only 1700m long compared to 3560m on the “main” runway (01/19). But the smaller Embraer regional jets may be able to land there under specific conditions and requiring a lot of braking, as you noticed.

To bring this a bit on topic, this is an example of how flexible modern airplanes really are – they are capable of quite a bit more performance than you typically see in daily operations, and have contingency after contingency all planned for. This is all for safety, as demonstrated in the bird-strike on takeoff that you also mentioned, and in the fact that the 757 in the original posting landed quite safely despite the major electrical problem.

–Jeremy, student pilot

]]> By: Berit http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/09/22/unscheduled-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-77015 Berit Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:17:55 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=980#comment-77015 Wow. A good read for this fellow frequent traveler. I don't enjoy flying either, but mostly because I get scared (no matter what statistics I've memorized about having better chances of being killed by a donkey and whatnot). Wondering if this experience makes you feel more safe or less safe in the air... Wow. A good read for this fellow frequent traveler. I don’t enjoy flying either, but mostly because I get scared (no matter what statistics I’ve memorized about having better chances of being killed by a donkey and whatnot). Wondering if this experience makes you feel more safe or less safe in the air…

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