Video has come out of one of the coaches for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of a United charter flight taking the team to Toronto.
FAA is investigating apparent breach of security regs for cockpits.
Already an active discussion in the aviation omnibus thread.
I used to have a plan to write a book called something like “Crossroads” or “Turning Points.”
The premise was that – for many of us – we can easily point to a specific time in our lives, and/or a specific decision or set of circumstances that Changed Everything.
I’d like to have interviewed these pilots in a few years. Going out on a limb … I can guess what incident would turn out to have been so seminal in their lives.
Ya know, sometimes you just want somebody to talk about gladiator movies with.
My eyes, skimming over the board headlines, contracted the header to “…investigating United for letting Roach into cockpit.”
You are Kareem.
Well, at least they didn’t let the Andes into the cockpit. That never ends well.
All I could think as I watched the video on the news was “Why would you video something like this??” After all, illegal and potentially career-ending??
I have had that thought many, many times since the iPhone began to work its magic.
My former employer reminded us over and over that everybody has a camera, it’s always pointed at you / your workmanship, and no photo / video you yourself take will remain reliably private. And all of those things will bite you in the ass.
It seems they had a continuous low-level problem with pix appearing in public of shit that should not be happening, or pix that shouldn’t themselves have been taken even though what they pictured was ordinary and benign.
They’re coming out with a sequel to Alive
Second helpings
Letting them on the flight-deck to sit in the seat is stupid. Letting it be filmed is so stupid it makes you wonder if they just didn’t know the rules. Ignorant and stupid.
I’ve posted my thoughts above, but
Hell, we had that problem now and again. After all, the galley is right behind the wall behind the FO.
Or, the pilots were firing up a marijuana joint stub, like those Pinnacle Airlines 3701 dudebros seemed this close to doing.