Is The Controller To Blame For The Comair Crash? - Page 2

Isaac-Saxxon · 09-25-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sbl_admin

A federal investigator says the air traffic controller had worked for almost 15 hours and slept for two.
FOX_News

The controller should know that the peoples lives are in his hands and
if he had worked to long he should have made a report on this so it
would have been on record and he would not be taking so much heat.
Either way it is very sad for all parties.

LateNight · 09-30-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

It does?

Where did one happen today? Yesterday?

so it took a few days..

Here's one.

Little chance of survivors in Brazil crash

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Chances of finding any survivors from the plane that crashed into the Amazon jungle are "practically non-existent," Brazil's airport authority chief said Saturday. The Gol Airlines jet with 155 people on board may have clipped a corporate jet in midair before plunging into dense rainforest.

joepole · 10-01-2006, 02:08 AM

That's hardly "daily."

rhertz · 10-01-2006, 11:50 PM

joepole, you are correct. Commercial aviation is *by far* the safest form of travel by any measure. Speaking for myself, I do not know anyone who was killed in a plane accident. But my brother and my accountant were both killed in car accidents in the 80's.

Driving is dangerous, yet is doesn't make me nervous at all to drive a car, as long as I am driving. But I hate to ride as a passenger in a car. As for flying, I simply hate it (post 9/11) even though I know it is safer. I have never piloted an airplane but I figure as long as I am "driving" I feel safe.. LOL, I think a lot of people may feel that way.

kansast · 10-02-2006, 02:19 AM

Yea, that's my deal as well. I'd feel safer if I was flying the plane, and I certainly feel safer when I'm driving.

"Don't like ridin', on the passenger side"

Wilco wrote a little song about, goes somethin' like this...

Passenger Side

joepole · 10-02-2006, 01:48 PM

>joepole, you are correct. Commercial aviation is *by far* the safest form of travel by any measure.

I wonder if subways or busses are safer.

LateNight · 10-02-2006, 01:54 PM

I know it's not practical for everyone. time being an issue like it is. But I've taken a few train trips across country before, and I had a blast.

Rode the Crescent City ? line from New Orleans to New York a few years back. Now I've flown from LA to NY countless times, but sitting in a Lounge car and watching the countryside roll by is something else! Also took the American Eagle express from Chicago to Denver, and that was a great trip as well. Eating dinner in the dining car and a few drinks in the lounge car... it's a GREAT way to travel

is it safer than flying, heck if I know. And I know it takes longer, but it was nice to sit back and take it easy, not being in any hurry for a change.

joepole · 10-02-2006, 02:50 PM

Train travel is nice but it's SLOW and not much cheaper (if any) than flying. If I can spend the same cash for a 4 hour trip or a 20 hour trip, why would I ever choose the latter?

LateNight · 10-02-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Train travel is nice but it's SLOW and not much cheaper (if any) than flying. If I can spend the same cash for a 4 hour trip or a 20 hour trip, why would I ever choose the latter?

Well like I said, it's not for everyone. Personally I enjoyed the slow pace, meeting folks in the lounge car and dining car.. and getting a close up view of parts of the country I've never seen before except to FLY over in a plane.

LateNight

10-01-2006, 02:08 AM	#18
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 259	Daily That's hardly "daily."

10-02-2006, 02:19 AM	#20
kansast Advanced Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 108 Rep Power: 225	Yea, that's my deal as well. I'd feel safer if I was flying the plane, and I certainly feel safer when I'm driving. "Don't like ridin', on the passenger side" Wilco wrote a little song about, goes somethin' like this... Passenger Side __________________ KansasT ------------------ "Up stairs the band was playin' and the singer was singin' somethin' 'bout going home"

10-02-2006, 01:48 PM	#21
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 259	Safest >joepole, you are correct. Commercial aviation is by far the safest form of travel by any measure. I wonder if subways or busses are safer.

10-02-2006, 02:50 PM	#23
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 259	Train travel Train travel is nice but it's SLOW and not much cheaper (if any) than flying. If I can spend the same cash for a 4 hour trip or a 20 hour trip, why would I ever choose the latter?

10-01-2006, 11:50 PM	#19
rhertz SBLive! Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,834 Rep Power: 295	joepole, you are correct. Commercial aviation is by far the safest form of travel by any measure. Speaking for myself, I do not know anyone who was killed in a plane accident. But my brother and my accountant were both killed in car accidents in the 80's. Driving is dangerous, yet is doesn't make me nervous at all to drive a car, as long as I am driving. But I hate to ride as a passenger in a car. As for flying, I simply hate it (post 9/11) even though I know it is safer. I have never piloted an airplane but I figure as long as I am "driving" I feel safe.. LOL, I think a lot of people may feel that way.

10-02-2006, 01:54 PM	#22
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 268	I know it's not practical for everyone. time being an issue like it is. But I've taken a few train trips across country before, and I had a blast. Rode the Crescent City ? line from New Orleans to New York a few years back. Now I've flown from LA to NY countless times, but sitting in a Lounge car and watching the countryside roll by is something else! Also took the American Eagle express from Chicago to Denver, and that was a great trip as well. Eating dinner in the dining car and a few drinks in the lounge car... it's a GREAT way to travel is it safer than flying, heck if I know. And I know it takes longer, but it was nice to sit back and take it easy, not being in any hurry for a change.

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