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$603: Los Angeles to Beijing
Fresh Airfare | November 3rd 2009 by Franklin
The thought of visiting Beijing in November in December may not be the ideal family trip, but it is the ideal business trip! We found this unannounced deal on Northwest Airlines (NWA.com) for Los Angeles (LAX) to Beijing (PEK) for $603 (after taxes) read more
Los pilotos que olvidaron aterrizar llevaban sus portátiles en l…
Calma Digital | November 3rd 2009 by José Vergara González
AUTOR: ELPAÍS.com – El País – 27/10/2009 Ambos trabajadores confiesan que iban utilizando sus ordenadores durante el vuelo y que perdieron “la noción del tiempo” Los dos pilotos de Northwest Airlines que la pasada semana ol read more
Travel Rant: Delta Has A Funny Way Of Cancelling A Flight
FunnyBusiness | October 29th 2009 by Elana Centor
Yesterday I went to the Northwest Airlines website and checked in for my 7:00 p.m. flight back to Minneapolis. I even gave them my credit card info for my checked bag. When I arrived at the airport I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Excuses for the Northwest pilots
Gulliver | October 28th 2009
Why else might they have missed Minneapolis? THE two pilots of the Northwest Airlines flight that missed Minneapolis airport by 150 miles last Wednesday will be the butt of jokes, humorous and otherwise, for some tim read more
Straighten Up and Fly Right
The Apathy Remedy | October 27th 2009 by Corey P
I wrote a post before on the tragedies of the flight/air traffic accidents of the past few years. This new one, however, is a tragedy that didn't result in the loss of life. Thankfully. What was lost was aircraft standards and a little read more
NORTHWEST AIRLINES TO INCLUDE RECLINERS, SOOTHING MUSIC IN COCKPI…
The Virtual Union | October 27th 2009
Eagan, MN – With the recent mystery and controversy swirling around Northwest Airlines flight 188 the airline, and the FAA are falling under a great deal of scrutiny. That incident, in which the pilots overshot their landing zone by 150 miles after read more
FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines 'laptop pilots'
Aircrew Buzz | October 27th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis in an Airbus A320 after having been out of radio contact with the ground for a period of time. The read more
NWA AV8TRS: WTF?
The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks | October 27th 2009
I’m not sure what’s more troubling about the two Northworst pilots who overflew their destination last week - that the airline has crew scheduling software that’s apparently so complex it takes 90 minutes of remedial training to f read more
What You Missed Last Night: Top ten Northwest pilot excuses
TV Squad | October 27th 2009 by Mark Watson
We've all heard about the Northwest Airlines pilots that flew their plane full of passengers 150 miles past their destination. First they said they were arguing and not sleeping, then yesterday it came out that they were on their laptops. Probably on read more
Delta's apology to passengers on NWA Flight 188
My@ltaCITIES of Los Angeles | October 27th 2009 by Michael Foxworth
..."On behalf of Northwest and Delta Air Lines, I want to take this opportunity to offer you my immediate and sincere apology for the inconvenience and concern you were caused when Northwest Flight 188 was delayed on arrival at Minneapolis/St. Paul o read more
NWA Pilots Busy on Laptops, Overshoot Airport
Dissenting Justice | October 27th 2009 by Darren Hutchinson
The Northwest Airlines pilots that flew past their Minneapolis destination last week say they were distracted by their laptops. Apparently, the pilots were so engrossed reading their new flight schedules that they missed the airport and about an hour read more
Pilots too busy with laptops to remember flight path, go 150 mile…
Technology News, Gadgets, Consumer Electronics and More | October 27th 2009 by SAVAD AM
That Northwest Flight 188 San Diego to Minneapolis that went 150 miles off course? Well, it wasn't because of alcohol or sleeping. No, the cause here was the pilots using their personal laptops while talking about "airline crew flight scheduling pro read more
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Update for Northwest Pilots
Politicomix | October 27th 2009 by Roberto De Vido
Nintendo DSi with larger screens coming this year to Japan?
Tech-Storm -- Your Aggregate Tech News Source | October 27th 2009 by Eric Nakasako
The Nintendo DSi in its current form is just about to round its first Japanese birthday on November 1st, and if Nikkei has anything to say about it, the two-screener’s all set for an oncoming growth spurt. According to a report from the public read more
Another GTL™ Open Post Monday: ObamaCare Public Option Finally…
Gun-Toting Liberal | October 26th 2009
THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… Okay, let’s have some more of that goo read more
Reason for NWA 188 overflight revealed
George S May Blog | October 26th 2009 by frederick
If you are already afraid to fly, this next one probably won’t make you feel any better. From WSJ: “This one isn’t about fatigue, it’s about complacency. In some ways, the latest update from the National Transportation Safety Board about Nort read more
Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping
Fly-on-The-Web | October 26th 2009 by Michael Foxworth
"We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were not having a fight. It was not a serious event, from a safety issue. I would tell you more, but I've already told you way too much." - Pilot Richard Cole, Northwest Airlines #188, said in f read more
Why hasn’t NW188 decended yet?
Up Up & A Gay | October 26th 2009 by Bobby
Much like the rest of the country, I’m confused about what really happened on Northwest Airlines (Delta) Flight 188 from San Diego to Minneapolis. For those that might not have heard, the pilots were having a “heated” discussion ab read more
Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping
My@ltaCITIES of Los Angeles | October 24th 2009 by Michael Foxworth
"We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were not having a fight. It was not a serious event, from a safety issue. I would tell you more, but I've already told you way too much." - Pilot Richard Cole, Northwest Airlines #188, said in f read more
Pilotos se olvidan de aterrizar el avion por estar discutiendo
Caco Duro | October 24th 2009
Un avión de Northwest Airlines que viajaba de San Diego (California, oeste) a Minneápolis (Minnesota, norte) se pasó 240 km de su destino porque los pilotos estaban absortos en una “discusión animada”, informó la agencia de segurida read more
Somebody Call Homeland Security!
PublicLens | October 23rd 2009 by Mark Traphagen
You might have heard the unsettling news today about Northwest Airlines Flight NWA188. The plane lost contact with ground controllers for over an hour and strayed way past its destination airport (Minneapolis) before turning around and heading back.B read more
Northwest pilots lose situational awareness, overfly destination
Aircrew Buzz | October 23rd 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanThe U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an incident in which a Northwest Airlines A320 aircraft overflew its destination by approximately 150 miles. The two pilots attributed the incident to a loss of s read more
A Northwest plane overshot a runway by 100 miles
Lucrative Investing | October 23rd 2009 by Chris McClelland
The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into exactly why a Northwest Airlines airplane that was headed to Minneapolis would have overshot the airport by more than 100 miles this week. Northwest Flight 188 was on its way to Minneapolis fr read more
Up Where We Don't Belong
La Dolce Gangster | October 23rd 2009 by GDub
Photo from flightaware.com.Two pilots got super pissed off about airline policy, talked about it, lost situational awareness that they were commandeering a commercial jetliner with 140 some odd passengers aboard, realized they had missed Minneapolis read more
Distracted Pilots
The Unintelligencer | October 23rd 2009
Hey, don't worry about it guys. I got in a heated debate with my first mate over which movie was better, 'Happy Gilmore' or 'Billy Madison'. We ended up on the wrong friggin continent and discovered the New World. EPIC WIN!- Christopher Columbus [ read more
Pilots who overshot destination by 150 miles may have been asleep
The Chronicles from the Empire | October 23rd 2009 by Sten A. Hankewitz
Two American pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles and claimed that they had been having a heated discussion on airline policy may in fact have been asleep, The Times reports. The pair were flying a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 from Sa read more
Delta Suspends Pilots due to 2 Incidents
Airline News Blog | October 23rd 2009 by Jason Rhen
Delta forced to suspend pilots after two bad incidents Delta Airlines has suspended a group of Pilots for two incidents in two days that occurred near the end of their respective flights. The first incident was with a Delta Airlines Boeing 767 arri read more
Delta Expands Int’l Service Summer 2010
Airline News Blog | October 20th 2009 by Jason Rhen
More International Growth for Delta Airlines Delta Airlines has announced schedule changes for next summer that will increase cooperation with Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines and capitalize on additional synergies with former Northwest Airlines that read more
My Flight Experience with Northwest Airlines/Delta – July 2009
The Adventures of Jessica Sideways | October 15th 2009 by Jessica Sideways
In July of 2009 when I went over to Thailand for my sex reassignment surgery, I flew to Bangkok on Delta/Northwest Airlines simply because it was the least expensive fare available. Well, even though many of my wounds are healing from surgery and muc read more
DOT On-Time Report for August
Airline News Blog | October 6th 2009 by Jason Rhen
The Depart of Transportation has released the August 2009 on-time report for U.S. airlines. The rankings are as follows: Hawaiian – 94.7% Alaska – 85.8% SkyWest – 84.4% Frontier – 83.8% ExpressJet – 83.4% Southwest read more
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