woodstock
Final Approach
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/05/05/DI2005050501293.html
some mention of the pilots obviously.
some mention of the pilots obviously.
Agreed. Perhaps there is a silver lining to this incident afterall.Ron Levy said:I'm extremely glad to see this incident being perceived as a "false alarm" rather than a near-death experience. Perhaps that will help us in the long run -- "look at all the resources expended and wasted time and effort over nothing" rather than "look what almost happened."
I was talking to my wife this morning when she was in her car. She was in Jacksonville; I was in Orlando. Suddenly, she said "Nuts, I'm going to get pulled over." We hung up. She called back in five minutes. The cop got her going 67 in a 45 zone. She cried and said "I'm-so-lost-and-I-have-to-get-downtown-and-I'm-late-and-I-don't-know-where-I-am..."drhunt said:While I agree with fines, I sure don't see us shooting down errant car drivers. For that matter, we seem to exercise incredible patience ...
drhunt said:Thanks Elizabeth. This is a good one...
Airpla, Neb.: Can we please start charging these pilots who fly into restricted airspace? I wasn't worried because I just figured it was another stupid pilot. But pilots should be held responsible for their actions. If you drive the wrong way down a one-way street, you can get a ticket, even if it was a mistake. If you run a stop sign because you didn't see it, you still can get a ticket. I suggest a $10,000 fine for violating restricted airspace.
Either that or let's just shoot down the next plane that enters restricted airspace. I bet after that, pilots won't be making this mistake.