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Old October 12th, 2006, 23:20   #5
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Default Re: Comair crash hypothetical

I had pax ask me "Do they know that engine isn't running?" While single-engine taxiing in an ATR. I've had pax tell me "Oh, I'm so glad you don't fly those horrid prop planes on this route anymore, these jets are SO much better!" While flying on an ATR-72-212A.

Pax say really stupid stuff to F/As, and those pax genuinely think they know what they're talking about. If you tell the F/As the pilots are on the wrong runway, you'll probably get a stern "Sir, the pilots know what they're doing, please sit down" from the F/A.

Now, with that being said, if you are absolutely, 100% sure that your life is quite possibly in eminent danger of ending, go ahead and raise a rukus.

But please, make sure that you really do know where you are and what's really going on before you go screaming to a plane load of people that they're taking off on the wrong runway or something similar!
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