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Originally Posted by BobDDuck  I don't want to piggyback on to your thread, but the captain I was flying with last week and I were discussing this. Say it's 2 in the morning and you land at the wrong (uncontrolled) airport. Do you a) confess, call the nearest approach/center/flight service and then work out a new flight plan to your destination with dispatch or do you b) just firewall it and head off to the correct airport with nobody the wiser? |
1. Call Union rep, if available, or fill out ALPA card and send in immediately.
2. Call Dispatch, MOD, whoever.
3. Start thinking up excuses.
There's NO WAY I would risk blasting off with a bunch of pax on board who are without a doubt going to wonder why their nonstop had a stop. ACARS will tell on you if it's there, as could ATC's radar. You can save your job if you suck it up and admit it, but if you try to cover it up and get caught your career is probably over.
And the original situation--is it even legal to change the PIC like that after the flight has been started? I'm pretty skeptical...and I don't know if I'd be recounting that story on the internet.