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Originally Posted by falconvalley  The exact same thing happened here a while back. Both crewmembers got canned for it. Numerous FARs were violated when they took off without saying a word to anyone. |
The FO was my then roommate's good friend. From what I heard, the FO was asked to resign before the company fired him and hence would have a clean record. He has since gotten on at another regional. I don't know about the captain.
I've seen first hand how it would be possible to land at the wrong airport, even with all kinds of modern technology. I was jumpseating into Dayton on an USAir Express (not one of the wholly owned) CRJ and the FO who was very new offered to set up everything for the captain (FMS/ILS Freqs/Min Altitudes etc). The captain who I already thought was a pretty big ass from some of the stuff he had been saying) told the FO that it was a nice day out and it wasn't necessary. He told the FO to call the field in sight about 25 miles out (I didn't see it and I am based out of there). Anyhow about 5 miles later I realize he has lined up for Wright Patterson and not DAY. Being in the jumpseat I don't really want to say anything but going through about 1200 feet I pointed out that Dayton has two parallels with a terminal complex in the middle. He immediately starts cursing and yelling for the FO to start setting things up. I was glad I was getting off when we landed.