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February 25th, 2008, 15:11
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|  GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Full story @ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe...ef=mpstoryview Would be more then a little disconcerting having that happen. They say natural causes but he looks rather young to be dieing from old age. Wonder what happened. RIP man. |
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February 25th, 2008, 15:22
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Natural causes doesn't mean old age, just an unprovoked medical emergency. Could have been a heart attack, stroke, etc. Very possible at 43. |
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February 25th, 2008, 15:26
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Very tragic  i wonder what the captain must of been thinking... |
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February 25th, 2008, 15:41
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight In the original CNN report they actually put a picture -taken from the gate area I suppose- of the poor guy dead in his seat...Thank God CNN removed the pic! RIP .
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February 25th, 2008, 16:42
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Wow they did remove it. It was there when I first saw it.. Yea pretty disturbing. |
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February 25th, 2008, 16:45
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February 25th, 2008, 18:00
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Quote:
 
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February 25th, 2008, 18:08
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 | Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Sadly it doesn't surprise me at all that they put the pic up like that Yet another reason I hate the media. So sensationalistic.
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February 25th, 2008, 19:13
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Well at least they realized their mistake pretty fast and took the correct actions. They can be a bit thick headed sometimes. |
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February 25th, 2008, 19:45
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February 25th, 2008, 20:40
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February 25th, 2008, 22:10
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Is it any more insensitive than posting news of his death?
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February 25th, 2008, 22:27
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight It would be insensitive to you if I posted my response to the picture you sent me today 
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February 26th, 2008, 02:38
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight Insensitive would be putting in an application on the hopes that a position just became available. |
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February 26th, 2008, 07:17
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| Re: GB Airways Co-pilot dies mid-flight I would consider it pretty insensitive towards the family and friends of the deceased. It seems anything goes if it means selling a story. My brother died in an airshow flying accident nearly 5 years ago. They (ie the news media) were broadcasting the video on the national news within 40 minutes. The families hadn't even been informed yet at that point in time. They usually don't care about such small details of decency though. I'm glad someone saw fit to take the photo down in this case. |
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February 27th, 2008, 17:38
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Me neither. Only surprise for me is that they didn't use it as yet another springboard into another rant about why a flight was late....
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