"Tombstone" agency splitting hairs again

It was actually a Columbian airliner
Running on fumes and augured in
I remember that one

Jim Macklin wrote:
you just blamed Mexican culture.




"Jose" wrote in message
om...
| This was clearly a machismo thing.
|
| Was it?
|
| Could it also have been a timidity thing? In this
country, the pilot(s)
| in command has the absolute final say on what goes on in
the plane.
| It's even written into the FARs. This might not be true
in the other
| countries. For example (I know, not a parallel), I'm told
by pilots who
| once flew there that in Mexico, flights have to be
dispatched by a
| military commander.
|
| These kinds of differences will manifest themselves in
training and
| attitude in the cockpit. They may have simply been
"afraid of the
| anticipated mountain of paperwork" not realizing (deep
down) that
| nothing like that would occur in this country for
declaring an emergency
| and doing whatever was necessary to meet the emergency.
|
| That would be the opposite of machismo.
|
| Not everything can be blamed on culture.
|
| Jose
| --
| "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you
can't see where
| it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry
Potter).
| for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

yep, that is the one.



"BillyJack" wrote in message
...
| It was actually a Columbian airliner
| Running on fumes and augured in
| I remember that one
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| you just blamed Mexican culture.
|
|
|
|
| "Jose" wrote in message
| om...
| | This was clearly a machismo thing.
| |
| | Was it?
| |
| | Could it also have been a timidity thing? In this
| country, the pilot(s)
| | in command has the absolute final say on what goes on
in
| the plane.
| | It's even written into the FARs. This might not be
true
| in the other
| | countries. For example (I know, not a parallel), I'm
told
| by pilots who
| | once flew there that in Mexico, flights have to be
| dispatched by a
| | military commander.
| |
| | These kinds of differences will manifest themselves in
| training and
| | attitude in the cockpit. They may have simply been
| "afraid of the
| | anticipated mountain of paperwork" not realizing (deep
| down) that
| | nothing like that would occur in this country for
| declaring an emergency
| | and doing whatever was necessary to meet the
emergency.
| |
| | That would be the opposite of machismo.
| |
| | Not everything can be blamed on culture.
| |
| | Jose
| | --
| | "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if
you
| can't see where
| | it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry
| Potter).
| | for Email, make the obvious change in the address.
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
yep, that is the one.


Maybe this one? http://www.joesharkey.com (the reporter aboard the Legacy
jet).



"BillyJack" wrote in message
...
| It was actually a Columbian airliner
| Running on fumes and augured in
| I remember that one
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| you just blamed Mexican culture.
|
|
|
|
| "Jose" wrote in message
| om...
| | This was clearly a machismo thing.
| |
| | Was it?
| |
| | Could it also have been a timidity thing? In this
| country, the pilot(s)
| | in command has the absolute final say on what goes on
in
| the plane.
| | It's even written into the FARs. This might not be
true
| in the other
| | countries. For example (I know, not a parallel), I'm
told
| by pilots who
| | once flew there that in Mexico, flights have to be
| dispatched by a
| | military commander.
| |
| | These kinds of differences will manifest themselves in
| training and
| | attitude in the cockpit. They may have simply been
| "afraid of the
| | anticipated mountain of paperwork" not realizing (deep
| down) that
| | nothing like that would occur in this country for
| declaring an emergency
| | and doing whatever was necessary to meet the
emergency.
| |
| | That would be the opposite of machismo.
| |
| | Not everything can be blamed on culture.
| |
| | Jose
| | --
| | "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if
you
| can't see where
| | it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry
| Potter).
| | for Email, make the obvious change in the address.
|
|