I agree 100%. I used to be a CP of a commuter company and I will readily attest that there are many parts of these operations that bag you out long before the CARs time limits are reached - pax delays, the stress of OTP, weather, limits approaches, ATC and ground handling delays, passenger problems...in the 704 it goes on forever. "That's why you're paid the big bucks..." It's got nothing to do with it. Besides the big bucks are certainly not in the 704 or 135.
I certainly hand it to the crew to resist the company pressure to go n when they are "tapped out", tho perhaps they could have foreseen it a bit earlier.
Incredible story of resilience and determination in the face of multiple hazards to be rescued. Almost unbelievable. Someone was watching over her. My personal philosophy is if you don't die in that crash & subsequent evac, you never will go that way.
This incident is so shocking as to be almost unbelievable. The F/A who reported this to the crew has to be honoured for initiative and observation. He/she underscores the true dependency of the flight deck on ALL CREW MEMBERS.
I will be very surprised if many LCCs can survive this, because they have so much smaller profit margins and are in a poor position to weather the storm
They have depended on high capacity and tightly controlled costs to survive - neither of which is going to be available in the post-recovery.
You know not every little dinky upset that happens in aviation - some of which happen every day - rates a squawk. Some of these things are mindless. Their terrifyingness is only created by the media who thinks everyone on the plane is going to die if the screens went blank, a plane had a hard landing, some upset idiot (drunk) passenger got outta hand and had to be restrained, a plane slides off the runway in icy conditions.
These are virtually everyday occurrences in North America, and don't rate a squawk. They are only a big deal because the media gets a hold of them and exaggerates or magnifies their severity. I would recommend that YOU don't do that also.
errrr, helloe....click off and fly manually...?
WTF these Asian airlines seem to be mindlessly glued to the automation and cannot release it. This is a 10-year history pattern.
