tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post4334430324333513235..comments2023-05-14T07:01:43.831-06:00Comments on Brainucopia: The Brainucopia salutes...May Voirreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02124732707708291801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post-57963343124363242822009-01-18T00:31:00.000-07:002009-01-18T00:31:00.000-07:00Take some comfort in the fact that our close call ...Take some comfort in the fact that our close call was not due to flying on US Air. The BWI tower cleared us to land on the same runway where they had cleared another plane to take off. The pilot aborted the landing by overriding the computer-programmed descent and taking manual control when he saw--with his human eyes--what was about to happen on the ground. Let's hear it for good pilots.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to fly the East Coast and not take US Airways. When I flew for business, that's what I flew almost exclusively. At least they seem to hire competent pilots.May Voirreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124732707708291801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post-56480473469432768332009-01-17T21:50:00.000-07:002009-01-17T21:50:00.000-07:00OK, I'm starting to get scared about US Air. I kno...OK, I'm starting to get scared about US Air. I know two other people who almost crashed on US Air flights. That's a total of 3. I fly US Air for business at least 3 times a year, starting to think I need to take Quantas just to get to Ohio, like Rain Man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com