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Should passengers be breathalysing the pilots too? If cost cutting is affecting safety then maybe it's gone too far. Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM re

Should passengers be breathalysing the pilots too? If cost cutting is affecting safety then maybe it's gone too far. Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM reduction in an exec's bonus.

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jupp0r 3y ago
Not sure about you, but I'd appreciate a fellow passenger pointing out any missing bolts on any flights I'm on.
andix 3y ago
If you notice the pilot being drunk you should speak up.
otikik 3y ago
I was, in fact, in a flight where one of the pilots didn’t seem… fit to flight when he was approaching the airplane at the airport. He was visibly wobbly. The flight was delayed until a replacement pilot arrived
- trhway 3y ago
  "The drunkennes of the pilot doesn't matter really, anyway the autopilot does the job" - that is how the representative of Aeroflot was trying to convince the passengers to proceed with the flight when he was called on board after the passengers refused to flight with the drunk crew (usually Russian passengers are fine with drunk pilots, the situation here was an exception because the actual passenger who felt entitled for sober crew and raised the noise was Ksenija Sobchak - the daughter of the guy who "godfathered" Putin when Putin was just a clerk in St-Petersburg city office)
  - reisse 3y ago
    That's probably the funniest klyukva I've ever heard.
    - singleshot_ 3y ago
      I’ll bite: what does “cranberry” have to do with stories about Russians? The phrase “the old chestnut” to refer to a story about American history springs to mind…
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM reduction in an exec's bonus One of the crowning achievements of the FAA has been resisting the American penchant for retribution. If a missing bolt triggers a $1mm fine for a senior manager, you won't find missing bolts.

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Should passengers be breathalysing the pilots too? If cost cutting is affecting safety then maybe it's gone too far. Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM re

by anotherhue 3y ago

Should passengers be breathalysing the pilots too? If cost cutting is affecting safety then maybe it's gone too far. Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM reduction in an exec's bonus.

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jupp0r 3y ago
Not sure about you, but I'd appreciate a fellow passenger pointing out any missing bolts on any flights I'm on.
andix 3y ago
If you notice the pilot being drunk you should speak up.
otikik 3y ago
I was, in fact, in a flight where one of the pilots didn’t seem… fit to flight when he was approaching the airplane at the airport. He was visibly wobbly. The flight was delayed until a replacement pilot arrived
- trhway 3y ago
  "The drunkennes of the pilot doesn't matter really, anyway the autopilot does the job" - that is how the representative of Aeroflot was trying to convince the passengers to proceed with the flight when he was called on board after the passengers refused to flight with the drunk crew (usually Russian passengers are fine with drunk pilots, the situation here was an exception because the actual passenger who felt entitled for sober crew and raised the noise was Ksenija Sobchak - the daughter of the guy who "godfathered" Putin when Putin was just a clerk in St-Petersburg city office)
  - reisse 3y ago
    That's probably the funniest klyukva I've ever heard.
    - singleshot_ 3y ago
      I’ll bite: what does “cranberry” have to do with stories about Russians? The phrase “the old chestnut” to refer to a story about American history springs to mind…
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Every missing bolt should trigger a $1MM reduction in an exec's bonus One of the crowning achievements of the FAA has been resisting the American penchant for retribution. If a missing bolt triggers a $1mm fine for a senior manager, you won't find missing bolts.