tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post4783909931262452466..comments2024-02-21T03:48:52.674-05:00Comments on Flying Lessons: Southwest 737 Good Samaritan or Good Grief?Christine Negronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190247339367487575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-2954374535606850292011-03-31T14:16:24.591-04:002011-03-31T14:16:24.591-04:00I agree with Frank. Controllers and pilots ask ea...I agree with Frank. Controllers and pilots ask each other to help all the time. A NORDO Cirrus isn't going to hurt a B737, and the B737 can't get too close lest they upset the Cirrus with wake turbulence. <br /><br />An airplane is a very mobile vehicle with a much better view of the world than a control tower, or TRACON room, and the emergency has the right of way, not the bigger one, not the one with more passengers, or nicer paint. If someone you can help may be in trouble, you divert, and implying that it should be otherwise in a post-anything world is irresponsible fearmongering.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-28056151237145027822011-03-30T21:16:25.263-04:002011-03-30T21:16:25.263-04:00I think Randy Babbit needs to take a chill pill. T...I think Randy Babbit needs to take a chill pill. There have been plenty of incidentw where a pilot has been incapacitated for long periods of time and I can assure you there is a very big difference between flying IFR formation on strip lights at night (done that) and passing by and airplane to see if someone's OK. I meanreally people, we're pilots not children. Get a grip.JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853602810254385054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-21135349905494977392011-03-30T15:25:16.813-04:002011-03-30T15:25:16.813-04:00This is an interesting story. I would need more i...This is an interesting story. I would need more information about the event before saying that the controller did anything wrong. <br /><br />If he asked the WN flight to fly formation on the SR-22, that is one thing. But if he asked him to descend 1000 feet as they passed the -22, that is something else entirely.<br /><br />Maybe this wasn't the best decision, but I don't feel that the safety of 100+ passengers was put in risk. <br /><br />Additionally, the WN crew shares the responsibility for accepting the controller's request. They could have said "unable" and that would/should have been the end of their involvement. <br /><br />I think this is an example of the aviation community looking after each other, and the media (and FAA leadership) succumbing to the splashy story without all the facts. <br /><br />Just my $.02.Frank Raymondnoreply@blogger.com