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Offline Canadian eh

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Offline djshan

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Re: keystone pilot charged
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2008, 12:13:03 AM »
the company shouldve been forced to shut down. the pilot shouldnt be responsible for this.

Offline Switch Monkey

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Re: keystone pilot charged
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2008, 09:41:25 PM »
From the article: "He miscalculated the amount of fuel needed given the weather conditions and also decided to press on with the flight despite being aware of the possibility that the Piper Navajo aircraft was not equipped with a mandatory auto-pilot system, she ruled."

Uhhh, what does no auto pilot have to do with running out of gas? 

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Re: keystone pilot charged
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2008, 10:01:03 PM »
From the article: "He miscalculated the amount of fuel needed given the weather conditions and also decided to press on with the flight despite being aware of the possibility that the Piper Navajo aircraft was not equipped with a mandatory auto-pilot system, she ruled."

Uhhh, what does no auto pilot have to do with running out of gas? 

Apparently George has a secret fuel surplus behind the panel that no one can see.  Or at least, I can't.  :-P