A question for this august group. David Dao could have walked off the plane on his own accord at any time and this would been a non-event. Why do you think he chose to be dragged down the aisle instead? It was his choice. If you watch the TMZ video (which I encourage everyone to do) taken from the seat behind him he tells the police officer he would prefer be hauled off to jail against his will, including being dragged down the aisle, and sue United rather than give up his seat. All three parties in this sad affair are at fault. The passenger, the airline and the police. The reality is it turned into a perfect storm of shared stupidity and poor decision making. The potential good news is that United Airlines will never be the same again, hopefully in a positive passenger-centric way. Let us hope all the other airlines in the world take note. Oh, let's not disparage an entire company of 86,000 mostly great, competent and professional people because of poor decisions by three policemen a

(Written on 2017/04/13)(Permalink)

Don't most modern aircraft have a flight management system that would allow the novice pilot, with help from someone on the ground, to just enter an airport code and fly the plane in full auto mode all the way to touchdown and stop?

(Written on 2016/02/20)(Permalink)