Your Northwest Itinerary

Did you see the latest? You know that two Northwest pilots on their way from San Diego (!) who overshot Detroit by 150 miles and had to turn around at Eau Claire, Wisconsin? They “missed their exit” because they were on their LAPTOPS. I love it!

• Oh I SEE, please turn off and stow all electronic devices and anything with an on/off switch…so as Not. To. Compete. For. Bandwidth with your pilots!
• One of the pilots had 20,000 hours of flying time, but he was apparently watching DVDs through most of it. 
• “Look at this awesome video game I’m playing – those look just like real fighter jets coming to shoot down a commercial flight” 
• At least they quit claiming that they were just engrossed in Sully Sullenberg's new book.
• I hope their update to facebook was worth it. 
• The facebook update in question? Included a smiley face =)  
• They were allegedly trying to figure out the new scheduling software so they could get their PTO requests on the books… I think they’re going to get that time off, alright. 
• Ummm, as I sit here, I am thinking that maybe I shouldn’t be entering this blog from my boss’s staff meeting.

=)