Yak Yak Yak Yak Yak Yak...Oh $hit! ABORT! ABORT!

[CoolBreeze]

Unrelated pilot prattle cited for Yeager takeoff screwup

The two pilots aboard the US Airways Express flight that aborted takeoff at Charleston's Yeager Airport last month incorrectly set the aircraft's flaps and "engaged in stretches of nonpertinent chatter" before the botched flight attempt, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

"Before starting the takeoff roll, the crew is believed to have incorrectly set the flaps -- movable panels at the rear of the wings that provide essential lift. As the jet accelerated down the runway, reached almost 100 miles per hour and its front landing gear was lifting off the ground, the crew realized the mistake. . . . The pilots quickly readjusted the flaps, prompting an automated cockpit warning to abandon takeoff. The crew then tried but failed to stop the jet before it rolled into the safety area."

In an article in Tuesday's Journal, aviation reporter Andy Pasztor, citing unnamed industry officials, wrote that the main reason for the aborted takeoff was "a fundamental breakdown of pilot discipline, including personal conversation in the cockpit."

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201002100701

[DJSHOCKLEY]

Unrelated pilot prattle cited for Yeager takeoff screwup

The two pilots aboard the US Airways Express flight that aborted takeoff at Charleston's Yeager Airport last month incorrectly set the aircraft's flaps and "engaged in stretches of nonpertinent chatter" before the botched flight attempt, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

"Before starting the takeoff roll, the crew is believed to have incorrectly set the flaps -- movable panels at the rear of the wings that provide essential lift. As the jet accelerated down the runway, reached almost 100 miles per hour and its front landing gear was lifting off the ground, the crew realized the mistake. . . . The pilots quickly readjusted the flaps, prompting an automated cockpit warning to abandon takeoff. The crew then tried but failed to stop the jet before it rolled into the safety area."

In an article in Tuesday's Journal, aviation reporter Andy Pasztor, citing unnamed industry officials, wrote that the main reason for the aborted takeoff was "a fundamental breakdown of pilot discipline, including personal conversation in the cockpit."

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201002100701

Will they have to release the recordings to the public??