If she was drunk that opens a whole new line of questioning as to how the second controller working with her that night did not notice anything, or perhaps a better question is what did he notice at all. Her shift started at 10, he was on break until almost midnight, presumably it was not a two hour break (from 10-12) thus someone was with her for a period of time when her shift started.
Yeah a lot of it doesn't make sense cause there's pretty big pieces of information missing. My dad's a doc and he listened to it, his first thought that it was some kind of medical issue due to the "dips" in and out of coherence. But... if it's a medical then you don't necessarily get immediately fired. We'll have to see what comes of it cause there are definitely things we don't know.
Sounds like the same controller that worked that BA flight that burned down. It's too bad.
Yet one more reason why college football is so awesome. There were two national championship games recently. FCS (lower division) was January 1 and the big game (FBS) was last night. Do they do some boring flyover at the end of the national anthem with fighters?
Nope. FCS game has a B52 flyover and the FBS game flyover was with a U2 which I have never seen done before. Sweet on both accounts.
Yet one more reason why college football is so awesome. There were two national championship games recently. FCS (lower division) was January 1 and the big game (FBS) was last night. Do they do some boring flyover at the end of the national anthem with fighters?
Nope. FCS game has a B52 flyover and the FBS game flyover was with a U2 which I have never seen done before. Sweet on both accounts.
"The B-52 has been in active service with the USAF since 1955...
The B-52 completed sixty years of continuous service with its original operator in 2015. After being upgraded between 2013 and 2015, it is expected to serve into the 2050s"
My best memory of the B52 is watching them do circuits at the old Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas many years ago. Circuits like you see C152's doing out at Springbank when they are training. It just didn't seem natural but what a fantastic sight.
Canadian ATC units buy lunch for their US counterparts who are currently working unpaid due to the government shutdown. People they literally work with and talk to every day, I think it's pretty cool.
First A350 to land in Alberta diverted from YVR today and I was able to catch it.
Mighty as well plug it for anyone who might care, in the coming weeks I'll be launching an online store of photos I've collected airside over the last year. Not sure if any of them will be able to sell at all but I'm gonna give it a go.
I do like his videos but must say I am not a fan of how the audio is done. I'd prefer to hear the actual voice portion more clearly and without the general airport backgound noise. Other than that he seems to get some pretty decent shots of aircraft.
