Delta 767 lands on taxiway at world's busiest airport - this one might have been bad

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Duh wrote:

Where are all the smarta## comments about Delta and the superior pilots. If this happened at SWA you would be roasting the (niche) carrier!!!!! I guess even the Delta Cols. and Majs. screw up. Two times in two day what a bunch of tools>>>>. Quit polishing the brass and start looking at your instruments!!!!!

OldCapt wrote:

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Oh, stop playing Joan of Arc. The world is not out to get SWA. It is not 1971, Branniff is gone, CAL has been neutralized and AA is out of Love Field. You are now the biggest US domestic carrier so you can stop playing the put upon underdog. As far as Delta taking the heat for their mistakes, go back to the late eighties when they were screwing up six ways Sunday and Dave Letterman did the top ten reasons to fly on Delta. My favorite was "Does our engine noise bother you? we'll shut 'em off!" (Reference to when two bubbas accidentally shut down both engines on a 767 departing LAX, came close to hitting the water, severely overtemped both engines and then continued on to CVG.)

Duh wrote:

Old Capt, Its all done tongue and cheek. The are still a few DAL boys out there that think they are beyond reproach. We here it all the time on our jumpseats, "you only fly narrow bodies" "you don't fly international" Before it was you don't fly into major cities: i.e. BOS, LGA, PHL, so on and so on. In the end I'm very thankful that another plane did not pull on to the taxiway about the time they were touching down at the 1k ft. marker. Lucky part two is the flight was reached. It would have been very tragic to have a flight run out of fuel and try a dead stick somewhere or even ditch a perfectly operational a/c. Its a wake up call to us all. <quoted text>

RUDY wrote:

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There is no excuse for what happened. However, have you ever flown an all nighter to Reo, and an all nighter back from Reo the next night, and then had a Med Emergency on final after flying 9 1/2 hours straight? Just wondering if you think you would be performing at peek level. Just wondering

OldCapt wrote:

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Rudy, 1. REO is an old car, Rio is Rio de Janeiro.
2. On a flight this long there is a third relief pilot so everybody gets a 2 hour 40 minute rest period.
3. Yes, it's still a beater! But if you can't hack it, don't bid it. The fact is it is a VERY senior trip at most airlines because it gives a ton of flight time in a short period. So even though it is tiring, guys bid it for the money. Pilots will often give up safety for the right amount of money.

RUDY wrote:

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There is no excuse for what happened. However, have you ever flown an all nighter to Reo, and an all nighter back from Reo the next night, and then had a Med Emergency on final after flying 9 1/2 hours straight? Just wondering if you think you would be performing at peek level. Just wondering

Duh wrote:

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Rudy have you ever done 7 legs dodging thunderstorms in TX, then late to your overnight, get FAR legal crew rest wake up to do 6 more legs? We all have our good and bad. Period. AS I said I'm happy everything turned up alright! We have PIC authority we need to fly the a/c and not be distracted by discussions about company policy or medicals. Again I'm happy we are discussing this here instead of making funeral arangements for our compadres and customers.