Originally Posted by
jamienbaker
Here's a question. Had you been a passenger on Northwest 255 or Spanair 5022 seated in First and noticed the flaps were improperly set, would you have tried to storm the cockpit? In both instances, any novice pilot or accomplished road warrior could have glanced out and realized these flights wouldn't have made it off the ground.
Except, not all transport category jet use flaps for takeoff. The A-300 comes to mind as it normally only uses slats 15 and flaps 0.
Or the time I had a pax write a letter to the company about how unprofessional I was because I did not due a mag check before I took off. There are no mags on turbine aircraft.
Sometimes a
little knowledge is a dangerous thing.