FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - oops - open engine latch on transcon flight
Old Jan 29, 2012 | 4:11 pm
  #6  
TWA Fan 1
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Programs: DL SM Plat, B6 TrueBlue, UA MP, AAdvantage
Posts: 10,008
Originally Posted by aubreyfromwheaton
As a traveler, if I noticed something out of the ordinary like that, I would have told the FA to tell the pilot. And then let the pilot decide how important it is, because I'm not an aeronautical engineer.

Because I'd rather make a normal landing in the middle of the country than an abnormal one.

Nice pickup to notice it.
The thing is, though, you would probably have to be an aeronautical engineer (or at least a pilot or aircraft mechanic) to notice something like that in the first place...
TWA Fan 1 is offline