Appalling! I can only hope that the more publicity this topic gains, the louder the calls for reform will be.
Originally Posted by
Lucifer UK
Our state of mind became apparent only when London Control asked us which turning point we were heading for. We realised we had loaded the wrong route into the FMS. We had loaded our usual route instead of the different one we had been planned for today. I can only assume that with our conversation and mood during the loading of the FMS being dominated by the security treatment earlier that our usual cross-checking had been missed.
This, frankly, worries me. I'll play devil's advocate and say that pilots, while human, are paid to take the human element out of their work. Scary no matter what!