The administration should tell the whining pilots to shut up and fly the planes [View All]

Really, so all of you weren't told something, so you all didn't feel all important. Just shut up and fly the plane, they don't inform cabbies of things either.


Added background, I thought this was a known story, sorry.



Pilots Union Faults Feds for Lack of Terror Alert

The pilots union at American Airlines says federal officials failed to notify crews on planes in the United States about the attempted terror attack aboard a Northwest jet on Christmas Day.

The Allied Pilots Association said Wednesday it would lobby Congress to require that federal officials notify all flights in the air — no matter where the flights started — as soon as they learn of a possible attack on another plane.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9451418