NEWS: US Airways jet lands when religious item mistaken as b

[LGA777]

Lived and worked in NYC for 25 years, not only I have never seen this device but never heard of it either. The praying yes, using a Phylacteries no. One 2 cent comment, had this been say a 319 or 737 where their where at least 3 FA's to discuss this and evaluate the situation it might have had a different outcome. But because the ERJ had a single FA that could only interact with the busy pilots who did not actually see the device that was IMO a contributing factor to the outcome !

My 2 cents

LGA777

[hiss srq]

I grw up in Long Beach and I have been privy maybe one time or two I am sure though no particular instance strikes me at this time. Frankly, the crew acted within reason. If you are not sure you ask questions. If you cannot get proper answers you act accordingly.

[coachrowsey]

[quote=emshighway]

I have to agree with hiss. I'd much rather play it safe.

So then anything a flight crew doesn't understand the plane should make an unscheduled landing to "play it safe"? That's a poor decission that can easily be avoided with proper training and friendly questioning by the flight crew.

I see a lot of incident reports where crews overreact. Flight Attendants ask for PD to meet the plane because a person didn't immediately shut an electronic device off. Sure there are the idiots that ignore the FA and have to be asked several times but more are the person didn't act quickly enough to satisfy the FA. There was a Captain demanding a terminal be dumped because a bag was being gate checked (was screened properly) and he didn't feel this was right. Obviously it isn't his call and he was told fly the plane or get off the plane. There are other incidents but those are better spoken over a beverage than here.

I understand flight crews are on edge but the kids were obviously Jewish, they explained the ritual and didn't deserve to be removed from the aircraft in handcuffs.

I normally side on the side of safety and defend it here but things are getting out of hand.[/quote:2p6whszn]

:borat: You & I now agree for once.

[emshighway]

:borat: You & I now agree for once.

I'll have to reconsider :D

[coachrowsey]

:borat: You & I now agree for once.

I'll have to reconsider :D

Maybe a little LGA tour if I can get up there.

[emshighway]

:borat: You & I now agree for once.

I'll have to reconsider :D

Maybe a little LGA tour if I can get up there.

We can see...

[Metal484]

I have lived in nyc all my life (26 years to be exact), born and raised in brooklyn. I have known many jewish people in New York, my accountant is Jewish but I have never seen the black box in action. I have heard about it, seen it on probably the National Geographic Channel. In my opinion I think the flight crew did the right thing, they asked, the passengers response wasn't clear enough to them so they wanted to play it safe.