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Birddog
rochester, mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:09:40 AM
Jump right in there Al. Without your help nothing will be happen.
You people at the Department of Transportation had better expedite your investigation. Don’t bother to be thorough, just get some quick answers so Al can look good.
irishman
Rochester, Mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:18:43 AM
Saw a quick interview this morning with one of the pilots standing at his front door and he maintains they were NOT sleeping.
Thanks for butting in Al, but where were you last week when something really important was going on with the “balloon boy”?
Rumor has it the balloon boy incident was just michael jackson ordering room service from heaven.
easterner
Rochester, MN
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:37:50 AM
Irish, balloon boy wasn’t in Minnesota. This airplane was supposed to land in Mpls and didn’t. Why are your undies in a bunch because we have a Senator who is concerned about the plight of the flight that was out of contact for 75 minutes? Is this going to be standard operating procedure for Delta/NW?
jared
kasson, mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:42:40 AM
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Birddog
rochester, mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:55:22 AM
The less Franken does the better. Amy could just cast two ballots.
irishman
Rochester, Mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 11:55:54 AM
eastener, I wanted to use the michael jackson line (sophmoric as it was) and this looked to be my best shot.
I guess it is probably a good thing that… “Sen. Al Franken is asking the Department of Transportation to expedite its investigation”...
This way Al gets a little face time pretending to have some clout as if the DOT is going to move any faster because “AL” asked them to expedite.
This request probably took him the entire day to organize which equates to one less day he has to screw anything up.
Rongstad
Pine Island, MN
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 12:07:44 PM
Oh what a surprise! A politician doing some grandstanding to appear important and useful.
The really sad thing is that so much of the public buys this bunk.
aghast
jefferson, mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 12:11:02 PM
Rongstad, I agree.
It’s all so silly and transparent I feel embarrassesed even commenting on it.
I keep hoping it may someday make at least a bit of difference!
aghast
jefferson, mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 12:12:32 PM
BTW: Airlines are another heavily subsidized money pit.
That means the situation shall continue to deteriorate as usual.
jasper
Zumbro Falls, Mn
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 12:42:03 PM
Falling asleep only plausible answer.
Older style flight recorder loops on last 30 min....
useless unless recorded-over data recovered, probably blank unless snores :-).
catnaps on autopilot possible, update procedures to address this possibility.
Sen. Franken continues to show proper due diligence.
Tripp
Rochester, MN
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 1:46:18 PM
jzee,
Yup. I’m real curious to find out what really did happen.
Aside from that, does anyone else find the constant sniping and criticizing by some people to be tedious and tiresome?
Guys, we get it, you don’t like Democrats. Could you at least try to be clever and amusing with your comments? Otherwise you become like a cicada at an outdoor concert - a constant annoying noise that is difficult to filter out. I am asking this politely. Will you please try to be clever and thoughtful?
catsmeow4
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Rochester, MN
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 7:57:09 PM
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jzee
rochester, MN
Posted on 10/24/2009 at 8:05:38 PM
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AverageJo
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Anywhere, US
Posted on 10/25/2009 at 3:35:17 PM
Oh, I hadn’t noticed we had our 2nd Senator yet. When did that happen?
Nancy and Harry take off your muzzle, Al, and that’s all you got for us?
“Do your jobs better and faster!”
Just be careful, Al. You don’t want to sprain that voting thumb. Then you’d be completely irrelevant.
artista
rochester, mn
Posted on 10/25/2009 at 5:50:47 PM
If the Senator HADN’T questioned what happened, we would now be subjected to a predictable cacophony of “They missed the runway by 150 miles and he didn’t even care enough to ask any questions!”
