Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:08:29 -0700 whiteguyinchina from private IP, post #16045768 /all Wily are you ok are you ok wily https://fortune.com/2025/03/25/united-airlines-ua198-los-angeles-shanghai-china-pilot-forgot-passport/ United Airlines Holdings United customers took a two-hour flight to nowhere after a pilot forgot their passport and had to turn the China-bound plane back to San Francisco Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:08:51 -0700 whiteguyinchina from private IP Reply #12913365 Tbh he is probably china eastern imperial gold status Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:56:35 -0700 phosita from private IP Reply #10279052 What a screwup. And here's an interesting thing with aviation screwups: if you call the foul on yourself, write it all up and act transparently, and provided you weren't doing anything truly beyond the pale and unsafe you might get some relatively minor consequences if any. Which is good. That's actually a good safety culture. This guy though, he committed a completely NON-aviation screwup. I'm sure the jet was great, his airmanship was great, all that; but a diversion to San Francisco to pick up a new crew created significant costs. Who knows, too, what the effect of a long-delayed jet was on subsequent ops. I would be curious to find out whether this guy is now considering a new career in accountancy. Can't say I blame the pilot for diverting instead of landing undocumented in China, but...ouch. Imagine if he only realized his error on the far side of the pond. Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:37:39 -0700 whiteguyinchina from private IP Reply #17621583 I wonder if he could have stayed at the airport and not pass customs like this guy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran,[2] was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. He returned to living at the airport in September 2022, and died there of a heart attack in November 2022. Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:41:52 -0700 whiteguyinchina from private IP Reply #16840256 I imagine they contacted a united shithead immigration lawyer in this instance because I am sure they did not want to divertReplies require login.
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