Posted on 01/05/2010 8:22:58 AM PST by BulletBobCo
(CNN) -- Following the attempt to bomb a passenger jet on Christmas Day, President Obama said that "once the suspect attempted to take down Flight 253, it's clear Homeland Security and Aviation Security took all appropriate actions."
I am a commercial airline pilot who was deep over the Atlantic flying from St. Kitts and Nevis for nearly six hours on Christmas Day following the attempted bombing on Flight 253.
I only learned about the incident after landing when I looked at the CNN Web site on my iPhone. I'm justifiably furious that I was not notified while airborne.
Our government clearly dropped the ball. President Obama has ordered a review into the intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas Day bombing by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, but an equally important review needs to be made into how events were handled once AbdulMutallab attempted to carry out his plan.
Specifically, why weren't the actions the Transportation Safety Administration outlines in our aviation manuals initiated, and what took place inside the federal Domestic Events Network in the immediate aftermath of the terror attempt?
Following the 9/11 review, the DEN was given the task of instituting new procedures for controllers on how to communicate information about suspicious aircraft throughout the system.
The Washington-based DEN Operations Center is supposed to allow federal agencies with jurisdiction over the security of U.S. airspace to communicate information in real time. So why, after eight years and billions of dollars, was the information concerning the incident available to me only on my iPhone?
Like many commercial pilots, I flew in the military. There, each squadron maintains something called a pre-mishap plan. Basically, it's a three-ring binder with a series of actions the watch officer is supposed to take when a mishap happens.
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11 days after the incident, Barry has a meeting on the subject.
But Homeland Security insists that everyone (except the president himself) was notified within 60-90 minutes. I guess not.
Our government clearly dropped the ball. President Obama has ordered a review into the intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas Day bombing by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, but an equally important review needs to be made into how events were handled once AbdulMutallab attempted to carry out his plan.
Specifically, why weren’t the actions the Transportation Safety Administration outlines in our aviation manuals initiated, and what took place inside the federal Domestic Events Network in the immediate aftermath of the terror attempt?
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Didn’t he get the message from Napolitano?
The System Worked.
“Specifically, why weren’t the actions the Transportation Safety Administration outlines in our aviation manuals initiated, and what took place inside the federal Domestic Events Network in the immediate aftermath of the terror attempt?”
Well, Captain....as a start I’d say it is because we have an incompetent leading(?) the nation and bunch of his handpicked fools running it!
Vacation’s over.
What an A-hole.
By the way, who’s playing the White House this week at the Wednesday concert series?
I hope this fellow isn’t holding his breath waiting for any answers from the Obama administration. Maybe their spokesman will tell him he is the problem, not the terrorists, or some other line of democrat B.S.!
Not only that but Obama claimed in his speech that immediately after the bombing attempt he took action to ensure that all the flights in the air were safe.
LIAR!!
He wasn’t even notified for 90 minutes!
We need a vote of No Confidence in the govt.
What a crybaby!
How dare he value his passenger’s life above O’s desire to get a tan! /s
Obama doesn’t care. He’s got his ride, and there’s no threat of terrorism there. As for the rest of us - well, suuucckkaaahs!
Why is he complaining. Didn’t he get the word - the system worked. How often while in flight does he receive system worked communications?
Nappy lied and Obamao swore to it when he agreed that other airlines were notified of the attempted downing of the aircraft over Detroit.
Very few pilots were notified and the rest were left in the dark.
The pilot’s association has already made this failure public and issued a complaint.
The msm has been silent on this blatant lie told by nappy and dopey.
We need to start talking IMPEACMENT
Before Homeland Security it didn’t take 60-90 minutes to alert Bush. What the hell are these people doing?
Did you ever read the book Dereliction of Duty by Robert "Buzz"Patterson? He was Clinton's military aide and detailed how Clinton was more interested in playing golf than taking down terrorists. Someone in the Obama inner circle probably has more than enough ammo to pen Dereliction of Duty II.
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