cartoon by Bob McCarty
The Northwest pilots who forgot it was time to land in Minneapolis because they were too busy futzing on internet now say air-traffic-control rules weren’t followed, which contributed to the incident. They are not talking about the rules they themselves broke, which is the rule that when you are piloting a plane to Minneapolis you are supposed to be piloting the plane to Minneapolis, not on the internet ignoring the control tower.
But on CNN.com it was reported yesterday that the pilots, Capt. Timothy B. Cheney, 53, of Gig Harbor, Washington, and First Officer Richard I. Cole, 54, in separate reports to the judge handling their case, stated, in short, that if other people had not ALSO been breaking the rules, then all their own rule breaking would not have been such a big deal.
I must correct you: I did not draw that cartoon. It was drawn by David Donar of Political Graffiti, a frequent contributor at http://BobMcCarty.com.