Todays Senator James Inhofe Fact: 3 years ago Inhofe landed his plane on a runway clearly marked as closed, and which had workers ON IT at the time ... he bunny hopped over them and scared the literal pee out of the workers .... (to understand this, a NOTAM is a Notice to Airmen of a hazard on route or in a specific location .... in this case there was a NOTAM that the runway was closed, and it had huge Xs on it to notify pilots ) .... First he said he checked and they didnt notify him ... then he said an un-named airport official hated him (he does now, for sure) ... then he said he checked and they didnt tell him about it .... heres an article about it from Airline Pilots Forum .... According to Federal Aviation Administration documents and audiotapes obtained by The Smoking Gun, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) scared the crap out of airport workers at Cameron County Airport in South Texas last October, when he landed his Cessna on a closed runway. On October 21, 2010, Inhofe landed his plane on a runway that was closed and marked with an X, apparently scattering construction workers and nearly hitting a truck. According to an FAA report, Inhofe noticed the X, but still elected to land avoiding the men and equipment on the runway. Shortly after the incident, the man supervising the construction, Sidney Boyd, spoke on the phone with the FAA, and said the landing scared the crap out of us. (Listen to the audio here.) Boyd said he thought the driver of the truck Inhofe almost hit actually wet his britches. James Inhofe, they tell me hes a Senator from Oklahoma, Boyd can be heard saying. According to Boyd, Inhofes plane initially touched down, and then sky hopped over six vehicles and personnel working on the runway, before landing for good. He was determined to land on that runway come hell or high water, evidently, Boyd said. In another FAA recording, airport manager Marshall Reece can be heard saying he has got over 50 years flying, three tours of Vietnam, and I can assure you I have never seen such a reckless disregard for human life in my life. The FAA report says that Inhofe did not check the Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) indicating the runway closure prior to flying. Back in October, the Senator told The Washington Post he didnt have a NOTAM. He also told the Post that an airport official, not identified, hates me, I dont know why. Another FAA document states that Inhofe admitted he was showing a new hire employee seated in the right seat how the technology of the cockpit instrumentation worked just before the incident. The document also states that Inhofes secretary called the airport the day before the incident, and was not informed of a runway closure. In a letter dated January 4, 2011, FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Robert J. OKeefe indicates that Inhofe agreed to a program of remedial training as a substitute for legal action on December 9, 2010, and had since submitted evidence of satisfactory completion of the training.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:10:10 +0000
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