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Old 10-23-2009, 01:07 PM   #7
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Re: Arguing pilots fly 150 miles past runway

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Originally Posted by Angry View Post
The cruising speed of a 747 is approx 565 MPH. At that speed it only takes 16 min to travel 150 miles. I'm sure that several of us have been distracted for 15-20 min on a regular car ride and missed a turn or an exit. It's not as bad as people are making it out to be.
So its not that bad that two guys with a hundred or more peoples lives in their hands get distracted for 16 minutes?
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