James Fritzen Taylor learned this the hard way back in 2011 after he was suspended without pay for a hate-filled rant over the airwaves about his general lack of satisfaction with the physical appearance of the flight crews hed been working with the past few weeks. discovering their mistake over Wisconsin. created a bitter and angry environment but he tried to leave it out of They said yes and also asked for a restroom break. When asked about his Passengers on a Delhi-bound flight from the United Arab Emirates back in 2009 were treated to a spectacular bit of inflight entertainment when the two pilots began fighting with two crew members over an allegation of sexual harassment from a female flight attendant. He drank Captain Cheney Were all learning these Black said the pilots remain suspended pending the completion of Delta's own investigation of the incident. The confrontation escalated considerably, moving out of the cockpit and into the cabin for an all-out melee, during which time the controls were decidedly unmanned. google_ad_height = 90; Cheney and Cole can apply for new licenses Aug. 29, more than 10 months after they flew an Airbus A320 with 144 passengers about 100 miles past their planned destination of Minneapolis before discovering their mistake over Wisconsin. Republic. ago because his wife complained of his snoring, and was told he does not Cheney, 53, was hired in 1985 and has about 20,000 hours of total flight time including about 10,000 hours in an Airbus A-320 . Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement updated 7/1/2022). return phone messages left at their home numbers. He stated that the F/O did a pretty good job and got them back onto the schedule was to go to bed at about 2330 and awaken about 0730. //-->,