United Flight Diverts, Communications Problem Cited

I am going to give the pilot the benefit of doubt here as he decided that it was a safety issue. I mean what if he had needed the radio out over the Atlantic and had no way of reaching anyone in an emergency?
And......in this day and age of terrorism one can only wonder what a pilot would do woithout his radio in order to alert the authorities that someing was happening. I think United did the right thing.....and this is from someone that flys accross the worlds oceans about 20 times a year.

I fly continenal air all the time and have neverhad a problem, theu are one of the last full service air lines, no charge for meals, blanckets, and pillows, was sorry to see them merge with United air, as united is a lower class airline, hopefuly they can bring up the class in united to there standard, oh yes i have been stranded for an8 hour lay over when they cancled a flight as not enough passangers, but that's just business and i would have done the same if i was in charge. jack

That's so lame, especially the Piedmont that lost radio contact. ALL pilot has to do is turn his transponder to 7600 and that lets the controllers know the a/c has lost radios. They evac'ed the capitol because of that... Gads.

The crew showed remarkable profesionalism in their decision. One canot tell when a small problem will be compounded to a disaster when another gitch arrises.I know ,I've been there,and only by luck or the grace of GOD I'm still here.

Definately the most dramatic NON story of the day! Almost as dramatic as the flight from JFK to ORD that passed 25,00 feet above a rowboat on a lake while enroute. SHEEEESH!!!!

It may not be news worthy to some of you but it's still an article. One needs to keep up on things like this you know. LOL.

Wow, I am surprised United Airlines took their passengers back to Chicago and didn't just dump them in Toronto, like their partner "Continental Airlines." Continental is has the worst customer service of all airlines. During the Holiday Blizzard, they cancelled flights, and wouldn't answer their phones or emails--basically left people stranded. It wasn't even the airport's fault, Continental was one of the bigger players that just said "screw our customers, we got our money." Finally days after the debacle, we got through to an agent who said " what do you want, ME to pay for YOUR flight?" Okay, this is way off of the topic, but Continental Airlines better be prepared for a huge class-action lawsuit.

So what's the big deal? Slow newsday at AOL? I worked at UAL for 22 years. THIS is NOT news worthy.