CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper March 13, 2014 20:24:00
Number one to two. >> jim, you've logged thousands and thousands of hours flying commercial for 29 years. have you ever willfully cut ground communication with ground control? >> never. never. that's your lifeline. you depend on air traffic controllers because they let you know if there is traffic that you should know about or any other fact that would be interesting to you and the safety of your flight and the comfort of your passengers. no. i cannot imagine any reason for leaning over and shutting off the transponders. >> i'm no aviator, but i thought there were so many redundancies that bui...
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