1. Why did the pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight go 150 miles past their destination airport?

2. How did officials react when the pilots failed to communicate with air-traffic controllers?

3. Why didn't the pilots answer calls from air-traffic control?

4. What consequences do the pilots face from Northwest/Delta for their actions?

5. What are the FAA rules about pilots' use of personal electronic devices while flying?

6. A comment on this article from a WashingtonTimes.com reader is:
"There are so many highly qualified pilots out of work, right now, that could competently do the job of these men far better, and who, never in a million years, would have loss their situational awareness (SA) in this way. Whether they were asleep, bickering, or distracted by their laptops --- any of these is completely and utterly unprofessional. They are flying high performance airplanes at hundreds of miles per hour several miles in the sky with over 180 souls depending upon them ---- there can be no excuse for unprofessionalism or breakdowns in SA of this level ever."
Do you agree? Explain your answer.