USA Northwest Airlines pilots were discussing the new computerized crew-scheduling system that the airline was introducing when they lost time during the flight when they went off-course. Both the pilots had plenty of experience - Capt. Timothy B. Cheney, 53, of Gig Harbor, Wash., was hired in 1985 and had 20,000 hours of experience, about half of it in A-320s, the kind of plane the crew was flying last Wednesday, between San Diego and Minneapolis. First Officer Richard I. Cole, 54, of Salem,... Full Story