Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane
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From: george on 16 Jun 2010 16:42 On Jun 17, 8:06 am, mikeos <mike...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 16/06/2010 14:19, Clarence do we have clearance? wrote: > > > Maybe he shouldn't have had the fish. Thank goodness Karen Black was > > working the flight! > > >http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/flight-attendant-helps-pil... > > > Flight attendant helps pilot land plane > > Not only a trolly-dolly then! And with a CPL what's she doing ? Working her way up ? Give her a seat she's earned it !
From: GrtArtiste on 16 Jun 2010 16:49 On Jun 16, 9:19 am, "Clarence do we have clearance?" <vic...(a)getthevectors.now> wrote: > Maybe he shouldn't have had the fish. Thank goodness Karen Black was > working the flight! Given this set of circumstances, what types of assistance would a commercial-rated pilot be able to offer assuming she is not rated on this type aircraft? I would guess-communications with ATC primarily. What else? GrtArtiste
From: Hatunen on 16 Jun 2010 17:08 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:59:17 -0700, Floyd <""Ralph\"@ ralphs.com"> wrote: >Clarence do we have clearance? wrote: >> Maybe he shouldn't have had the fish. Thank goodness Karen Black was >> working the flight! >> >> http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/flight-attendant-helps-pilot-land-plane.html >> >> Flight attendant helps pilot land plane >> June 15, 2010 >> >> A flight attendant who has a pilot's license replaced an ill first >> officer during a landing at O'Hare International Airport, officials said >> today. >> >> The co-pilot of an American Airlines plane that departed San Francisco >> on Monday fell sick en route to Chicago, said American spokeswoman Mary >> Frances Fagan. >> >> "He was unable to continue his duties and he moved to the passenger >> cabin," Fagan said, adding that the flight's captain checked to see >> whether any off-duty airline pilots were on board the flight. >> >> A female flight attendant advised the captain that she is a commercial >> pilot and the captain asked her to sit in the right-hand seat in the >> cockpit, Fagan said. >> >> "The flight attendant became the first officer on landing," she said. >> "The cockpit crew did an outstanding job handling the situation." >> >> The flight attendant helped the captain by reading off check list of >> procedures and she handled other tasks, in addition to providing a >> second set of eyes in the cockpit, Fagan said. >> >> The plane, a Boeing 767 with 225 passengers and seven crew members on >> board, arrived at O'Hare at 4:24 p.m. Monday. The landing was normal, >> officials said. >> >> The condition of the ill first officer was not serious, officials said. >> He was met on the ground at O'Hare by paramedics and transported to a >> local hospital, where he was treated and released. >> >> The first officer was based in Chicago. He was resting on Tuesday, >> officials said. >> > >Is it hard to land when sitting in the captain's lap? Just kidding, I >hope the attendant gets a chance to fly for American as a pilot. It's a very big step from being licensed as a commercial pilot and being licensed with an ATR (airline transport rating). -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Joe Makowiec on 16 Jun 2010 17:23 On 16 Jun 2010 in rec.travel.air, Hatunen wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:59:17 -0700, Floyd <""Ralph\"@ > ralphs.com"> wrote: > >>Is it hard to land when sitting in the captain's lap? Just kidding, >>I hope the attendant gets a chance to fly for American as a pilot. > > It's a very big step from being licensed as a commercial pilot > and being licensed with an ATR (airline transport rating). The other consideration is that she probably has seniority as a flight attendant, and the job security which goes with it. To move to the flight cabin would put her at the bottom of the totem pole. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: vaughn on 16 Jun 2010 17:38
"GrtArtiste" <grtartiste(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:a9f57181-4e58-45cf-9f54-77da78ccdc12(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... On Jun 16, 9:19 am, "Clarence do we have clearance?" <vic...(a)getthevectors.now> wrote: > Maybe he shouldn't have had the fish. Thank goodness Karen Black was > working the flight! >Given this set of circumstances, what types of assistance would a >commercial-rated pilot be able to offer assuming she is not rated on >this type aircraft? I would guess-communications with ATC primarily. >What else? Reading checklists aloud, perhaps setting radios & transponder, another set of eyes looking for traffic. Of course, what seems to have been left out of this story is that the Captain was likely perfectly capable of flying the plane all by himself, but still, 1.5 pilots should be slightly safer than 1; particularly if the Captain and the Copilot ate the same meal!. Vaughn |