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> 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.
>