I ate my words Twice today...

[Jessie]

Involved the SW Airline tragedy.
In the beginning I was hollering at the TV that people don't get sucked out of a plane because an engine quit.
After I learned what really happened, I was saddened and humbled.
Not enough though. They were going on and on about the heroine pilot.
Being a know it all, I told my wife that she must have been the co-pilot since she was on the radio and the Capt. would be typically flying the emergency.
Turns out she WAS the capt.!
I told my wife that I retract all my dumb statements.
Armchair pilots need to stifle themselves.

 

[sigp220.45]

One of my retirement gigs is doing firearms training and quals for pilots armed under the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program. It is an overwhelmingly male-dominated career field, but the women pilots I deal with are supremely confident on the range. I suspect that same attitude appears in the cockpit.

In this case, I am pretty sure a 56 year old former Navy fighter pilot was not the copilot. She did a great job and deserves all the accolades she is getting.

 

[windypoint]

While I admire the pilot's accomplishments and cool behavior under a very stressful situation, getting the airplane on the ground safely on one engine is something that they train for. The media is rightfully calling the two passengers that hauled the woman back into the aircraft heroes. Considering the cabin was depressurized at that altitude and the chaos that ensued, they were truly remarkable in their actions.

 

[Jessie]

That's true, but it's one thing to train in a simulator and another thing to do it with 150 souls on board.
The training makes it workable but the pilots make it happen.

 

[dben002]

Not saying you did a thing wrong but it's always good to remember..........

Know the facts before expressing an opinion........

I learned that the hard way .....

 

[straightshooter1]

I wish, I truly wish, I could remember that good advice, 002, but ....

Bob

 

[Jessie]

Seems I keep learning that lesson.

 

[jeffsmith]

in your defense on Charge 2
I ALSO figured it was the Co-Pilot on the Radio

 

[Jessie]

It's certainly possible that the co-pilot was a female also.
Are we still allowed to call a female a........female?
Whatever, good on them and bad on the fan blade.
Prayers for that passenger and her family.
And all the passengers who experienced this as this will leave a mark.

 

[Lt JL]

I hardly ever get in trouble if I don't say anything at all. Of course I live alone with a dog who seldom listens to me, anyway.

 

[Jessie]

I envy you. I have two dogs but also a wife, who takes notes.

 

[Erich]

Good on you for calling it on yourself. You may have made some of us think and saved us our own embarrassment down the road. Thanks!

 

[zzzippper]

I just wish we would get to the place in this country where we wouldn't have to comment on the gender or race of someone that does good or bad. It should not be remarkable that a hero is a woman. A person's actions should speak for themselves by this time in our history.

 

[Chuck24]

Should be on Smithsonian Air Disasters pretty soon

 

[perryhd]

I once had an instructor who sad if you keep your mouth shut and listen you will know what you know and what other people know .

 

[crazyphil]

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak and remove all dobt." Abraham Lincoln

 

[Hawker800]

Well if she was PIC, she wasn't following company SOP's. The 737 is very capable of dealing with an engine failure, even at gross weight.

 

[RobertJ.]

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak and remove all dobt." Abraham Lincoln

I think Abe got this from Proverbs 17:28...

Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

 

[RobertJ.]

Know the facts before expressing an opinion........

I learned that the hard way .....

Haven't most of us? I know I sure have!

 

[Jessie]

Well if she was PIC, she wasn't following company SOP's. The 737 is very capable of dealing with an engine failure, even at gross weight.

Do you know South Wests SOPs?
I think she did what the PIC was supposed to do.
If you mean that they could fly on at a lower altitude, yes. But not with a seriously injured passenger on board, and the blown engine full fuel, TOC situation....time to land.
Isn't that how you fly the Hawker?