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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid I miss the disscusion of the X Navy fighter pilot that saved that airliner??
who was A WOMAN??? https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-pilot-who-saved-that-southwest-flight-is-a-badass-1825341463
malaise
(269,579 posts)and I've seen some coverage on cable but she deserves way more coverage - what a hero.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Most of the coverage seems to be about the accident and not about her heroic rescue of the plane, which should really be the story. If it wasn't for her, all those people would be dead.
Hi Malaise!
yonder
(9,691 posts)The AP account referred to the pilot as a he:
"Bourman said that everyone started yelling to brace for impact when the plane started to land. Everyone clapped and praised the pilot after he set the aircraft down."
I know, it's a small thing, poor reporting, editing or maybe a typo, but it jumped out at me and pissed me off. I'm guessing that those involved assumed she just had to be male. Former fighter pilot and all.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article209109269.html
CincyDem
(6,427 posts)Total ice queen (in the best way). In contrail of the situation. Everything youd expect from a navy F18 pilot.
Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)You put the mask on first, do the emergency descent down to around 10,000, then land at the nearest suitable airport. The engine failure would have added a bit of complexity, but they train for that as well. From what Ive seen it was handled textbook. Some in the media described the aircraft was out of control until it got to 10,000, but I seriously doubt that. It might have seemed that way to a passenger, but they train you to get down as fast as is practical and few passengers would know what something like that is going to be like.
CincyDem
(6,427 posts)Still - and I don't have military training so I'm up for an education here - it's hard to imagine she's had a lot of practice saying "..that's correct, a passenger was sucked out".
Thanks for the perspective on military flight training. Have to believe that it's more rigorous than it looked in Top Gun.
Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)Or at least all jet pilots that command transport category aircraft. Airline pilots must do recurrent training in the simulator every 6 months.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)the pilot and ground crews/tower.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,413 posts)Sigourney Weaver playing an ex-Navy fighter pilot
MontanaMama
(23,375 posts)Susan Sarandon!
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,413 posts)She can complain that none of the offered menu selections are adequate. And the seatbelt is not comfortable. And how the country needs a disaster to trigger the revolution.
MontanaMama
(23,375 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,609 posts)She can still fly, just not for the airlines.
Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)So long as the other pilot is <60.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,609 posts)The Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act (Public Law 110-135) went into effect on December 13, 2007, raising the age to 65 from the previous 60.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)hardly any notice on CNN or MSNBC today that I recall as it's Stormy Cohen wall to wall.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)if a woman did it, it must have been really easy, not a BFD at all.
I'd add the sarcasm smilie, except that that IS a still extremely strong tentacle of inherent bias against women and women's accomplishments. "Oh, that? No big deal."
USALiberal
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