[CedarDave]

Shults was the captain of the plane that is the only fatal flight in Southwest’s history. The new book breaks about 16 months of her near-silence about the terrifying flight.

Shults was raised on a ranch near Alamogordo and Holloman Air Force Base. One quarter of the book is devoted to telling the story of that flight. Other portions of the book detail her upbeat working-class rural outlook and how her Christian faith guided her through the tough times. That includes through the emergency on Flight 1380: One air traffic control tape heard her muttering “Heavenly Father” while trying to find a way to land a difficult-to-control 737-700.

I suspect that her story could make a good screen play for a movie, though it would probably need to be made by an independent producer because it contains a Christian theme that brings her through the emergency that Hollywood avoids at all cost.

The article itself is a excellent read and I include a link to the Morning News story:

Nerves of Steel: How I followed my dreams, earned my wings and faced my greatest challenge.

[CedarDave]

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[Nailbiter]

flr

[rktman]

Thanks.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Bravo Zulu, Lieutenant Commander.

[Moonman62]

The powerless engine and hole in the fuselage made the plane difficult to maneuver and they lost more than 18,000 feet of altitude in 18 minutes.

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That seems mild under the circumstances.

[BenLurkin]

She certianly knows how to craft a run-on sentence.

[CedarDave]

Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot who landed Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 during an emergency, was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.(Brianna Stone, DMN)

[Paal Gulli]

You know why the cockpit is always in the nose of the aircraft? Because the cockpit-forward design insures that the flight deck crew are the first to arrive at the scene of the accident.

There’s nothing “heroic” about saving a wounded aircraft, it’s purely a matter of self-preservation. Their primary motivation is saving their own bacon. If you also save the pax and get a movie deal in the bargain, that’s just gravy.

[sauropod]

Will read

[CedarDave]

Nerves of Steel Prologue

[Cecily]

“One air traffic control tape heard her muttering “Heavenly Father” while trying to find a way to land a difficult-to-control 737-700.”

A true “Jesus take the wheel” moment. Thank you Lord for helping Tammie and Darren. And no, I don’t know why the Lord allowed the aircraft to fail in the first place.

[Hulka]

Would media be singing praises of it was a male pilot?
I think not.
Seen too many time when the Air Force planted some cute girl in the media spotlight. Seen it before, my son sees it all the time. . I tell him they may dance some girls in front of the camera but “they” always need someone can do the mission. Those guys never get public praise.
Did she do good? Yes, but nothing more than some guys have done for decades. The