Posted on 03/23/2023 5:03:46 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
Vaxxed and boosted. Safe and effective.
I want to give an award to the author. First article in years that told you what happened in the first two paragraphs!
That is why, at least years ago, all of the airlines had a cooperative arrangement to allow any pilot to ride free, to encourage them to be on planes as passengers, in case something of the sort occurred. I don’t know what the policy is now, but of course it makes sense for somebody with the requisite skill set to replace the pilot who fell ill. This honestly should not have been news, it should only have been news if it was found that the guy didn’t go into the cockpit.
He must have eaten the fish.
Yes, the first thoughts I think when the copilot comes on the PA and asks “Is there a pilot aboard” are all about the pilot. Naturally.
My second thought is whether I packed clean underwear.
” Two pilots still make sense in the cockpit, though eventually that will change. “
Eventually meaning when?
Lol
” First article in years that told you what happened in the first two paragraphs!”
You are correct and I missed it.
The rest of the article was simply, The Rest of The Story, as I think it should be.
Damn, I miss Paul Harvey.
Probably later this year when the pilot shortage gets so bad that the FAA suddenly decides they only need one pilot per plane so the airlines don’t go tits up
At which point I’ll either find a way to confirm there is a co-pilot on any plane I enter or will not be flying
Eventually meaning when?
when too many pilots are dead or grounded from the death shot to fill the two slots on planes...gotta keep em flying doncha know
“At which point I’ll either find a way to confirm there is a co-pilot on any plane I enter or will not be flying”
I’m thinking the same thing
Eventually meaning when?
The software snake oil salesmen want fully auto-piloted civilian flights over civilian populations.
"Planes are flying 99% of the time on auto-pilot anyway." ...except when they have to land in the Hudson River due to bird strikes taking out the engines.
yeah dont forget United is going woke..so the second seater soon might not be up to the job.
Two seconds. TWO SECONDS!!!
I guess he got over Macho Grande...
Good point
90% of my flights are on southwest
though details aren’t available on whether they were type-rated for the 737,
Yeah, let’s nitpick about that.
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