Airman takes co-pilot's stick during in-flight emergency

Air Force Link ^ | 11/12/2004 | Senior Master Sgt. Ty Foster

[TalBlack]

"Smooth.... Real smooth. :)

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!"

"So...uh...Yeah, baby, I've flown those things. Does that turn you on?

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[GreenHornet]

Surley you can't be serious.

I am serious.......and don't call me Shirley!

[GreenHornet]

Despite being new to the 737 airframe, Colonel Neumann said he helped the pilot run checklists and land the plane.

"It's an entirely different kind of flying.....altogether".

[No Longer Free State]

Zoomie ping

[Kaslin]

Takes a long time to get a clear medical after a seizure, I think, if he can get clear of future seizures.

My son has gotten seizures after he turned 40. The doctor told him he would have to take medicin (forgot the name) for the rest of his life. As long as he takes it he is fine

[countess]

"Smooth.... Real smooth. :)

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!"

Somehow I'm having a really hard time with that part of the story. Maybe the attendant was one of those grandmotherly types AA has on the longer hauls and she was just being friendly to a man in uniform. I'm hoping.

[mad_as_he$$]

Must be good pick up line material. "Yea I flew the B-2!! "

Yes I am jealous. One of my employees helped build them. He says the pilots love that machine.

[festus]

Can he also speak jive ?

[skinkinthegrass]

Man.....I'd better stop braggin' to hot stewardesses that I'm a ninja.

rule # one: never admit you're an ninja. :)

[PokeyJoe]

"During the flight, he had struck up a conversation with one of the flight attendants. He shared that he had been a test pilot for the B-2 Spirit and other aircraft."Is the Colonel a single man?

"Oh yeah, I fly out in Nevada test range all of the time. Heck... I was a test pilot for the B-2 spirit... and ... you know what they say about Area 51? ... well.... they are not from another world... but they might as well be.... you can come over to my apartment later if you like and I can show you photos of all the planes that I've flown... heck ya.... you can bring your friend Heidi... Do you girls have work tomorrow . . . "

Yeah.... I better stop doing that too.

[Daus]

"So...uh...Yeah, baby, I've flown those things. Does that turn you on?"

Flying out of DC, given the timing of all the events, he apparently had the line out by eastern Ohio. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

As long as he takes it he is fine

That may be true. His ability to get a Airman's Medical Certificate is the difficulty. Conditions that require medication to prevent onset of symptoms, be it Epilepsy or Diabetes, precludes a First Class Medical required for a pilot to keep his job.

It's a side issue to be sure in this story.

[Leisler]

My Mum was a stew on Pam Am during and after the war. She flew from Miami to Rio. Part of the duties of the Pilot was to come back talk to the passengers, have a smoke and a drink and socialize. Mostly WWII bomber pilots. Different world.

[Professional Engineer]

It's an entirely different kind of flying.

[PAR35]

He must have had the fish.

I guess it is good that the airlines cut out food service in coach.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Why didn't they just inflate Otto?

I picked the wrong week to stop doing heroin.

[Aeronaut]

[Galena Nevada]

I am also skeptical about some of the facts. Do they fly a 737 non-stop from Dulles to LA? Also, 1 and a half hours from Dulles to near Colorado Springs? You know what they say when something smells?

[COEXERJ145]

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."