Scary flight...

flyingace said:
I was impressed with the pilot's resume. I was reading an article in the newspaper this morning that was critical of the FAA's forced-retirement rule. I'd rather fly with an older pilot who has more experience and education than a young one who looks like he just graduated from high school.
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When you're in the airplane and your old fart pilot got a heart attack during the middle of flight? What are you going to do? :hmm:
 
authentic said:
When you're in the airplane and your old fart pilot got a heart attack during the middle of flight? What are you going to do? :hmm:
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Heart attacks is no longer an old farts disease. :)


I would rather to have a pilot with experience myself. but I dont fly much anyways. I hate flying for a particular reason. The fear of heights that I have. I so much rather to be attached to the ground. :lol:
 
yesterday at dinner - my friend told me his 2 coworkers were in the flight for business travel. My brother just told me that most of passengers are BOA (Bank of America) employees.

sounds like a failed plot to down it.... :hmm:
 
authentic said:
When you're in the airplane and your old fart pilot got a heart attack during the middle of flight? What are you going to do? :hmm:
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That's why they have a crew instead of one man flying the plane.
 
shel90 said:
That's why they have a crew instead of one man flying the plane.
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there's only 2 pilots in the crew though....

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**a pix of cockpit from the scene of old movie called Airplane! - a blow-up doll of pilot and a stewardess and a passenger with some flying experience because both pilots were poisoned.
 
Jiro said:
there's only 2 pilots in the crew though....

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**a pix of cockpit from the scene of old movie called Airplane! - a blow-up doll of pilot and a stewardess and a passenger with some flying experience because both pilots were poisoned.
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I remember that movie...made me laugh so hard!
 
NY crash drama details revealed
BBC NEWS | Americas | NY crash drama details revealed

New York plane crash: Investigators to recover wreckage from Hudson River
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New Pictures Of NY Plane Crash
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Plane in Hudson tells story of what went right, NTSB says
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Pilot landed in Hudson to avoid 'catastrophic consequences'
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Videos show jet crash-landing
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Pilot: "We're Gonna Be In The Hudson"
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Jiro said:
yesterday at dinner - my friend told me his 2 coworkers were in the flight for business travel. My brother just told me that most of passengers are BOA (Bank of America) employees.

sounds like a failed plot to down it.... :hmm:
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You just can't trust those geese to do the job right.

Oh, please! :roll:
 
Reba said:
You just can't trust those geese to do the job right.

Oh, please! :roll:
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:laugh2: and who said it was a flock of geese? The pilot said it and now what's left of us is to confirm it. After all.... it could be a small bomb inside the engine :laugh2:

now the investigators have to fish for remaining engine....
 
Jiro said:
:laugh2: and who said it was a flock of geese? The pilot said it and now what's left of us is to confirm it. After all.... it could be a small bomb inside the engine :laugh2:

now the investigators have to fish for remaining engine....
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how'd you like to have the job of the diver who has to go down there in the freezing water looking for it? :cold:
 
here's a link of plane crash-landing on river and survivors awaiting for rescue
 
Jiro said:
:laugh2: and who said it was a flock of geese? The pilot said it and now what's left of us is to confirm it. After all.... it could be a small bomb inside the engine :laugh2:

now the investigators have to fish for remaining engine....
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Why would the pilot lie?
 
Birds are a problem for many airports. At the Charleston airport, they use noise cannons, pyrotechnics, hand-fired flares, and Babe, a 7-year-old border collie, to chase off birds. They also keep the grass height in the 7-14 inch range to discourage birds from hanging around.
 
Reba said:
Why would the pilot lie?
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in case you didn't notice - It was a joke because the passengers were mostly BOA employees. Remember AIG executive got decked in the face at the gym?

I suppose my joke just went south... :doh:
 
Reba said:
Birds are a problem for many airports. At the Charleston airport, they use noise cannons, pyrotechnics, hand-fired flares, and Babe, a 7-year-old border collie, to chase off birds. They also keep the grass height in the 7-14 inch range to discourage birds from hanging around.
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At TIA Tampa International Airport they shoot off flares and noise makers to scare off the Sea Gulls that hangs out before each flight.

Our local news station was telling us about it after this incident. Interesting I did not realize how much of issues birds are hanging out at the airport.
Until after the Splash landing.
 
Update as i checked about the pets as it noted that US Airways didn't have pets in the cargo on the flight in the crash thou they don't carry pets in the cargo hold.

as the US Airways said no pets were onboard in the cargo hold, with a spokesperson stating: "We don't carry pets in our cargo."

that i was relieved about that but were relieved for others as well.
 
moonflower said:
Update as i checked about the pets as it noted that US Airways didn't have pets in the cargo on the flight in the crash thou they don't carry pets in the cargo hold.

as the US Airways said no pets were onboard in the cargo hold, with a spokesperson stating: "We don't carry pets in our cargo."

that i was relieved about that but were relieved for others as well.
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That's good news. :)
 
Yes, it is good news.
But to paraphrase a skit on the recent SNL show, the flight was like the movie "Top Gun." A plane went down and Goose died.
Anyway, I hope this whole episode will not signal the start of draconian measures against birds in airports. After all, the skies are theirs as much as ours, and I hope we remain a bird-friendly country. :aw:
 
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