FR8Hauler

If safety is second, there is only one other thing that I can think of that would be first.....................Standard procedures right?

Chainsaw

Wow!

JJ, I love the biblical quote with your giggly monkeys shaking everywhere. It seems a tad blasphemous. Unless your a televangelist or Jesse Jackson I guess.....

Jetjok

Chainsaw,

I'd discuss "the twins" with you, but we're not supposed to talk politics or religion here. Sorry.

JJ

⌐ AV8OR WANNABE

You really think so? To me heroes are the guys/gals being shot at over in Iraq and Afghanistan...

The USairways crew (no, not just THE captain) - the entire Hudson River crew are some top-notch pilots & flight attendants who did a great job but I'm not sure if any of them, including the seemingly single pilot captain, is a hero?

Jetjok

AV80R,

Yeah, in my opinion, these guys were heros. Not just the captain of course, but the first officer as well. I understand the media has gravitated to only bestowing that title to the captain, but hey, this is the same group of people who said the jet went down in the Hudson Sound. You and I both know that it takes (at least) two crewmembers, working in concert to bring a successful conclusion to such an event. After all, I don't think my company or yours has a "Loss of All Engines" checklist. Someone had to fly the jet and someone had to do all else. Bottom line, they both did great, and I'm sure you'd agree, that they are heros, if to no one else, then at least the people whose lives were spared by some good flying skills, coupled with some luck, and some good boat captains and their staffs.
By the way, below is my online dictionary's definition of hero. I especially like number 5, especially between two hot FA's. (if there is such a thing anymore.)

he⋅ro
   Pronunciation [heer-oh] –noun, plural -roes; for 5 also -ros.
1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
3. the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
4. Classical Mythology.
a. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity.
b. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability.
c. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; demigod.
5. hero sandwich.
6. the bread or roll used in making a hero sandwich.

JJ

Busboy

Look...everyone is saying stuff like..."The pilot this...or the Captain that". And what a great job the pilot did, etc.

But really, aren't these jumbo jets flown by computers mostly?

That's what I understand.

767pilot

As a matter of fact, we do (75/767). One more reason we are Cargo Airline of the Year I guess

Busboy

Nah...Must be something else. Might be that catchy motto on the side of your planes.

FDX has a "loss of all engines" checklist for the A300, as well. It's called "Both Engine Flameout". And, I think it's got some memory items.

pinseeker

So does the 11. It's called the "all engine flameout." There might be a couple of memory items on it as well.

767pilot

Never underestimate the power of a chocolate brown uniform.