Happening Now - 777 Captain Dies in Flight. . .

[NickDG 23]

Co-pilot flying the plane!

Media going nuts!

(Hope the first officer didn't also have the fish).

NickD

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[simplyputsi 0]

isn't this one of the purposes of a co-pilot????

have they come up with a catchy slogan for it yet?

Skymama's #2 stalker -

[AggieDave 6]

This will need a slogan, as well as its own animated lead in graphic!

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[turtlespeed 220]

Maybe he REALLY got his wings now?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[SpeedRacer 1]

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Co-pilot flying the plane!

Media going nuts!

(Hope the first officer didn't also have the fish).

NickD

If he did, I just hope one of the flight attendants is there to blow inflate the Autopilot!

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[SARLDO 0]

CNN says the pilot was 61. I thought there was a mandatory retirement of commercial airline pilots at age 60. Anybody know if the age 60 rule was recinded?

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[airtwardo 7]

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CNN says the pilot was 61. I thought there was a mandatory retirement of commercial airline pilots at age 60. Anybody know if the age 60 rule was rescinded?

Yes it was...now 65



Edit to add:
For international flights like that, there are actually 3 qualified pilots on board....one is a 'reserve' flight officer.
(I.R.O. ~ international reserve officer)

Also...only the most senior flight crew get to drive the heavies, many times the co-pilot was a captain on other equipment, but went back to right seat for the higher pay and better schedule.

And don't call me Shirley!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[OlympiaStoica 0]

They just landed - safely. ~ O

[JohnRich 4]

Let's see...
We can't fly the small regional airlines because the pilots are too inexperienced.
And now we can't fly the major carriers because the pilots are too old.
So what's left?

[JohnMitchell 16]

Fly with jump pilots, and wear a rig.

[SpeedRacer 1]

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They just landed - safely. ~ O

" I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. "

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[turtlespeed 220]

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They just landed - safely. ~ O

" I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. "

I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue!

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[ryoder 1,590]

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For international flights like that, there are actually 3 qualified pilots on board....one is a 'reserve' flight officer.
(I.R.O. ~ international reserve officer)

I assume this was instituted so they wouldn't need to fall back on the using the pilot with the drinking problem again.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[airtwardo 7]

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For international flights like that, there are actually 3 qualified pilots on board....one is a 'reserve' flight officer.
(I.R.O. ~ international reserve officer)

I assume this was instituted so they wouldn't need to fall back on the using the pilot with the drinking problem again.

“No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande”.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Icon134 0]

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Edit to add:
For international flights like that, there are actually 3 qualified pilots on board....one is a 'reserve' flight officer.
(I.R.O. ~ international reserve officer)

Also...only the most senior flight crew get to drive the heavies, many times the co-pilot was a captain on other equipment, but went back to right seat for the higher pay and better schedule.

And don't call me Shirley!

in fact the news article I just read stated that a relief pilot stepped in... and two pilots landed the plane.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[Rookie120 0]

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For international flights like that, there are actually 3 qualified pilots on board....one is a 'reserve' flight officer.
(I.R.O. ~ international reserve officer)

I think it's anything blocked over 8 hours an I.R.O. is assigned. I can double check on that.


R.I.P to the pilot and my condolences to his family. He probably went out doing what he loved doing.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[Nutz 0]

Looks like I picked a bad week to stop barbituates.

And stop calling me Shirley.

"Don't! Get! Eliminated!"

[MikeRMontagne 0]

Question, can sky divers take their rigs on as" carry-
on" litteraly. Air france, breaks-up in mid air, could've someone deployed even if they could freefall ( along with all the falling debis & , well other's) to say abou 15000? Food for thought

Be Brave, embrace the fear,
even if your not, pretend to be.
No one can tell the difference

[airtwardo 7]

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He probably went out doing what he loved doing.

What...having a heart attack?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[chasteh 0]

I've heard of wwII bomber crews getting out of a plane with the wings or tail breaking off before.

One got out over German-occupied France without a rig on... fell several thousand feet through a glass ceiling and hit the floor. He had something like a broken pelvis, leg, and badly wounded arm... but he lived. (The germans were so amazed that he survived that they took care of him until the war ended)

[ryoder 1,590]

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Question, can sky divers take their rigs on as" carry-
on" litteraly. Air france, breaks-up in mid air, could've someone deployed even if they could freefall ( along with all the falling debis & , well other's) to say abou 15000? Food for thought

No. Food for sharks.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[ryoder 1,590]

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I've heard of wwII bomber crews getting out of a plane with the wings or tail breaking off before.

One got out over German-occupied France without a rig on... fell several thousand feet through a glass ceiling and hit the floor. He had something like a broken pelvis, leg, and badly wounded arm... but he lived. (The germans were so amazed that he survived that they took care of him until the war ended)

When I was a kid, I found this book in my local library:

http://www.antiqbook.co.nz/boox/ren/5715.shtml

From distant memory, I recall:
- A guy being saved by deep snow in the mountains.
- A tail-gunner stuck in the detached, spinning tail assembly saved by trees.
- A guy w/o a rig who did a Mr Bill with another guy who had been temporarily knocked out by the plane exploding, before he woke up and pulled.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[MikeJD 0]

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Question, can sky divers take their rigs on as" carry-
on" litteraly. Air france, breaks-up in mid air, could've someone deployed even if they could freefall ( along with all the falling debis & , well other's) to say abou 15000? Food for thought

In this particular case, even if you'd managed to exit the plane alive you'd still have been left bobbing around in the middle of the Alantic - in a storm - at best. By all means take your rig as carry-on, but never because you think it might help you survive a disaster. It's fantasy.

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(The germans were so amazed that he survived that they took care of him until the war ended)

Chasteh, I'd hope they'd have taken care of him whether they were amazed or not. There were (and are) rules about that sort of thing!