January 26, 20233 yr Nobody would fault the FO for breaking the sterile cockpit rule to get emergency aid to the captain. One big problem not mentioned is how a female (making a probabalistic assumption here) flight attendant gets a larger, heavier pilot out of the seat of a micro-airliner like the ERJ single-handed without posing a risk to aircraft control. Things are pretty tight on those flight decks, and the last thing you'd want is to unbelt and try to manhandle the guy in close quarters and end up with a full-grown unconscious man draped across the yoke a few thousand feet above the ground. The FO can't really help--he's as busy as a one-armed paperhanger trying to get the airplane back to a crazy-busy airport. The one thing I did find worthy of some second-guessing given what's known, is why they didn't get paramedics and a stair truck out to the end of the runway to meet the jet, rather than marshal the EMTs to the gate to meet them after an extended taxi in--KORD is a big place, and driving a couple miles at taxi speeds eats up a lot of time. From listening to the ATC audio, it seemed that the FO didn't think they'd have a way to get him off the jet anywhere but the gate...I'd bet that airport fire-rescue at a big airport like O'Hare has equipment for that. I'd have at least asked the question. Might not have made any difference, but time is heart muscle, especially if you can't do CPR. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 26, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, birdguy said: I guess some might believe the first office should have put the aircraft on autopilot, unlocked the cockpit door, pulled the captain out of his seat, dragged him into the cabin and laid him out onto the floor, and yelled, 'Is there a doctor in the house?" Nobody is suggesting that. He would just communicate the problem to the flight attendants and flick a switch on the centre console to unlock the door and then concentrate on flying the aircraft while the flight attendants tried to give whatever aid they could without interfering with the control of the aircraft. Up until that point, nobody knows what is wrong with the captain or whether he is alive or dead. Dugald Walker
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