November 20, 200817 yr Air hostess helped land passenger jet after co-pilot had 'breakdown' over the Atlantichttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...n-Atlantic.htmlbt
November 20, 200817 yr That's bizarre. I wonder what his condition will ruled as, organic or mental? - Chris Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | Intel Core i9 13900KF | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB | 64GB DDR5 SDRAM | Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling | 1TB & 2TB Samsung Gen 4 SSD | 1000 Watt Gold PSU | Windows 11 Pro | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Thrustmaster TCA Captain X Airbus | Asus ROG 38" 4k IPS Monitor (PG38UQ) Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard | Intel i7 4790k CPU | MSI GTX 970 4 GB video card | Corsair DDR3 2133 32GB SDRAM | Corsair H50 water cooler | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (2) | EVGA 1000 watt PSU - Retired
November 20, 200817 yr Wow, that's weird. Glad the hostess was there.I like how the Daily Mail's "767" is an A321, too ;) :-roll
November 20, 200817 yr I think what makes this incident so unique was that the hostess had a commercial pilot
November 21, 200817 yr Commercial Member I once knew an Air Canada FA who had a commercial license and a 737 type rating.He was working as an FA because he couldn't get a job as a pilot.At the least the hostie in the Air Canada incident above got to put all his or her training to some good use!Bryan B. York FS2Crew Web Site / FS2Crew Facebook Page / FS2Crew Discord
November 21, 200817 yr Not terribly unique.Almost any pilot who wants to own/ fly a multi-engine aircraft or a turboprop will be required to get a CPL by the insurance companyA CPL can be for a C-172 - it only requires about 3 times the hours of a PPL in the US, and a bit more testing. I think it requires a second class medical where a PPL only requires a 3rd class medical.The FA did have a valid Multi-Engine rating, but her IFR qualification had expired.She did not have an ATP rating which is necessary to pilot most commercial passenger aircraft.The airline employee community is just as filled with aviation nuts as the FlightSim community, and probably includes as many, or more, people with pilots licenses and ratings of various types.
November 21, 200817 yr >Wow, that's weird. Glad the hostess was there.The pilot could have landed on his own - with no help and it had happened before that one of the pilots was disabled one way or another. Probably the best this hostess did was actually occupying the empty seat and this way preventing the crazy copilot from barging in. Michael J.http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9320/apollo17vf7.jpg Michael J.
November 21, 200817 yr The AC 767-300 flight from YYZ to LHR (AC868) lasts 7 hours 20 minutes. I always assumed for a flight of such a duration there has to be a 2nd cockpit crew on board. So what is the max. flight duration which is allowed to be flown by a single cockpit crew?Cheers, Wolfgang
November 21, 200817 yr >I like how the Daily Mail's "767" is an A321, too ;) :-roll The Daily Mail is one of the worst and nastiest newspapers in the UK. Some of their 'historical' articles are hilarious. Their racism and xenophobia are an embarrassment. Gavin Barbara Over 10 years here and AVSIM is still my favourite FS site :-)
November 26, 200817 yr Author I love the media,The only nightmare was how the first officer probably feels where his career is headed. Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings. Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”
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