Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: deSelys on March 29, 2012, 04:19:43 AM
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Now this is a serious meltdown!! :huh
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/03/28/osbon.complaint.and.affidavit.pdf?hpt=hp_t1 (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/03/28/osbon.complaint.and.affidavit.pdf?hpt=hp_t1)
Kudos to the FO, the other pilot, the flight attendants and the passenger who subdued the captain for averting a potential disaster :salute
edit: and I hope that the guy will recover from his condition, whatever the cause...
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They did a good job.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IL&feature=related&hl=en&v=iqn_ufUXwOk
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Lots of people condeming the pilot as a bad guy when it's possible that he suffered a mini-stroke, medication mixup, or was dosed by somebody.
The Co-pilot should be promoted to the left seat for keeping his eye on the big picture and acting when he saw something wrong.
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It has to be some medical problem. He looks to have a very busy schedule. May have just cracked.
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S!@# happens, twigs can snap - seems like the whole crew did their job extremely well, although I wonder what might have happened different (possible hesitations on the FO's part) if there wasn't a spare off-duty on board.
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I think everyone on that Fight overreacted. :furious
He simply came out of the bathroom after a dump and said "Boy now there's a Bomb in there! :uhoh
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I'm interested to find out what went wrong with him, everyone who knew him at the company seemed pretty shocked at the incident. Icepac has a good list of the possibilities.
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In my cargo world there were times where I seriously contemplated belly landing in a field and hitchhiking home after setting the plane on fire. The lack of sleep and daily operating pressure will play tricks on your mind. :confused:
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Are you AmeriFlight?
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Want to report me to TSA? :noid nah ... Ameriflight, they sleep in an hotel not in the back of the plane ... In the middle of the winter :cheers: Or airline you 10h to relocate you 250 miles and call it 'crew rest'.
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What's the mins? :D
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Min is 9h consecutive per 24h. 9h from the time you are off duty to on duty again. That means you can go 6 days straight leaving the plane at 9pm and showing back up at 6am. which we do :bhead
And when I leave at 11pm, after a day at home without sleep, fly 6 hours in 3-4 legs and be done at 8am ... It's legal per FAA. Am I rested and fit for duty? Not really as I keep falling asleep in flight, mind you I have no autopilot nor first officer. The human body doesn't have a on and off switch where you can fall asleep right away and enjoy your 9 hours.
And off course there's the work arounds, like spending 10h in an airliner/airport does not constitute 'rest' even per FAA standards, but as long as you are not on any company flight log, you still pass the FAA duty inspection. :)
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It has to be some medical problem. He looks to have a very busy schedule. May have just cracked.
been close to cracked... thankfully never with the lives of a hundred or so on the line if i did...
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Ouch, sounds tough. Pretty weak of your company to give you such crappy fly back times. Nevertheless, what're the hiring mins? I don't shy from hard work.
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135 IFR mins 1200h. It's really not bad, I've done that for 6 years. But I m not 20 anymore, at 40 you dont recover that easy ... plus when you have a family, it gets odd for them too. :old:
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Ah, everything seems so far out of reach for now. Thanks though.