Am I the only one who is wondering about the Captain's experience with engine failures? From the report:
Originally Posted by The NTSB
The captain reported that he had experienced about five engine failures while working at Rhoades Aviation. One such failure occurred about 3 to 4 months before the accident
WTF are they doing there such that the Skipper has a half-dozen actual failures under his belt before he went for a swim? Most crew will go their entire
career without having a genuine engine failure outside the box. Precautionary shutdowns, certainly, but genuine
hard failures? And this bloke has had
5 before this one - and that's with
one company?!? Granted he's got a swag of hours, and I cant see from the report how long he's been employed by Rhoades, but still.....