made my donation and posted this on our forum.....hope it helps.....
by the way - the IPA is the Independent Pilots Association representing the over 2000 pilots of UPS
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Remember UAL Capt. Al Haynes? He was the captain of the infamous UAL DC-10 that had an uncontained center engine failure taking out all the hydraulics and managed to “land” in Sioux Falls in July, 1989 – saving 185 of the 296 souls on board. Capt. Haynes and his crew became poster boys for the then relatively new) acronym/phrase CRM (Cockpit Resource Management). He is now retired and has done many public speaking engagements on this event.
He helped many and now needs our help. His daughter has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, and requires a bone marrow transplant. Health insurance does not fully cover the cost (patients share approaching $200,000).
Capt. Haynes recently lost his wife and son and now this……
If you would like to help, please log onto
http://www.transplants.org./
Then click “campaign donations” and then chose “Arguello (Haynes), Laurie” and make the donation of your choice.
Pilots are a wary group. I am convinced this is a legitimate site/cause. It is on numerous other airline sites (UAL, APA, Association of Flight Attendants, etc.) and has been reported on by wire services and SEA local media. A thread on a popular aviation forum has been running for over one month (with over 18,000 “views”), and not one post challenging the authenticity.
And perhaps the IPA Foundation can make a donation…….
Links:
http://yarchive.net/air/airliners/dc10_sioux_city.html
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...13X28786&key=1