Originally Posted by
Montrealguy
I guess there were "cultural" issues here too ?
The flight crew and five commuting pilots riding as passengers all tossed out their luggage and Christmas gifts out the window as they were evacuating a burning aircraft, endangering the lives of those behind them.
The accident was caused by a hard landing after a visual approach. The flying pilot was not a Korean but was a US female. Anyone want to risk writing about the airmenship of the female pilots they flew with here or is this kind of liberty taboo and only allowed when speaking of non-western people ?
Fed Ex Flight 647 Airline Crash - YouTube
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the pilot who crashed was an affirmative action hire who had many difficulties in flying but was kept on due to gender. Guess that policy cost FedEx a few bucks and reputation.