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gas_man
21st Mar 2002, 23:10
i would like to know what happened in the event of a flight engineer becoming incapacitated during flight . who does his job ? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> did the first officer take over ?
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
22nd Mar 2002, 12:11
Er.. Flight Engineer? What's that?
HalesAndPace
22nd Mar 2002, 19:19
Flight Engineers, wonderful people (Chief FE told me I had to say that!!), but seriously, invaluble crew members. Yes, our incapacitation checklist says that FO would carry out essential switching on FE's panel, then resume his/her seat for letdown, approach & landing.
Bellerophon
22nd Mar 2002, 22:34
Insufficient air intake to Flight Engineers has never caused much of a problem.. .. .However, excessive air emissions from ....... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> . .. .(Sorry guys, cheap shot, but I couldn't resist it!)
When I was a 727 plumber with Pan Am, the captain was the back-up. He also has a better view of the FE panel from his seat.