Former USN F-18 Pilot Tammie Jo Shults - Captain Southwest Flight 1830

[megan]

The fact that she got to the Hornet indicates that she was above average

Certainly a well credentialed Lass. Her first assignment was to the Naval Air Station Chase Field where she taught others to fly the T-2 Buckeye. She then qualified to fly the A-7 Corsair II at the Naval Air Station Lemoore and then served as an instructor in the VAQ-34 squadron at the Pacific Missile Test Center under the command of Rosemary Mariner. She then qualified to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, the first woman to do so for the Navy. She flew training missions as an aggressor pilot during Operation Desert Storm training her male colleagues, while military policies at that time prevented females from flying in combat missions. She finished her tour of duty in 1993 flying the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler with VAQ-34.

Lass first applied to the USAF but they turned her down, my alma mater recognised quality evidently.

[oldmansquipper]

Equality?

I'm sorry...but it matters not one jot what the gender of this person is, isn't, or might be. The emergency was handled well by the crew...which included the captain. End of.

Slightly off piste, but in my experience of teaching people to fly (as a Gliding instructor for many years) one particular grouping consistently stood out as providing the 'better end product' . IMHO - it was the ladies.

[Bob Viking]

Equality. What’s that then?

It’s funny isn’t it? If I came on here and said that, when I compare all the students I have taught over the years, I thought the males were better than the females I’d be lambasted for it.

I don’t by the way. I view everyone as a student and really couldn’t care less what gender/colour/sexual orientation they are.

When people try too hard to be seen to hold women (insert any other minority group here and it’d be the same outcome) on a pedestal I think it looks even more desperate than if we all just shut up about it and got on with life.

I honestly believe we will not have true equality until we just accept that everyone is different but if we treat them fairly (not necessarily equally) then it is the best for everyone. Recruitment targets etc just make things worse. But then I would say that wouldn’t I? I’m a white male.

Have you seen the picture of the kids watching a football game and the fence is in the way? I think it illustrates the point perfectly.

Standing by to be accused of misogyny/homophobia/racism from the usual suspects.

BV

PS. I think the crew did a great job and I don’t have any problem with the Captain getting the recognition she deserves. Good on her.

[SASless]

I think carrying it out, knowing that a passenger had died would have added even more stress to the situation.

As much stress as having a gravely injured but living passenger and needing to get the injured person to medical care as quickly as possible?

Sad as it is...."dead" removes any urgency re the deceased.

These situations are what you get paid for....not all those boring trips where everything goes dead nuts normal.

The Crew did their job in a professional manner as expected.

Some passengers did far more than expected of them.

Lets brag on them a bit shall we.

[Two's in]

Footage from inside shows how little attention the SLF paid to the safety briefs, having their oxy masks only over their mouths.

...but surely that's all you need as a mouth breather? Quite Darwinian.

[MarcK]

Originally Posted by SASless

As much stress as having a gravely injured but living passenger and needing to get the injured person to medical care as quickly as possible?

Sad as it is...."dead" removes any urgency re the deceased.

Whatever the qualifications of the first responders, they don't have the authority to declare "death" in the field. Even if they are qualified as EMTs or Paramedics, the only conditions that qualify are Decapitation, Incineration, Decomposition, Rigor Mortis. None of that applied.