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gcolyer 23rd March 2007 11:37


Originally Posted by Wessex Boy
Can I log that time?:)

Sorry I don't think you can log that time:

1) Was your mother or father an instructor?
2) You were not old enough.

RatherBeFlying 23rd March 2007 12:59

Flew a day trip Toronto-Montreal return in a C-172 with an 8 month pregnant lady. She did use the sick bag, but was otherwise fine and we were never more than 15 minutes or so from an airport.

One thing to keep in mind is that higher altitudes are not that good for the baby in the last few months -- part of the reason that airlines ban pregnant passengers after 32 weeks.

Wessex Boy 23rd March 2007 13:03

I don't think we were in any danger of altitude in an Auster....although it could explain one or two of my character defects.......:confused:

Dark Star 23rd March 2007 16:24

Then there are the Legal/Insurance consequences of taking off with 2 POB in a 2 seater and suddenly having 3 POB !

gcolyer 23rd March 2007 16:39

Special branch would have a field day!

pchappo 24th March 2007 07:25

i would declare a 'towel emergency' and request some hot water.....

gcolyer 24th March 2007 09:35

I can hear it now.


Towel Towel Towel

PompeyPaul 24th March 2007 20:01

Air Law
 

Okay, I'll take the bait.

"Mayday" is distress.

"Pan" is urgency.

Therefore, if this situation arose, "pan" would be the call to make. However (and it's a big however!) this situation I am sure would be most unlikely to arise since there's no-one daft enough to take a heavily pregnant woman flying (unnecessarily!) in a light aircraft
Jeremy Pratt's "Air Law" mentions that on average 2 or 3 flights in the UK, every year, land with more passengers than they took off with. Apparently it's almost always in Scotland and due to medical air transfers of pregnant women.

DX Wombat 24th March 2007 22:31

They don't really land with more passengers than they take off with, it's just that they have been redistributed. :ok:


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