Alertwomen pilots save over 48 lives aboard
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I was in India when this happened. By God, they really need to grow up already!
And that bit about the press highlighting the acheivement of "women" pilots is quite extraordinary. Were they expecting some of us male pilots to do any less? Nothing against anyone, of course, but they did what they were trained to do. Period.
And that bit about the press highlighting the acheivement of "women" pilots is quite extraordinary. Were they expecting some of us male pilots to do any less? Nothing against anyone, of course, but they did what they were trained to do. Period.
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Hello guys,
ATR is not a "light twin" to me but maybe just because I'm a woman ;-)
An Airlinair ATR lost a wheel 3-4 years ago, the crew was advised by the ATC!! The wheel has been found on the runway, after searching with serial number, they found which aircraft it was and then contact the crew, easy...
ATR is not a "light twin" to me but maybe just because I'm a woman ;-)
An Airlinair ATR lost a wheel 3-4 years ago, the crew was advised by the ATC!! The wheel has been found on the runway, after searching with serial number, they found which aircraft it was and then contact the crew, easy...
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Given this appears to be a regular occurrence with this A/C you'd think they could paint the nut white or red to make it's absence easy to spot on preflight?
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You guys are missing the point. It is good for the public to know we are doing something more than pushing buttons and sometimes earn our pay( sorry the peanuts).Raises our profile just like Scullys splashdown.
You guys are missing the point. It is good for the public to know we are doing something more than pushing buttons and sometimes earn our pay( sorry the peanuts).Raises our profile just like Scullys splashdown.
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Oh, please! Comparing this to Scully?! Isn't this what you are supposed to do? What you are trained to do?
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So true, one wheel falling off made all this news because they were female? If they had landed normally not knowing one nose wheel fell off the next crew would probably have noticed it on the preflight. If not somewhere down the line someone would have noticed, not worthy of news report in my opinion.
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I just wonder...what would the indian press say if the BA747 that lost an engine out of Los Angeles and continued to just short of london...if the pilots had been women/
Did they know the wheel was missing, wouldn't be the first time my missus totally destroyed a car tire through driving several miles with it flat and maintaining that it must just have happened!!!!!!
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I am not comparing anything to any one. It is not about a man or a woman in the cockpit. It is all about A PILOT who is perceived by the public to have done well. Specially in India where pilots have been fairly agitated and being played against each other by the "Higher Powers"
I am not comparing anything to any one
You wrote this:
Raises our profile just like Scullys splashdown
If there was anything at all newsworthy here it was/is that certain aircraft are NOT being very well maintained in India - if the damn wheels are falling off here and there, what else isn't being done right?
