KLM flight diverted to St. John's after pilot falls ill
 

KLM flight diverted to St. John's after pilot falls ill - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News


A Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) flight was diverted to St. John's International Airport Saturday evening on its way from Amsterdam to New York City after the pilot needed immediate medical attention.

Another poorly-written story about 'the pilot' of a 'plane' from a reporter with little aviation knowledge. When will they learn that there are two pilots (at least), a captain and a first officer. Which one was taken ill?

The Captain was taken ill during the flight. The original story on AT5 (linked to in the CBC News article) does mention this but perhaps the CBC reporter had trouble translating from Dutch.

There were 3 pilots on board. He is going to be fine.
End of thread.

Good to know. After the crew handled the flight properly, this is all that matters.

The Dutch would understand if it was the Curry Kapitan .

Amsterdam to Jfk? Nope, two pilots.

Is three pilots normal for AMS-JFK this time of year? I've seen some airlines add a third pilot westbound for winter winds and operate with two at other times of the year.

And, I've jumpseated on a United B-744 back in the glory days before Y2K where they operated ORD-NRT with four pilots. The fourth pilot was put on to 'plot' from what the captain told me.

Also, the guy on the radio in KLM 623 sounded kinda like a gringo to me. I ran into an American KLM pilot years ago in SEL (before ICN opened). I believe he was with TWA and said KLM picked up a few of his former colleagues as well.

CYYT must be getting quite busy. A little birdie tells me that VS had a similar divert in there a couple of weeks ago with a sick captain - 2 pilots - JFK to London.

Normal ops throughout the year, ams-jfk, is two pilots. Exceptions are training or checking. In this case no checking as new crew was flown in from Jfk.

Hear , hear. I was flying as passenger a few years back and, in conversation with a CC member my wife mentioned that I flew. "Oh, are you a pilot, of a First Officer?" And this from cabin crew!!! I despair

Maybe we should not be too harsh with the media. The terms used to be "pilot" and "copilot" , with pilot being the captain.
That changed to "captain" and " first officer" just like "chief pilot " changed to "operational manager" or something like it.
As long as people understand which person is meant it is ok.
However when the media think there is only one "real" pilot upfront, then yes, you have a point.

European operators including my outfit 2 to east coast. I believe American operators require 3 to cross the pond.

If a "pilot" had a medical emergency, then what does it matter - Captain, First Officer?
The stop is for the pilot, not for the airplane, right?

Well, there have been quite a few advertisements in very recent times, by a fairly well know aviation contract agency that some may know (Rsihowrth) that asked the question 'Are you a pilot or first officer'
So, I guess if some of those in the industry are unaware, then the ignorant rags will be poorly advised



...not that I am defending the rags!