USAir 1549 "blonde" FA story, A LIE!

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Socal321

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Looks like a now out of work PAX, sets the record straight about Doreen Welsh. Probably panic set in while she opened the door that was unsafe.

Flight attendant Doreen Walsh said on "60 Minutes" that a female passenger rushed by her and opened the rear door.

 No, Scudere said, he and others saw the flight attendant open the rear door. "Nobody was there to rush past her to open the door. I saw her back turned, and she was opening the door, and she said, 'Oh my God, we're in water!' I don't want to be critical. She hadn't gotten any warning that we'd be landing in the water. I just want to set the record straight."



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30220173/page/2/
 
wait.. i thought the capt had told everyone on board that they'd be landing in the hudson (ie: water).
 
this was in the article

take a look

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LIFE VEST FAIL!
 
SIUav8er said:
i dont get why she would lie about this. whats the big deal about opening the emergency exit?
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Because, simply, if you open the aft emergency exits in a ditched airplane, the airplane sinks a LOT faster.

One of the things they teach F/As (confirm please Qgar!) in initial and recurrent training is to look OUTSIDE the exit and evaluate the situation BEFORE you open the door.

Why? To evaluate if the exit is unusable because of fire, water or damage. So, if she did, in fact, open an aft exit that was under water, she violated one of the first principles of the MOST IMPORTANT reason she's on the airplane in the first place.

Just out of curiosity, is she the one who can't bear to wear her uniform anymore? This might help explain that.
 
Velocipede said:
Because, simply, if you open the aft emergency exits in a ditched airplane, the airplane sinks a LOT faster.

One of the things they teach F/As (confirm please Qgar!) in initial and recurrent training is to look OUTSIDE the exit and evaluate the situation BEFORE you open the door.

Why? To evaluate if the exit is unusable because of fire, water or damage. So, if she did, in fact, open an aft exit that was under water, she violated one of the first principles of the MOST IMPORTANT reason she's on the airplane in the first place.

Just out of curiosity, is she the one who can't bear to wear her uniform anymore? This might help explain that.
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I can confirm this for you
 
How do we know what she saw if/when she assessed out the window of that AFT exit?

Could she see that the water was high enough to come in that exit? In looking out any exit, water would have been visible. I've never done an real ditching. I've never assessed out a window of a plane in a river, so I really can't say what she may or may not have seen.

While it certainly sounds like her story conflicts with pax testimony/observations, I will not throw stones or anything about opening the door, without more information. What did she see? What did the other F/As see out their door windows? What kind of training/information does US give their F/As about a/c attitude in a ditching?

She very well may have been in the wrong to open that exit. But I want more specific information before making a judgement.
 
Velocipede said:
Because, simply, if you open the aft emergency exits in a ditched airplane, the airplane sinks a LOT faster.

One of the things they teach F/As (confirm please Qgar!) in initial and recurrent training is to look OUTSIDE the exit and evaluate the situation BEFORE you open the door.

Why? To evaluate if the exit is unusable because of fire, water or damage. So, if she did, in fact, open an aft exit that was under water, she violated one of the first principles of the MOST IMPORTANT reason she's on the airplane in the first place.

Just out of curiosity, is she the one who can't bear to wear her uniform anymore? This might help explain that.
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DPApilot said:
I can confirm this for you
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You two gentlemen are 100% correct. You ALWAYS need to assess for fire, water and other hazards BEFORE opening any emergency door.
And, yes, she is the FA who has not been able to put the uniform back on. I highly doubt she'll return to her job.
 
the 1549 pax had nothing to worry about. In Airport '77, the 747 sank to the bottom of the ocean and stayed intact because the cabin was pressurized.

Jack Lemmon said so to the pax.











:D
 
MikeD said:
the 1549 pax had nothing to worry about. In Airport '77, the 747 sank to the bottom of the ocean and stayed intact because the cabin was pressurized.

Jack Lemmon said so to the pax.

:D
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And despite being completely submerged the APU provides air and electric to provide comfort in the cabin....
 
Polar742 said:
And despite being completely submerged the APU provides air and electric to provide comfort in the cabin....
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Cool, huh? Must've deployed the snorkel to the surface before they sank, lol.

Course in Airport '79, when George Kennedy's character was promoted from maintenance chief to co-pilot the Concorde, they were able to outmaneuver the F-4 chasing them and decoy it's AIM-9s with a flare gun....cool!
 
Polar742 said:
And despite being completely submerged the APU provides air and electric to provide comfort in the cabin....
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MikeD said:
Cool, huh? Must've deployed the snorkel to the surface before they sank, lol.

Course in Airport '79, when George Kennedy's character was promoted from maintenance chief to co-pilot the Concorde, they were able to outmaneuver the F-4 chasing them and decoy it's AIM-9s with a flare gun....cool!
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Guys, Guys.
You seem they deployed the ever-so-new RAT, which powered by the oceans current, made power available...

And watch out, if you end up a few feet above the ocean without warning and your wing tip catches on fire, your number one engine WILL catch on fire/ have a compressor stall!

:tmyk:
 
DPApilot said:
this was in the article

take a look

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LIFE VEST FAIL!
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Aww, look at the kitty! Awww...

or

Lion-O Lion-O schnarf schnarf! (+2 if you can name the cartoon)


On second thought, just a few minutes earlier he probably thought he was going to die, and I probably shouldn't have teased.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Aww, look at the kitty! Awww...

or

Lion-O Lion-O schnarf schnarf! (+2 if you can name the cartoon)


On second thought, just a few minutes earlier he probably thought he was going to die, and I probably shouldn't have teased.
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Thundercats HO!
 
My goodness, FA's blindly opening doors, cockpit crews failing to communicate with cabin crews,
pilots failing to hit the ditch switch.......... Now I understand the endless hero worship! :D
Think Chesney will address these matters in his "memoir"? :rolleyes:
Or maybe a poem?
 
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