Continental pilot dies in flight

WacoFan said:
I would imagine that with a relief pilot and cabin crew the guy wasn't sitting next to a corpse for long. I would think the biggest issue would be a guy slumping onto the controls. What is the first thing a FO does if the Captain dies? What would Doug or any of our other FO's do if the guy croaks - and in what order? I am sure there must be procedures for this, and if you can share, what are they?
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I'd do a "Weekend at Bernies" and make him stand at the door upon deplane and take credit for the bad landing.
 
Thank goodness there was a relief officer on board. Can you imagine the panic from the pax if they'd seen a FA go into the cockpit to assist? :eek:
 
I know there's an extremely small chance, but can you imagine both cap and fo die? there are some old fo's out there you know... murphy's law! :bandit:
 
Re: CAL Captain dies in flight FLight 61

WalterSobchak said:
I believe thats two CAL people that have died in flight now........I think we are on to something......:sarcasm:
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Crew meals. I tell ya guys....:sarcasm:

In all seriousness, tough he had to go young but I hope there is some consolation in dying doing what you love.

(sitting in a chair for the last 4 hours wondering if you can remember where you parked your car in the next 2...:sarcasm:)

Man. Are those crickets I'm hearing?
 
Our proc @ C5 was to get the disabled pilot out of the seat w/ the help of a ABP if needed. We would then brief the cabin and assign ABP's to assist the cabin and brief them on the emergency at hand. We would then (the FA) go up into the cabin and sit in the empty pilot seat and assist the pilot in anyway they feel necessary.
 
I also saw where CNN was blaming the ATC delays along the north-east on this incident. I Love the Media!!!:sarcasm:

I believe that the minnimums should be raised for those entering the media to at least that or higher than the greeter at Wal-Mart.
 
jhugz said:
Our proc @ C5 was to get the disabled pilot out of the seat w/ the help of a ABP if needed. We would then brief the cabin and assign ABP's to assist the cabin and brief them on the emergency at hand. We would then (the FA) go up into the cabin and sit in the empty pilot seat and assist the pilot in anyway they feel necessary.
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What is C5, and what is an ABP?
 
FO are pilots and can fly (surprisingly...), I wouldn't even brief the pax. Don't see why it has to be an "emergency" landing.
 
I feel bad for the Captain's family. It's terrible news to lose a loved one no matter the cause or circumstance. The rest of the flight "technically" should have been a non-event for the f/o(s) involved and I'm sure it was regardless of what the news hounds would like for you to believe. The media would love to make it a sensationalized crisis event ('Pilotless aircraft doomed-film at 11!") as that's what sells air time and captures viewership.

People say, "Well at least he died doing what he loved". Maybe, just maybe, he hated flying or didn't "love it" anymore. At this point in his career he was simply doing it for the paycheck and family medical bennies or simply couldn't afford to retire due to circumstances. I certainly am not in it anymore for the "love of flying". At this point I do it mostly to provide for my family and I look forward to retirement to spend more time with my wife and daughter. It beats sitting at a cubicle or shoveling dirt but it's not the "be all to end all" career it use to be. My daughter as absolutely no interest in aviation and I can't say that makes me unhappy. But I digress......

I hope he didn't suffer and it doesn't sound like he did. Death doesn't frighten me, dying and suffering does and leaving loved ones behind who need me. RIP? If he was a religious man and a follower I'm sure he's in a much better place than the rest of us. The loved ones left behind are the ones who need our thoughts and prayers and who will suffer.
 
A300Capt said:
I feel bad for the Captain's family. It's terrible news to lose a loved one no matter the cause or circumstance. The rest of the flight "technically" should have been a non-event for the f/o(s) involved....
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I've only ever used the tiller on the RJ. How similar is steering one plane to another? I'd be a little worried about trying to drive the thing around Newark once I landed.
 
BobDDuck said:
I've only ever used the tiller on the RJ. How similar is steering one plane to another? I'd be a little worried about trying to drive the thing around Newark once I landed.
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Airplane is an airplane. Of course where you start the turn might be different.

However, for the relief pilot to be an FO, the FO must have a PIC type, so they've at least taxiied the sim.

Here, since our airplanes have 2 tillers, if it's your leg, after the after start it's all the FO, including taxi
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I'd hesitate bringing someone else up into the cockpit unless I know there was someone that was from my company or an offline jumpseater who is CASS verified. Simply not worth the risk.
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Your signature says you have 1,200 TT. Would you really deny the help of a Part 91 Gulfstream/Challenger/Lear/King Air etc... pilot, who may have thousands, if not tens of thousands of more experience than you because of CASS?
 
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