SkyWest plane makes emergency landing at Provo airport

jtrain609 said:
I think what you're saying hinges on a lot of things you're not addressing, like what your FOM says, what your POI's view on the issue is, etc. etc.
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John, come on dude, that has no impact whatsoever on this scenario. You are now a single engine emergency aircraft and your mission, as decreed by the gods known as the FAA is now to land at the nearest suitable airport. There are none, zero, zilch, nada, maru, cero, <insert other foreign language word for 0 here>, other concerns. The company desires have no say in the matter. Mr. Fed will see to that. The only thing a thought to where the company might like you to put your emergency aircraft that is not the nearest suitable aiport will get you is likely a suspension of your licenses at a minimum.
 
jtrain609 said:
I I also think that if the engine was secured and feathered with no indication that anything else was going wrong (I don't know if this is the case), then landing at an airport that has no airline service at all, that is 36nm short of your companies largest hub, might not end up with desirable results for the crew. Now is it a BAD result? I don't really know. Is it really that hard to have Skywest truck a few mechanics and possibly and engine down to Provo? No, probably not.
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I must be losing it, I agree with jtrain on this one. 36 NM in a brasilia (even single engine) is what, 10-15 minutes? If the good one is still running well (not saying this was the case) and you can maintain a safe altitude (again, maybe that wasn't the case), yadda yadda yadda, why not do it? I mean even if just for the fact that SLC is going to have much more suitable emergency equipment than Podunk, UT. *shrug* then again I don't fly for a living any more.
 
jtrain609 said:
"That track looks like they were like, "GTFO! The engine failed? CRAP! I really wanted to go eat some In and Out in Saint George,
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Salt Lake has two In-N-Out Burgers now (Draper and West Jordan), adding a third in West Valley soon. The West Jordan one is right next to U42 (now called "South Valley Regional Airport").

Looking at that FlightAware track, they were closer to SLC when they made that right turn direct to Provo, so who knows.
 
Here's some additional info: they were at FL220 when they turned back toward SLC. 6 minutes later they started their descent, and 16,000 descending when they turned for PVU 6 minutes after that. Max groundspeed was 340 kts, while headed back to SLC.
 
It looks like they were on a bee-line for SLC but decided to go elsewhere. Maybe the company wanted them to go to Provo. Isn't that where Skywest is headquartered at? I have to assume they have mx as well.
 
No, SkyWest has NOTHING at Provo. Provo has no airline service whatsoever--chiefly because it's so close to SLC.
 
Rocketman99 said:
John, come on dude, that has no impact whatsoever on this scenario. You are now a single engine emergency aircraft and your mission, as decreed by the gods known as the FAA is now to land at the nearest suitable airport. There are none, zero, zilch, nada, maru, cero, <insert other foreign language word for 0 here>, other concerns. The company desires have no say in the matter. Mr. Fed will see to that. The only thing a thought to where the company might like you to put your emergency aircraft that is not the nearest suitable aiport will get you is likely a suspension of your licenses at a minimum.
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Then ya'll should be lynching this captain for overflying what? 5 airports on his way to SLC? 5,000' of pavement is certainly enough for a Bro to get in.
 
Three pages in and nobody's pointed out the travesty of the pilots not even being able to get a drink after putting that can down. JetCareers is serious business today.
 
There's a story about a crew that had an irregularity in flight, maintenance convinced them to return to base instead of the nearest suitable airport as directed by the checklist and now the crew is facing enforcement action from the FAA. This is real.

The captain makes the decision and will be held solely responsible. Well, and the FO too because the Feds issue violations in pairs.
 
Doug Taylor said:
There's a story about a crew that had an irregularity in flight, maintenance convinced them to return to base instead of the nearest suitable airport as directed by the checklist and now the crew is facing enforcement action from the FAA. This is real.

The captain makes the decision and will be held solely responsible. Well, and the FO too because the Feds issue violations in pairs.
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That's really unfortunate. Always CYA!
 
I can't believe there are even 4 pages to be discussed. Nearest suitable airport, end of story, period. Good job on the crew.
 
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