AF 447 CA with woman when flight in trouble?

The Captain was probably getting some from the FA during his break.The problem here was the co-pilot putting the aircraft into a stall at least twice. Read the leaked CVR transcript, it will make you sick to your stomach.

You also have to remember that although he had 5000 hours, if he is like most of my european students, he got 250 hours of flight training in small aircraft, and then went straight to big airliner where there was very little hands on flying, and I doubt he was studying his but off, otherwise he would of demonstrated a little more understanding of basic aerodynamics.
 
I'm curious as to how people (the media, really) are making the leap that, because he was supposedly traveling with an off-duty FA, and that it took him a minute after getting ringed to get back to the cockpit, that it means the dude was having sex with her?

At 0200, I'd have said that he'd be doing something much more fulfilling to his needs as a human....."sleeping". I'm sure they'd had plenty of time to get their freak on in Rio, and would much rather do that than utilize a crew rest bunk.

Americans' collective puritanical view of sex sure makes it seem many times like we're all about 12 years old and giggling at our first glimpse of a dirty book or magazine. I have the urges of every healthy adult male, but I'm not actually boning my wife every single time we are in a room alone together with a bed (although, I have to say, that might be fun...). I'm guessing even a French airline Captain doesn't, either (not with my wife, of course....I mean with his 'traveling companion'!).
 
Hacker15e said:
I'm curious as to how people (the media, really) are making the leap that, because he was supposedly traveling with an off-duty FA, and that it took him a minute after getting ringed to get back to the cockpit, that it means the dude was having sex with her?
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I think blaming sleep inertia would be a more accurate/adequate description of why it took him a minute to get to the front office. That and, you know, tucking his shirt in.

At 0200, I'd have said that he'd be doing something much more fulfilling to his needs as a human....."sleeping". I'm sure they'd had plenty of time to get their freak on in Rio, and would much rather do that than utilize a crew rest bunk.
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Americans' collective puritanical view of sex sure makes it seem many times like we're all about 12 years old and giggling at our first glimpse of a dirty book or magazine. I have the urges of every healthy adult male, but I'm not actually boning my wife every single time we are in a room alone together with a bed (although, I have to say, that might be fun...). I'm guessing even a French airline Captain doesn't, either (not with my wife, of course....I mean with his 'traveling companion'!).
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Seriously, one thing that hasn't changed in this country: Founded by prudes, governed by same today.
 
Boris Badenov said:


When Russian Airliners crash, it's because the Captain decided to let his kid fly. When French Airliners crash, it's because the Captain had to leave TWO kids flying so he could get some sleep.

I'll take one old salty drunk Russian C/A over two wet-nursed never-made-a-command-decision-in-their-lives Frenchmen any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

I mean, seriously, look at the Russian crashes. They were making do with substandard equipment, substandard maintenance, and substandard training. It's amazing they don't crash more than they do. They don't crash more because they're TOUGH. For every 0/0 approach Russians crash during, there are 10 or 20 they don't, because that's how good they are. Then you've got the French, who apparently just give up when they lose the pitot tube. Bitch, I'd wager that a significant percentage of Russian flights TAKE OFF with the pitot tube inop. Airmanship. Some gotz it, some don't.

*lights fuse, stands well away*
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Yeah russians are pretty ballsy look at this

 
If there is a pilot on break and he's summoned back to the cockpit, there's going to be at least 5 minutes before he's back.

You have to determine that you need the other pilot.

You have to make the call to the rest facility and depending on what the aircraft is doing, it may be a hell of a time crawling out of the bunk toward the cockpit.

The article is heavily "over dramatized" for viral purposes. Go advertisers! :)
 
Boris Badenov said:
oh come on. Airline Captains dont poop. If they did it would smell like roses. But they dont.
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They totally poop.

Refer to the "New Captain" thread.

Personally, I'm senior because I got hired young and I'm old.

No ninja skillz.
 
Hacker15e said:
I'm curious as to how people (the media, really) are making the leap that, because he was supposedly traveling with an off-duty FA, and that it took him a minute after getting ringed to get back to the cockpit, that it means the dude was having sex with her?

At 0200, I'd have said that he'd be doing something much more fulfilling to his needs as a human....."sleeping". I'm sure they'd had plenty of time to get their freak on in Rio, and would much rather do that than utilize a crew rest bunk.

Americans' collective puritanical view of sex sure makes it seem many times like we're all about 12 years old and giggling at our first glimpse of a dirty book or magazine. I have the urges of every healthy adult male, but I'm not actually boning my wife every single time we are in a room alone together with a bed (although, I have to say, that might be fun...). I'm guessing even a French airline Captain doesn't, either (not with my wife, of course....I mean with his 'traveling companion'!).
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I guess what I was trying to say is it doesn't really matter what he was doing back there, it was a scheduled break. This co-pilot should have known enough about flying not to mess the situation up that bad.
 
Polymox said:
What's with the cabin in total darkness during takeoff? That would make an evacuation difficult.
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Ive been in lots of airliners at night that turn the lights off at takeoff.... in an evac thats what the emergency lighting is for.
 
Yeah russians are pretty ballsy look at this

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In Soviet Russia airplane breaks the weather.
 
I ride a rig with no cockpit door, if I'm called, it takes a bit to get to the front.

1) *DING*
2) "WTF? Oh, I guess I fell asleep"
3) *fumble for light switch* Mumble/curse under breath finding said switch
4) Look for pants
5) Rub crusties out of eyes
6) Stow linens (except for tool bags - they leave their stuff all over the bunk)
7) Put pants/shoes on
8) Stammer 50 feet to cockpit

So homeboy up there in a minute or 2 is pretty solid.
 
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