Itchy
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Robin sure looks good in jeans.
Hawker Down near AKR
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SrFnFly227
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A few people have emailed the expert and it appears that the author of the article took some liberties with quotations. Quote below is taken from a Facebook group I'm in:
"I did not tell the press pilots would not be paid if trip incomplete. I believe I said something to the order of 135 operators are paid to carry passengers to a destination and may try harder than average to get there to complete the sale. I also told them that over the past 5 years there has not been a fatal 135 jet accidents . None of that supporting data was used as the press I find is interested in a shock factor. Next time I won’t answer the phone."
"I did not tell the press pilots would not be paid if trip incomplete. I believe I said something to the order of 135 operators are paid to carry passengers to a destination and may try harder than average to get there to complete the sale. I also told them that over the past 5 years there has not been a fatal 135 jet accidents . None of that supporting data was used as the press I find is interested in a shock factor. Next time I won’t answer the phone."
robofos
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I've been checking on this story for updates for any new info but this is the only good thing I've found so far:
"Among those who saw the flames after the crash was Jason Bartley, 38. Bartley lived in the apartment house that was struck and was driving home when he learned what happened. He told the Akron Beacon Journal that an errand essentially saved his life: He wasn't home because he'd gone to the store to buy Hot Pockets."
-I love USA Today
"Among those who saw the flames after the crash was Jason Bartley, 38. Bartley lived in the apartment house that was struck and was driving home when he learned what happened. He told the Akron Beacon Journal that an errand essentially saved his life: He wasn't home because he'd gone to the store to buy Hot Pockets."
-I love USA Today
Good to see he called them to the carpet.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Certainly the traffic going to/from the store is more hazardous.
robofos
Well-Known Member
He's not the victim.
Do not pick up the telephone when a reporter calls you.
Aviation News 101.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
I just want to get the truth out!
I think that was the last time anyone, besides HR and the chief pilot, heard from that Airbus FO.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
A friend of mine of mine works in broadcasting and his producer or reporters have called me several times to discuss aviation topics on air or off air. All it ever turns into is hype, hysteria and panic. The last time they asked me about renumbering of a local runway and how it will affect pilots. "Aren't the pilots going to be confused, and how will they know they are landing at the correct airport?" "Well it is pretty simple actually. Pilots know about that it advance, it would be no surprise whatsoever."
Yes, total chaos. The reporter thought it was as if a street was renamed and we didn't update our Magellan GPS database and therefore would be driving to the wrong destination because of it.
I've only done one interview for a print magazine and it worked out, but it was basically a dumbed-down "Readers Digest"-level of blah for nervous fliers in the early 2000's. It actually worked out pretty well, but in retrospect, I was an idiot for offering to do it.
I did a televised news conference in Tokyo, but my answers were prescreened by corporate communications a month in advance, sanitized and crunched-down into a script with cue cards in order to allow for live translation. BUT, it was an event supported by my employer.
My only suggestion, don't speak to the media on behalf of yourself.
I did a televised news conference in Tokyo, but my answers were prescreened by corporate communications a month in advance, sanitized and crunched-down into a script with cue cards in order to allow for live translation. BUT, it was an event supported by my employer.
My only suggestion, don't speak to the media on behalf of yourself.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Folks on here will speculate over the warm bodies of folks on other matters, they just get touchy when it's a pilot. As you mention, respectful speculation isn't a bad thing - in fact, it can be a great critical thinking exercise.
chrisreedrules
Master Blaster
I did a couple of tv interviews for a local news station, and the questions they asked seemed geared towards whatever pre-determined spin they wanted to give the story. I did a good job of not letting them steer my answers though and the interviews turned out okay. Wouldn't do it again.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Just don't be that one Delta pilot talking about the Turkish 737NG crash at Amsterdam and how an ILS is so easy to fly that your daughter has done it and landed a 737 in a sim.
Source? I haven't heard this.
BEEF SUPREME
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Dude bro, the internet. What other source do you need?
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Air Crash investigation video for the Turkish crash. His commentary is spread throughout the video. His first camera appearance 14:40. ILS comments starting at 15:40.
Don't get me wrong, he seems like a friendly great guy, but when you know you're being interviewed and going to be inserted into a video that specifically deals with a crew that messed up on an ILS approach, probably best to leave those kinda comments out. The public doesn't need to hear that. They already think we're overpaid monkeys, probably best we don't associate how easy this job is that even their teenage daughter could do it without any appreciable skill beforehand. Although in his defense, he didn't see the clip segment before and after his own clip insertion. You see the Turkish plane cleared for the ILS approach, then his comment of how easy it is and even his daughter can land a 737 following an ILS in a sim, and then followed by a sim showing this crew messing up.
Don't get me wrong, he seems like a friendly great guy, but when you know you're being interviewed and going to be inserted into a video that specifically deals with a crew that messed up on an ILS approach, probably best to leave those kinda comments out. The public doesn't need to hear that. They already think we're overpaid monkeys, probably best we don't associate how easy this job is that even their teenage daughter could do it without any appreciable skill beforehand. Although in his defense, he didn't see the clip segment before and after his own clip insertion. You see the Turkish plane cleared for the ILS approach, then his comment of how easy it is and even his daughter can land a 737 following an ILS in a sim, and then followed by a sim showing this crew messing up.