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Old February 4th 07, 02:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Tony
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Default Scary Icing ATC tape

The transcript clearly has her saying she turned on boots and heat.

Maybe it's the water in Paris, at least the water or water substitute
Anthony drinks.
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On Feb 3, 7:15 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
buttman writes:
Has there EVER been a voice recording of an incident where the
consensus is that the pilot handled the situation in the WRONG way? It
seems that every time one of these are posted, no matter how much the
pilot freaks out, people always respond with "Oh that pilot stayed so
calm, what a great job. I'd fly with him/her!!".


I wouldn't fly with this pilot, or with any pilot who couldn't keep
his cool in an emergency.

When in danger, the leader (or PIC in this case) should not lose their
cool. That doesn't mean they have to be stone faced, but a good leader
resists the urge to go into all-out panic mode.


Yes. Panic is counter-productive.

Honestly, comparing this one to other similar voice recordings I've
heard, this woman went bonkers.


Agreed.

I wouldn't say she is a terrible
pilot, but at the same time, I don't think she handled this situation
as best as she could have. I think this woman was lucky. Going by what
I heard on the MP3, if things had been a little different, she may not
have made it. It's my opinion that she was saved by dumb luck. All
though with more info I may be proven wrong.


I agree. She got lucky. She did nothing to recover, she just had
some random luck. She didn't even seem to know what had happened.
She ignored every mention of icing, and her actions indicate that she
wasn't concerned about icing, even though she didn't really know what
was wrong.

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