BTIZ wrote:

pilot realizing engine is about to come apart and aircraft is not
responding to braking decides to use his e-ticket ride coupon..

The article at:

http://www.newsandobserver.com/front...-3073838c.html

has at the end:

Commercial pilots can raise their landing gear to stop in an
emergency, he said. "It's not pleasant, but it works," he said.

No squat switch on airliners? Yes squat switch on F-18?

- Andrew