Scary Icing ATC tape

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.

Oh please. I've heard a lot of people sound a lot more excited than that
riding a roller coaster at Six Flags. One's attention and nerves should be
focused on flying the damn airplane, not their tone inflection while on the
radio. If there's anything to fault her for, it is not landing as soon as
possible to check everything out. Maybe she did after the clip ended, who
knows.



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.

That's good. You listened to a tape where nobody panicked and therefore
stayed alive.