Drunk pilot news video & ATC audio

Larry Fransson wrote in message news:2004020322035116807%newsgroups@larryandjenny net...
On 2004-02-03 19:11:56 -0800, Roy Smith said:

I'm sure there are plenty of people flying around without licenses, on
expired medicals, etc.

And more than one person with no valid pilot certificate has been hired to
fly an airplane. There is the famous story from (I think) Eastern
Airlines, and in the interview for my previous job, the boss asked to see
my certificate just to make sure I had one, then related a story about how
he had once hired a guy and didn't discover until the guy was in training
that he didn't have a certificate.


i seem to remember ernest k. gann describing such an incident in
"fate is the hunter". (if you're into flying, that is a "must read").

g_a

gross_arrow wrote:

i seem to remember ernest k. gann describing such an incident in
"fate is the hunter". (if you're into flying, that is a "must read").

"Captain Dudley". Had the equivalent of a private pilot's certificate. Flew for
American until they figured things out. Then landed a job with another airline,
blew an approach, and crashed, killing most of the passengers. He finally committed
suicide.

George Patterson
Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable
either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.