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Tech Support wrote in :
Just received the following from a long time very experienced pilot friend of mine. His comment about this one flight earned him a life time pay is a good one. Quote Great job by the Air Bus driver. As always, the media passed right on over what he did that marked him as a REAL pilot :-) After he went post impact and lost both fans, ATC gave him a clear corridor into Teterboro. He had scant seconds to make the decision and he made the right one. He looked at Teterboro, glanced at the altimeter, figured the angles and did the math. He decided in that nano second that he couldn't make Teterboro, and THAT decision made his entire salary for a lifetime career. The rest was just good flying. You can always count on the media to miss the main point Well, I thnk that decision got made for him! but yeah, it was all just stick and rudder from that point on and I'm sure the guy would be the first to say he just did what he had to. It'll be an interesting one to read about, but it's basically the same scenario as deadsticking any airplane. I think he'd also be the firts to point out that they were extraordinarily lucky. none of this Is meant to detract in any way from the guy's achievement, of course, but the media does talk so much BS with this sort of thing. .. Bertie |
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