Hats Off to 292 Pilot

[Jerrel]

If you didn't see a Jetblue plane just had an emergancy landing at LAX. The tires of the front landing gear some how got stuck in a 90% angle. Everyone on TV predicted 2 outcomes. One: when touching down the gear would correct itself and get a save landing or two: the gear would tear off slaming the nose into the concrete possibly resulting in a crash. Niether happened the tires stayed at 90 and were torn off but the gear itself held and all 145 passengers walked away.

Dont know how often pilots are congradulated for a good landing in these cases but here's one more.

/salute

[Skorixor]

Dont know how often pilots are congradulated for a good landing in these cases but here's one more.

/salute

I brought a plane back single engine, and had the softest landing, and out of 70 people, 2 thanked me...some said nothing...the rest bitched that they didn't get to their destination...


my reward?
get in another plane right away and take them all again

[Zyre Mercutio]

Yup that was great to hear, thats some damn fine piloting!

Zzzzzz

[xyryn]

Yep, Skorixor, that's the nature of the Service Industry. People seem to expect the impossible, so are not surprised that you pulled it off. They seem to be unaware of the blood, sweat and tears that goes into whatever the service is... The few aware ones can be very grateful, tho they don't necessarily know who to express the gratitude to.

[X'an Shin]

I brought a plane back single engine, and had the softest landing, and out of 70 people, 2 thanked me...some said nothing...the rest bitched that they didn't get to their destination...

I swear I wasn't on that plane ;)

But seriously, if I was? You know I would have high-fived you.

[Jerrel]

I brought a plane back single engine, and had the softest landing, and out of 70 people, 2 thanked me...some said nothing...the rest bitched that they didn't get to their destination...


my reward?
get in another plane right away and take them all again

Well my hat goes off to you too Skor. When I first wrote this I imagined that pilots who pull off emergency landings got little thanks. People seldom realize that their lives are in the hands of people like you Skor. And when you pull it off and save their lives they act as though it was expected and that no great acomplishment happened.

[Skorixor]

it's sad to say but we've become the bus drivers of the skies

BUT, there are times when we get lots of thanks, and that's when we have to go into an airport surrounded, or even slightly near thunderstorms...most people haven't seen what they look like from our perspective, or up close, or even penetrating a line of them, and they can look really fucking menacing...

then you're going into the airport, lightening flashing all around...they hear the booms and see the flashes, hear the rain....and then when you get em on the runway safe and over to the terminal, they thank you over and over again...

The other funny thing is, no matter how shitty the flight went due to weather...turbulence, storms, high winds, etc...if you make a good landing when you get there, they forget all the other stuff and leave pleased with the flight, figuring you did the best you could with the hand you were dealt...it's all hinged on the landing

[Hashum]

it's sad to say but we've become the bus drivers of the skies

BUT, there are times when we get lots of thanks, and that's when we have to go into an airport surrounded, or even slightly near thunderstorms...most people haven't seen what they look like from our perspective, or up close, or even penetrating a line of them, and they can look really fucking menacing...

then you're going into the airport, lightening flashing all around...they hear the booms and see the flashes, hear the rain....and then when you get em on the runway safe and over to the terminal, they thank you over and over again...

The other funny thing is, no matter how shitty the flight went due to weather...turbulence, storms, high winds, etc...if you make a good landing when you get there, they forget all the other stuff and leave pleased with the flight, figuring you did the best you could with the hand you were dealt...it's all hinged on the landing

I don't know if it helps but I make it a point to thank the pilot every flight if I see him on my way off.

[Skorixor]

I don't know if it helps but I make it a point to thank the pilot every flight if I see him on my way off.

I make it a point to get out of the cockpit, and stand in the doorway (partly because i've been sitting in one position all that time and I need to stretch) so I can say goodbye, thanks for flyin, etc... and see how people act...

[Hashum]

I don't know if it helps but I make it a point to thank the pilot every flight if I see him on my way off.

I make it a point to get out of the cockpit, and stand in the doorway (partly because i've been sitting in one position all that time and I need to stretch) so I can say goodbye, thanks for flyin, etc... and see how people act...

Well thanks in advance then. Frankly I have a lot of respect for pilots. I think it's a rough job for anyone especially a married man.

And since Sept. 11th I'm sure you guys have as much crap to put up with as those Enron guys and SOX have caused me.

So keep on keeping on.

[Skorixor]

I don't know if it helps but I make it a point to thank the pilot every flight if I see him on my way off.

I make it a point to get out of the cockpit, and stand in the doorway (partly because i've been sitting in one position all that time and I need to stretch) so I can say goodbye, thanks for flyin, etc... and see how people act...

Well thanks in advance then. Frankly I have a lot of respect for pilots. I think it's a rough job for anyone especially a married man.

And since Sept. 11th I'm sure you guys have as much crap to put up with as those Enron guys and SOX have caused me.

So keep on keeping on.

thanks...you wonder why we "keep on keeping on" with all the crap we put with, the time away from home, and the incredibly low pay at my position (i fly a $20mill plane, in charge of 74 people's lives, and make less than an asst. mngr at Burger King)

we keep on keepin on, is because we got the flying bug at an early age, and there is no cure...it turns into something your really good at, and there is no other substitute

there'll be days that are shitty for sure, just like everyone elses job, but you climb up into the sky, and you break out of the top layer of clouds into the sunlight, and yor cruising over an ocean of white...it's something you never get tired of...