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Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 18, 2009 11:40:24 GMT -5
Be honest: if that was you flying the plane that landed in the Hudson this week, do you think you could have pulled off the landing?
As a pilot, what type of preparation do they give you for that type of event? What are you trained to do?
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Post by aggielove on Jan 20, 2009 13:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by Brandmasta on Jan 22, 2009 1:56:28 GMT -5
Of course it's all speculation because its easy to say what we would have done sitting here on dry land, monday-morning quarterbacking the whole thing....but yes, Im confident I could have done it.
The river was probably pretty calm, which would make it sooooo much easier than if he tried to land out in the atlantic with the swells and breaking waves.
We all have procedures to handle different emergency situations, including water landings. For water landings in my plane, we depressurize the airplane by turning off the air conditioning and and hitting the "emergency depressurization" switch. This opens up all the outflow valves (air vents, if you will). We need to do this because you wont be able to open any of the doors if the plane is pressurized. Just before impact, we hit the "emergency depressurization" switch again, which will close all those outflow valves so water doesnt get in.
Now its just up to the pilot to touch down gently enough so the plane doesnt break up on impact. All my landings are silky smoove anyway so that part would just be business as usual for me ;D
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 22, 2009 8:53:57 GMT -5
What's the scariest situation you have ever been in while piloting an aircraft?
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Post by Brandmasta on Jan 22, 2009 14:52:16 GMT -5
First scariest moment was probably the Taliban shooting missles up at us flying over afghanistan.
The second scariest moment was spilling a cup of coffee on my lap. Well, it wasnt even a whole cup, but that ishh was hot!!!! I aint been right ever since ;D
No major malfunctions though....those are very rare.
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