Hoorah for the BA Pilot

[piskieinboots]

well done for getting it down safely

[scarey55]

Hear hear, I'll bet a few of those passengers went and bought a lottery ticket

[NOG]

Not to want to put a damper on this but.....

A: It is his job to land the plane safely.
B: He has a big intrest in making sure he don't kill himself.

The jobs not all about how many hostesses you can get in your hotel room.

[Lady Jana Muck]

Not to want to put a damper on this but.....

A: It is his job to land the plane safely.
B: He has a big intrest in making sure he don't kill himself.

The jobs not all about how many hostesses you can get in your hotel room.

I think its called a vested interest

[Hazel at the Hill]

The jobs not all about how many hostesses you can get in your hotel room.

...and that's called a perk!

[johnty greentoes]

Not to want to put a damper on this but.....

A: It is his job to land the plane safely.
B: He has a big intrest in making sure he don't kill himself.

The jobs not all about how many hostesses you can get in your hotel room.

You grouch!

[SarzWix]

Apparently, the landing gear didn't come down properly?
I think the pilot deserves some credit for getting the plane down more or less in one piece, after all, it's the job of a train driver to get his passengers to their destination without crashing but the last one got called 'a hero' for not abandoning his post when he knew it was going to..?!

[smallblueplanet]

Hear hear, I'll bet a few of those passengers went and bought a lottery ticket

Passenger Fernando Prada told the BBC there "was no panic at all" and all the people were off the plane within three minutes. He said surviving was like winning the lottery.

The worker also said the pilot had told him all the electronics had also failed. "He said he had no warning - it just went," the worker added.

"It's a miracle. The man deserves a medal as big as a frying pan."

Too right!

[seasprout]

I bet they will need to replace the driving seat.

[HeyWayne]

My last two flights to Germany have been a bit harey in places! Flight before last there was horrendous turbulence, so much so that at one point I actually lifted out of my seat (I currently weigh in at 17 1/2 st), fortunately I one of the flyers that leave my seatbelt on when seated as per instruction. On the last flight (8th January) the plane landed on one wheel when we touched down, then two, then finally all three (technically there are more than three wheels, but you get my drift).

Good work Mr BA Pilot I say!

Looking forward to my next flight already!

[piskieinboots]

Not to want to put a damper on this but.....

I listened to an interview a while back on R2 with a BA Pilot - he said 'if you are scared of flying, remember - we (the pilots) actually want to get home as well, so we will do all we can to ensure a safe landing'

So I say again - well done that man

[Seahorse]

So I say again - well done that man

Indeed! I know it was 'his job' but how many people would have lost their cool in similar circumstances? Good man!

[HeyWayne]

We used to live next door to one of the chief engineers for one of the budget airlines. If you ever wanted to be put off flying, a half hour conversation with him should sort you out!

[JennieAtkinson]

A pilot did tell me once that the landing at Sumburgh (Shetland) was the third most difficult in Europe. No idea if it was true, but on the old runway the lighthouse on the cliff was horrendously close to the end of the runway and the plane had to take off and bank immediately and when coming to land skirt the lighthouse on a bank, level out and land immediately. Saabs with 42 passengers on board!

The new runway is better, with no obstructions but with sidewinds it can be a bit hairy coming in sideways!

I applaude these chaps and chappesses regularly for their brilliance in landing in such difficult conditions.

[JanieB]

Jennie, I'm not sure about this but I have been told that landing in Samos is one of the top three dodgiest. I've been there and the plane has to do figure of eights around two mountains whilst losing height.

I've been in two really hairy flight situations. Thinks, um, OK got it. 1962. We were flying from Cork to Bristol. Someone (young) said " Mum the propeller's not going round", her mother patiently explained that you can't see the propeller going round 'cos it's too fast". " But Mum I CAN see the propeller".

We landed at Shannon to keep the wing up.

Second hairy incident. I was flying back from a business trip in Amsterdam in October 1987. Tail end of a major storm. They tried to take my drink away 'cos it was in a glass rather than plastic. I hid it under the tray. I bloody needed it.

I've never been afraid of flying since. It's a magic box. You get in it. It is obviously much too heavy to get off the ground. you get out in another place - magic!!