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From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa
"Maxwell" <#$$9#@%%%.^^^> wrote in
news:9Iocl.29939$H12.13702@newsfe12.iad:
>
> "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
> news:Xns9B965F15A22EApissupropeeh@208.90.168.18...
>> Tech Support <> wrote in
>> news:fef2n41h5g4i8qp3u38iqmd5fp08ran4gl@4ax.com:
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>>> 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
>
> You sound like Mx.
To you, Im sure that; sthe case wannabe boi.
Bertie
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