and I've seen some coverage on cable but she deserves way more coverage - what a hero.

Most of the coverage seems to be about the accident and not about her heroic rescue of the plane, which should really be the story. If it wasn't for her, all those people would be dead.

Hi Malaise!

The AP account referred to the pilot as a he:

"Bourman said that everyone started yelling to brace for impact when the plane started to land. Everyone clapped and praised the pilot after he set the aircraft down."

I know, it's a small thing, poor reporting, editing or maybe a typo, but it jumped out at me and pissed me off. I'm guessing that those involved assumed she just had to be male. Former fighter pilot and all.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article209109269.html

Total ice queen (in the best way). In contrail of the situation. Everything you’d expect from a navy F18 pilot.

You put the mask on first, do the emergency descent down to around 10,000’, then land at the nearest suitable airport. The engine failure would have added a bit of complexity, but they train for that as well. From what I’ve seen it was handled textbook. Some in the media described the aircraft was out of control until it got to 10,000’, but I seriously doubt that. It might have seemed that way to a passenger, but they train you to get down as fast as is practical and few passengers would know what something like that is going to be like.

Or at least all jet pilots that command transport category aircraft. Airline pilots must do recurrent training in the simulator every 6 months.

the pilot and ground crews/tower.

Sigourney Weaver playing an ex-Navy fighter pilot

Susan Sarandon!

She can complain that none of the offered menu selections are adequate. And the seatbelt is not comfortable. And how the country needs a disaster to trigger the revolution.

She can still fly, just not for the airlines.

So long as the other pilot is <60.

The Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act (Public Law 110-135) went into effect on December 13, 2007, raising the age to 65 from the previous 60.

hardly any notice on CNN or MSNBC today that I recall as it's Stormy Cohen wall to wall.

if a woman did it, it must have been really easy, not a BFD at all.


I'd add the sarcasm smilie, except that that IS a still extremely strong tentacle of inherent bias against women and women's accomplishments. "Oh, that? No big deal."