The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

[JTS11]

Pilot dies flying Turkish Airlines plane from US to Turkey

The captain collapsed during his flight from Seattle and the plane made an emergency landing in New York.

www.bbc.com

Is there SOP on how to handle something like this? I know it's a rare occurrence.

Are there curtains that can be drawn as aircrew pull an unconscious pilot from the cockpit and attempt CPR, or is it just out in the open for PAX to see?

Then, does the aircrew wait until they're on deck to relay what is happening, or is it open kimono while airborne?

 

[hscs]

 

[ChuckMK23]

I drive a 2003 Mercedes wagon that i got for free, as my “airport car”. No chance my e30 M3 (or future 964 carrera) ever makes a trip to that employee lot

Diesel fueled with used cooking oil from the local Waffle House?

 

[HuggyU2]

Is there SOP on how to handle something like this? I know it's a rare occurrence.

If it happens to the Captain, the FO should yell "Get the fuck out of MY seat!"

Yes there are SOPs for this. And no one dies inflight, normally. They are "incapacitated".

In a nutshell, get them away from the controls. Get the pilot out of the cockpit to render prolonged first aid. This will take time since you must ensure the security of the cockpit the entire time. Onboard doctors or the FAs can render first aid.

Get a deadheading pilot to join you in the cockpit, or a flight attendant if no pilots are in the cabin.

 

[TacticalTater]

If it happens to the Captain, the FO should yell "Get the fuck out of MY seat!"

Yes there are SOPs for this. And no one dies inflight, normally. They are "incapacitated".

In a nutshell, get them away from the controls. Get the pilot out of the cockpit to render prolonged first aid. This will take time since you must ensure the security of the cockpit the entire time. Onboard doctors or the FAs can render first aid.

Get a deadheading pilot to join you in the cockpit, or a flight attendant if no pilots are in the cabin.

I thought the old joke was, "you check the seniority list" at least that's how it was at Northwest. 😁

 

[taxi1]

Pilot dies flying Turkish Airlines plane from US to Turkey

The captain collapsed during his flight from Seattle and the plane made an emergency landing in New York.

www.bbc.com

Is there SOP on how to handle something like this? I know it's a rare occurrence.

Are there curtains that can be drawn as aircrew pull an unconscious pilot from the cockpit and attempt CPR, or is it just out in the open for PAX to see?

Then, does the aircrew wait until they're on deck to relay what is happening, or is it open kimono while airborne?

I wonder how many hours he was dead before they realized it.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Diesel fueled with used cooking oil from the local Waffle House?

haha, sadly it is gasoline. I'm too lazy to figure out the Waffle House store finder, but I don't think the "Waffle House Diner" in Surrey, BC, is what you mean

 

[Fins Out]

I wonder how many hours he was dead before they realized it.

If it's been more than 20 minutes since the topic of: boats, ex-spouses, taxes, or housing additions/remodeling gets brought up, I start checking for a pulse.

 

[dustydog]

As a former FDX 777 FO, I bet I can guess who that douche nozzle was.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Is the expectation that the CA always buys dinner? Or is that just when you’re a FO in year 1?

 

[dustydog]

At least at my airline, there is no expectation per se but most captains take care of first year guys. I always try to buy, at a minimum, drinks and dinner at least once on a trip no matter how senior the FO is.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Is the expectation that the CA always buys dinner? Or is that just when you’re a FO in year 1?

Varies from place to place. Like dusty said (and I work somewhere different), no expectation at all, but it wasn't uncommon during year 1, especially on those first IOE trips.

 

[JTS11]

I wonder how many hours he was dead before they realized it.

My only frame of reference was getting a NALO flight for an ADVON in a Navy C-12...and, at some point, looking fwd to see the dude in the left seat passed out, hanging in the straps (dead?), and the guy in the right seat with a full newspaper spread out in front of his face (occasionally peering over the top of the paper to scan the gauges).

We didn't care, we were going on a good deal and I guess this is how things work. 😆

Edit: just to be clear we all knew that little short fucker was hungover.

 

[Flash]

My only frame of reference was getting a NALO flight for an ADVON in a Navy C-12...and, at some point, looking fwd to see the dude in the left seat passed out, hanging in the straps (dead?), and the guy in the right seat with a full newspaper spread out in front of his face (occasionally peering over the top of the paper to scan the gauges).

Walked up to the cockpit of the T-43 on one of my first training flights to find both pilots with their faces buried in the paper, that didn't inspire a lot of confidence in a Nav student.

T-43:

 

[taxi1]

Walked up to the cockpit of the T-43 on one of my first training flights to find both pilots with their faces buried in the paper, that didn't inspire a lot of confidence in a Nav student.

T-43:

Boeing designers last century...They'll never make an engine with a greater diameter than this. Shorten those landing gear.