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Good. At first, I was afraid we had had in-flight pilot deaths on two consecutive days...
Mexico-bound jet diverted as pilot dies
Ap via yahoooooooo ^ | 1/20/07 | Staff
Posted on 01/20/2007 10:47:51 PM CST by txroadkill
Probably needed someone to handle the radio while he flew.
It seems sort of universal that everyone is more comfortable once they are on the ground after an "incident" in the air. I'd think especially so when someone (not the pilot evidently) comes on the mic and asks if there is a pilot on board. If you don't have any reaction, you are probably dead already.
This passenger acted put out that an airline pilot didn't come forward. Better to have some pilot in the seat if there wasn't another airline pilot on board than no pilot at all.
And that's why there are two pilots on each plane.
Quick question (born of ignorance since I know nothing of pilots and flying commercial airliners, so be gentle, please).
When the co-pilot asks if there are any pilots aboard (from amongst the passengers), is this because he's not qualified to fly the plane (I would tend to doubt that), because some silly regulation requires two qualified pilots be in the cockpit (I would tend to doubt that, too) or because there's just too much going on in there for one person to adequately handle it all on his own, and he needs another set of eyes/hands?
Instead of asking for an MD on board, they should also see if there are people trained in medical emergencies on board. An experienced nurse or a EMS worker could monitor vital signs and keep a dying person alive or at least give them a better chance than just being monitored by a flight attendant.
