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2008-11-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Steve White 2008-11-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If he gets some off campus privileges, he should go down to Miltown Malbay. Great pubs. Or maybe Doolin.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-11-20 01:12|| 2008-11-20 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm tempted to ask if they interrupted his prayer session, but I won't.

Posted by gorb 2008-11-20 01:12|| 2008-11-20 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Does anyone on board speak Obamaese?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-20 08:20|| 2008-11-20 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Co-Pilot had a stroke?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-11-20 10:31|| 2008-11-20 10:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Surely it wasn't SJS...

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-20 11:23|| 2008-11-20 11:23|| Front Page Top

#6 While having a commercial pilot's license means the Flight Attendant wasn't quite so inexperienced as you'd think, it's still quite good for them to step up to the plate when needed.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2008-11-20 11:37|| 2008-11-20 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 The pilot then asked those aboard the Boeing 767 if anyone had any piloting experience

Um, yeah, that reminds me of another scene in Airplane.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-20 11:59|| 2008-11-20 11:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Probably wanted to be a pilot, and qualified as such, but with the cutbacks there were no positions available. So she gets to serve lunch (they still do that?) until things turn around for the industry. She may retire first.

Posted by KBK 2008-11-20 12:32|| 2008-11-20 12:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, and don't call me shirley.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-11-20 15:14|| 2008-11-20 15:14|| Front Page Top

#10 I could be wrong but commercial pilot license means you can fly 747s but only as long as they are loaded with cargo not passengers.

In oral circumsatnces you also need to be qualified for that specific plane.

Also notice that in this particular case there was a qualified pilot doing the landing so the attendant only needed to act like Pilot not in Function (ie communicate the radio, read the check list and similar tasks.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-11-20 17:05|| 2008-11-20 17:05|| Front Page Top

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