BuffaloBud Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Granted, the pilot can't see behind and underneath him, but at 10K+ feet in the air, a 9hr flight in front of you and you don't think twice about landing and checking it out????????????????? Linky
stuckincincy Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Granted, the pilot can't see behind and underneath him, but at 10K+ feet in the air, a 9hr flight in front of you and you don't think twice about landing and checking it out????????????????? Linky Eh. I took a business flight from Pgh to Phoenix years ago, The rear door was ajar and whistling like crazy. The crank handle wouldn't close it - something was bugging up. The Captain came back, inspected it, then went into the commode and came back with a mess of soaked toilet paper, which he proceeded to stuff into the door cracks. It got immediately sucked into place, and that was the end of the problem. A perfect solution to the happenstance. Several years before, I was on a turboprop going from Latrobe, PA to the Pgh airport in late December. Terrible weather. Cumberland Airlines IRRC, affiliated with Allegheny that ended up being named US Air. They were coming from some point east, and stopped for me, the only passenger. As we approached Pgh, the Captain shouted back and asked me if I could swim, because they were running out of fuel fighting the westerly winds and the Ohio River would be the best option if the tanks ran dry. Sure I said...I can swim! Trust yer Captain!
DC Tom Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Granted, the pilot can't see behind and underneath him, but at 10K+ feet in the air, a 9hr flight in front of you and you don't think twice about landing and checking it out????????????????? Linky You'd be surprised at how unimportant some of those parts are...
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