Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane to Chicago

[Brenda1371]

Must of been newsworthy enough Tim, you watched the video and commented.

[ChrisCa1601]

Rumack: What was it we had for dinner tonight?

Elaine Dickinson: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.

Rumack: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.

[defrancotv]

@ChrisCa1601 sounds funny, but I don't get it. Please help!

[ChrisCa1601]

@defrancotv The lines I quoted were from the movie Airplane. There is a scene in the movie where most of the passengers and the pilot became sick after eating the fish.

[SteveB801]

What a professional! ALL industry needs more, many more like her being so willing to put everyone's best interest ahread of her own. Just things I heard "between the words."

Those like her make American, the airline, the real star.

[disneydanny2]

so the first officer got sick before they brought him the fish??? interesting

[fleshtheworld]

Where can i see her getting her freak on.

[terrryc]

She can ride in my right seat any time...

[poorpilot00]

Did the pilots not know how to land the aircraft?

[TheGuille46]

Timtehpilot, why are you so angry? She never said she landed the plane, she stated it's a team effort, and personally, I am glad she was willing and able, considering she DIDN'T have to. Her humility is amazing.

[TimTehPilot]

she didnt help much at all, she read a checklist. her license isnt even active. she hasnt flown in 40 years. this isnt heroic nor worthy of a news story

[spareaxe]

@TimTehPilot I guess your idea of new's worthy is .....plane crash..more at 11 stay tuned!

[TimTehPilot]

@spareaxe No. I'm a pilot. Last thing I want to see is a plane crash.

[anthcat]

Very well spoken...as are most f/as.

[MediaJunkie92]

His style and method? Fly the plane and land it? Good style and method.

[TimTehPilot]

@MediaJunkie92 yeah because radio frequencies, altitudes, descent rates, throttle, flaps, v speeds, pilot comfort, etc, etc have nothing to do with it. its just easy as cake.

[shamonwillye]

except for "Mostl4modern" the rest of you have not the faintest clue about what your talking about! honesyl, like driving a car? please, thats like saying if I can speak english then I can learn Chinese in a few minutes too.. Idiot!

and regards, knowing stall speeds, track miles, and altitudes to hit, while not increasing speed to line up for final to configure for landing, u try it! its not all computers, again total ignorance... its a multi crew a/c for a reason, the capt had it, idiots!

[OnMyWaytotheFLA]

Aww, she's such a sweetheart. :)

[ICEMAN3rdID]

That was the best spokes-person for AA I have ever heard. She should apply at BP.

[defrancotv]

@ICEMAN3rdID she was just a flight attendent. and your mean. :(

[Arperture2008]

Go women!!! You can do it!!! Reminds me of when Battlestar Galactica recruited women pilots out of sheer necessity for lack of real men...

[alienpatentoffice]

not hard if you know what controls what on the instrument panel. Just avoid stall speed and coming in too fast. The tower could guide you to the right runway, speed, when to extend the wings, when to deploy the landing gears.

Still I would like to say....Good job Patti! May they give you a raise. You deserve it.

[macks3123]

good job

[Vleesball]

flying a plane isnt much harder then driving a car probably :p

maybe i ll try one day.

[TimTehPilot]

@Vleesball a small one isn't. its easier than driving, except for the landing. THAT'S HARD.

[beautifulkat1]

I would be scared to fly a big huge plane like that :S

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

Patti has all the attributes necessary to become the next Mrs. Jumpnjive and a pilot's license too!

[ORVX]

o god, AP doing what AP does, making a story out of nothing, the pilot and the co pilot where both prestent, this is not even a story, it is just because she is a women they are MAKING it a story, big fukcing deal, co pilot had a dummy ache, now shut the fuck up and cover the news, o tha'ts right, you leave REAL news to the bloggers.

[dpcnull]

@ORVX Not to mention they showed footage of THE WRONG AIRCRAFT TYPE, multiple times to boot. I can understand some drip-brained producer using the first reel he found for the 5 second intro, but to use a frikkin' MD80 in place of a 767 for the entire length of the report is just plain careless.