US Air type in the Hudson?????????

[aviatrix767]

Did anyone else catch one of the Fox news guys mention the pilots' experience? They then mentioned that that age 65 rule was raised and now thank goodness we've got those highly qualified 68, 69 year old pilots flying these planes now. I nearly fell out of my chair....

 

[aviatrix767]

A tool on Fox News...mentioned the fact that they recently raised the retirement age from age 65... he was guessing that the Captain might be 67-68 years old, and the passengers were lucky for all the experience these "older" pilots have.

LOL....Looks like you were typing a bit faster than me. Sorry for the repeat info.

 

[172Capt]

Heres the flightaware track.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549/history/20090115/2004Z/KLGA/KLGA

 

[Eggplant]

Fox does think its good the airlines have reduced the workforce...now the most experienced pilots are flying.

 

[Nick5600]

Absolutley a great show of aimanship!

 

[skypine69]

msnbc has an actual AA retired pilot on that is actually speaking the truth...talking about energy management and how great the crew did

 

[xrated]

A tool on Fox News...mentioned the fact that they recently raised the retirement age from age 65... he was guessing that the Captain might be 67-68 years old, and the passengers were lucky for all the experience these "older" pilots have.

Saw that too. They also mentioned one good thing about the bad economy and the airlines furloughing is that only the "best of the best" are remaining to fly the planes.

 

[carl p]

safest part was the ditch, most dangerous was touching water in the hudson.

Doesn't US Air charge extra for water?

 

[Voice Of Reason]

From USAirways website:



"Pets in cargo compartment

Our hub cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas have extreme temperatures that regularly exceed 100 degrees. For the safety of your pet, US Airways does not accept any animals in its cargo compartments."



Does that means they never accept animals in the cargo now, or are there variances depending on route, temp?

 

[skypine69]

well thats what you get for watching FOX!