AC copilot goes nuts, FA helps pilot

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Interesting story - the copilot had a nervous breakdown. Flight attendant helps pilot, I suppose with the radios and such. You have to read the last sentence though. Classic news reporting:

The Air Canada pilot then asked flight attendants to find out if any passenger was a qualified pilot. When none was found, one flight attendant admitted she held a current commercial pilot's license but said her license for reading cockpit instruments had expired.
"The flight attendant provided useful assistance to the commander, who remarked in a statement to the investigation that she was 'not out of place' while occupying the right-hand seat," the report said.
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Emphasis mine.:skeptical:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/19/pilot.breakdown.ap/index.html
 
My guess is that her IR currency expired - assuming they do things the same way as we do here.
 
Yeah, that's what I thought too. The language the reporter chose was nearly incomprehensible.
 
What's the deal?!? Didn't this happen to another AirCan flight about a year ago?
 
Sounds to me like he may have been hypoglycemic. As a diabetic, I understand the symptoms described.
 
mikea said:
Hey, I'm like 300 miles south of the border and the endless deep darkness is driving ME nuts...
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I'm just nervous...having lived in southern Canada (Maine) for a year, and now flying a Canadian plane, I kind of wonder what's in store for me. :loco:
 
Unlike the US, some countries have expiration dates on their certificates. I'm not sure if Canada is this way. I know Egypt is.
 
KennyFlys said:
Unlike the US, some countries have expiration dates on their certificates. I'm not sure if Canada is this way. I know Egypt is.
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What certificate? The one for reading cockpit instruments???:rolleyes:
 
Wow, I practice this very scenario every time I fire up MSFS.
 
Pi1otguy said:
The classic pilot's dream comes true and none of you were aboard?
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They asked in the cabin for any pilots on board.

Remember there was the one story of private pilot who sat in and lent a hand.

I'd like to think I could call out speeds and altitudes and read checklists.
 
mikea said:
I'd like to think I could call out speeds and altitudes and read checklists.
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"Captain, naturally I will defer to your better judgement but might I suggest you could perform optimally as the pnf for the remainder of this leg, such that you could maintain complete oversight of all things required to maximize situational awareness,...and I might offer to perform the ancillary, and more mechanical duty of simply maintaining assigned heading and altitudes. (ie; yanking this puppy around the sky like I've wanted to since I was 14!)"
 
flyersfan31 said:
What certificate? The one for reading cockpit instruments???:rolleyes:
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Each country handles their certificates or licenses differently. There's not that much in sync with a standard with regard to pilots unlike with operation of aircraft. I'd have to dig into Canada's CAA site to learn more details.
 
Guy who flies the 737 in our hangar usually needs somebody in the right seat for engine runs, so I ride along. Same basic stuff as most bizjets, execpt more environmental for the various cabin areas.

kevin47881 said:
I like the picture in the article of the quad engine 767. :mad2:
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