On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:18:28 +0100, Graeme Wall
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ra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On 14/08/2014 09:20, Recliner wrote:
>> Graeme Wall <
ra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 14/08/2014 08:43, Recliner wrote:
>>>> Graeme Wall <
ra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 14/08/2014 01:01, Recliner wrote:
>>>>>>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28778728
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm surprised that a one-armed pilot could lass his commercial pilot's
>>>>>> medical.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bader flew combat missions in Spitfires with no legs.
>>>>
>>>> But not with paying passengers in board.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Post-war he flew a company plane.
>>
>> Ah, I didn't know that.
>
>IIRC he worked for Shell, so not exactly paying passengers in the
>airline sense.
It was a Flybe Dash 8 flight from Birmingham to Belfast, so I assume
the 47 passengers were normal members of the public. Where does Shell
come into it?
>
>> I'm still surprised that a commercial airline has a
>> one-armed captain, and that they don't even have a rehearsed drill for
>> dealing with situations like this one.
>>
>
>Pilot's arm dropping off at flare out is not the first hazard that
>springs to mind. Does BA have a procedure in place for when the captain
>drops dead of a heart attack just after take off?[1][2]
>
>[1] Trident at Staines.
>
>[2] Actually they do, now.
I assume that pilot was not known to be at high risk of a heart
attack, or he'd have failed his medical. And, as you say, there are
established procedures if either pilot suffers a heart attack, etc.
But there seemed to be no procedure with Flybe when the captain's
artificial hand on the yoke came loose.