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Posted on 8/15/21 at 10:50 am
Posted on 8/15/21 at 10:50 am
Road Warrior here. Out a week then come home to repair everything broken from the week, before heading out the door again.
Entire Marketing and Sales team on a flight from Dallas to Tampa. That included members of the Executive Staff. We missed the runway. Everyone that could see me, turned and looked ..As if I were flying the plane. I had the most incident experiences flying. Monday Morning, the email hit every desk.
"From this moment forward. No one will fly with Ray again. No exceptions."
I fired back "I don't fly or repair the planes, I only fly in them ...don't blame me."
Entire Marketing and Sales team on a flight from Dallas to Tampa. That included members of the Executive Staff. We missed the runway. Everyone that could see me, turned and looked ..As if I were flying the plane. I had the most incident experiences flying. Monday Morning, the email hit every desk.
"From this moment forward. No one will fly with Ray again. No exceptions."
I fired back "I don't fly or repair the planes, I only fly in them ...don't blame me."
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Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:36 pm to bluedragon
Flying with corporate team from Atlanta to Newark on Delta. As we accelerated for take off, the tower radioed pilot that nearby storm had knocked out computer and they lost our flight plan. Emergency stop and returned to terminal, disembarked for a 20 minute 'potty' break and refuel before called back to plane.
Pulled out to head for South runways. Storm had backed all flights up, so 2 hours later, pilot turned the plane toward the North runway. We went from 23rd in line to 16 in line. Two hours later, we were 3 from the take-off, when the plane veered out of que.
Tower lost our flight plane... AGAIN. As we sat for an hour while pilot rebuild and send his flight plan, a passenger folded a sketch of a dot named ATL with a line going to Newark into a paper airplane and flew it to a stewardess. She picked it up, smiled and took it to the pilot.
Pilot radioed back to cabin his thanks and a free round of drinks on him for the flight plan... and not screaming bloody murder.
10 hours late to Newark. A memory, an adventure, and a decent flight story.
Pulled out to head for South runways. Storm had backed all flights up, so 2 hours later, pilot turned the plane toward the North runway. We went from 23rd in line to 16 in line. Two hours later, we were 3 from the take-off, when the plane veered out of que.
Tower lost our flight plane... AGAIN. As we sat for an hour while pilot rebuild and send his flight plan, a passenger folded a sketch of a dot named ATL with a line going to Newark into a paper airplane and flew it to a stewardess. She picked it up, smiled and took it to the pilot.
Pilot radioed back to cabin his thanks and a free round of drinks on him for the flight plan... and not screaming bloody murder.
10 hours late to Newark. A memory, an adventure, and a decent flight story.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:56 pm to bluedragon
Flew into SFO in a driving rain storm. Coming into land and I'm watching it on the screen in front of me, and sudden acceleration, and we go back up as we pass the Golden Gate. Pilot comes on and tells us he's going around again because of wind shear. It happens 3 more times almost exactly the same. He said if it happens again, we are going to land in Oakland. We were able to land on the 5th go around. I think it took over an hour to land once getting to SFO.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:25 pm to bluedragon
Delta from St Louis to Atlanta a while back. 737-900 dropped a thousand feet in a few seconds. Cabin pressure was not lost, but masks did deploy. Converging high and low pressure storm fronts were the culprit.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:18 pm to Trumansfangs
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Delta from St Louis to Atlanta a while back. 737-900 dropped a thousand feet in a few seconds. Cabin pressure was not lost, but masks did deploy. Converging high and low pressure storm fronts were the culprit.
Had that exact same thing happen on a Lufthansa 737 flight from Stansted in UK to Frankfurt. Airplane fell 1000 feet in a wind shear, put everybodys beer on the ceiling. Pilot said sit down and buckle up cause the ATC wouldnt let him change altitudes. Then it happened again and people started screeming. Pilot told the ATC to frick themselves and he changed altitudes... no more problems.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:59 pm to Pavoloco83
The reason for my reputation …
Flight from Tampa to Milwaukee Pilot tells us. Flight plan today takes over Birmingham, turn left stop in Memphis. When we make that turn, about thirty minutes to the airport.
We make the turn. To my left is a black jazz musician, to his left a new Grandmother. Suddenly the pilot comes on and says “ All passengers, all stewardesses take your now, everyone fasten your seatbelts, we going into a controlled dive NOW.”
We descended from 35,000 to 10,000 in less than 30 seconds. When we flattened out you could fell the plane react like boat that powered down from high speed to throttle.
I had never seen a black man turn white…he lost almost all color. Pilot comes on. “ We apologize from the flight deck. The co pilots window cracked failed. We are evaluating our options at this time.”
Musician asks “ What does that mean?” “ He has five minutes to decide.” “OMG Why?”
“In less than five minutes we are more than halfway to Memphis. No reason to go to Birmingham.”
All sorts of cabin prep, young men in exit rows, all unaccompanied children put with middle aged men.
Jazz musician scared, “ Now what?” “On to Memphis. They are clearing our approach and prepping the runway for an emergency landing.”
We banked and could see the entire airport, each side of runway, lined with flashing lights. “What are those?” “Fire trucks, ambulances and chase equipment should we have to deplane quickly. As we pass overhead, they pull out and chase us until stop to taxi. We’ll sit while they evaluate the plane, then taxi if all is well.”
We landed safely, the window had popped out, flight deck looked like a bomb went off.
Getting off, we were told to remain at the gate while flight worthiness was studied. “ Yeah right, like you have an airplane parts store with our windshield on the shelf.” As I left the gate. “For those passengers going to Milwaukee, your new plane and crew are in gate 21.” When I boarded, I smiled asked the stewardess, “You do intend to keep all the windows in this one right?”
Flight from Tampa to Milwaukee Pilot tells us. Flight plan today takes over Birmingham, turn left stop in Memphis. When we make that turn, about thirty minutes to the airport.
We make the turn. To my left is a black jazz musician, to his left a new Grandmother. Suddenly the pilot comes on and says “ All passengers, all stewardesses take your now, everyone fasten your seatbelts, we going into a controlled dive NOW.”
We descended from 35,000 to 10,000 in less than 30 seconds. When we flattened out you could fell the plane react like boat that powered down from high speed to throttle.
I had never seen a black man turn white…he lost almost all color. Pilot comes on. “ We apologize from the flight deck. The co pilots window cracked failed. We are evaluating our options at this time.”
Musician asks “ What does that mean?” “ He has five minutes to decide.” “OMG Why?”
“In less than five minutes we are more than halfway to Memphis. No reason to go to Birmingham.”
All sorts of cabin prep, young men in exit rows, all unaccompanied children put with middle aged men.
Jazz musician scared, “ Now what?” “On to Memphis. They are clearing our approach and prepping the runway for an emergency landing.”
We banked and could see the entire airport, each side of runway, lined with flashing lights. “What are those?” “Fire trucks, ambulances and chase equipment should we have to deplane quickly. As we pass overhead, they pull out and chase us until stop to taxi. We’ll sit while they evaluate the plane, then taxi if all is well.”
We landed safely, the window had popped out, flight deck looked like a bomb went off.
Getting off, we were told to remain at the gate while flight worthiness was studied. “ Yeah right, like you have an airplane parts store with our windshield on the shelf.” As I left the gate. “For those passengers going to Milwaukee, your new plane and crew are in gate 21.” When I boarded, I smiled asked the stewardess, “You do intend to keep all the windows in this one right?”
Posted on 8/15/21 at 6:11 pm to bluedragon
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We descended from 35,000 to 10,000 in less than 30 seconds.
No, you didn't.
This is descending straight down at over 570 mph. Forget moving forward at any rate of speed, just straight down
This post was edited on 8/16/21 at 11:06 am
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:58 am to bluedragon
I've got a few from my years of flying.
First one was when I was a kid, back when Delta had a DFW hub, and we lost an engine on takeoff. Hadn't reached V1 yet so takeoff was aborted and we went back to the gate.
Had a Delta flight ATL-AVL hit turbulence and it popped a few of the overhead bins open. Luggage came falling down on a few passengers and one lady broke her arm.
Another Delta flight about 8 years ago, ATL-DFW, had the brakes lock up and catch fire on landing. I was sitting next to the road manager for Earth, Wind and Fire and that dude was freaking out when he saw/smelled the smoke.
Had an American Eagle flight a couple of years ago from BTR-DFW that got all the way out to the runway before going back to the gate. Captain came on and told us they didn't put enough fuel in the plane.
Most recently I flew Southwest from DAL-DEN and had a passenger go into cardiac arrest and die mid-flight. We had about 30 minutes left until Denver so they didn't divert as it was the closest airport. Southwest handled the situation as best they could and given the delay getting the deceased off the plane they hed every single connecting flight for passengers on our flight (9PM arrival so last flights of the day).
That's it so far, hopefully don't have any more crazy ones but I'm still racking up the miles.
First one was when I was a kid, back when Delta had a DFW hub, and we lost an engine on takeoff. Hadn't reached V1 yet so takeoff was aborted and we went back to the gate.
Had a Delta flight ATL-AVL hit turbulence and it popped a few of the overhead bins open. Luggage came falling down on a few passengers and one lady broke her arm.
Another Delta flight about 8 years ago, ATL-DFW, had the brakes lock up and catch fire on landing. I was sitting next to the road manager for Earth, Wind and Fire and that dude was freaking out when he saw/smelled the smoke.
Had an American Eagle flight a couple of years ago from BTR-DFW that got all the way out to the runway before going back to the gate. Captain came on and told us they didn't put enough fuel in the plane.
Most recently I flew Southwest from DAL-DEN and had a passenger go into cardiac arrest and die mid-flight. We had about 30 minutes left until Denver so they didn't divert as it was the closest airport. Southwest handled the situation as best they could and given the delay getting the deceased off the plane they hed every single connecting flight for passengers on our flight (9PM arrival so last flights of the day).
That's it so far, hopefully don't have any more crazy ones but I'm still racking up the miles.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 5:29 pm to bluedragon
Latest one-
On flight into Key West. Coming in for a landing in the middle of thunderstorm on a SW 737. Got over the runway (maybe 30 feet from touching down) and lightning struck the plane. The pilot accelerated hard and we appeared to be caught in a downdraft. We barely gained any altitude until we got over the fence, then we slowly gained altitude.
The pilot went around and we flew out to hold a circling pattern to wait for the storm to pass. It didn't. So we flew to Miami, landed, and waited it out for an hour.
I damn near wanted to ask to get off the plane to go get a rental car. My fiancé convinced me otherwise.
The hop back to Key West was uneventful. There is a little bar just inside the terminal where they sell boat drinks when you're getting off the plane. I got two doubles.
On flight into Key West. Coming in for a landing in the middle of thunderstorm on a SW 737. Got over the runway (maybe 30 feet from touching down) and lightning struck the plane. The pilot accelerated hard and we appeared to be caught in a downdraft. We barely gained any altitude until we got over the fence, then we slowly gained altitude.
The pilot went around and we flew out to hold a circling pattern to wait for the storm to pass. It didn't. So we flew to Miami, landed, and waited it out for an hour.
I damn near wanted to ask to get off the plane to go get a rental car. My fiancé convinced me otherwise.
The hop back to Key West was uneventful. There is a little bar just inside the terminal where they sell boat drinks when you're getting off the plane. I got two doubles.
This post was edited on 8/17/21 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:48 am to bluedragon
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We descended from 35,000 to 10,000 in less than 30 seconds. When we flattened out you could fell the plane react like boat that powered down from high speed to throttle.
No you didn’t, not even close….
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“ when the crew started a return and a emergency descent to 10,000 feet (FL100), which took just over 8 minutes and 30 seconds.”
Cockpit glass has multiple sheets with a plastic screen between. Additionally, they have oxygen masks. A 737 for example is not going to put the plane in -12500/FPM dive.
The plane would absolutely exceed Vmax, and would exceed V speeds for flaps and gear.
There have been reported cases of -8000/fpm but that’s still 33% less than what you spewed put.
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