Re: Success stories
CharlieRU_at_aol.com
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:07:51 EDT
Spence,
I still like the one about an Air Force Reserve heavy weight C-5 taking off
from DOV that struck 127 Canadian snow geese at 850'. Number four engine
suffered catastropic failure, number three was oscilliating 2.5 -3' on the
pylon. The crew was airborne some 28 minutes. In that time they diumped
58,000 lbs of fuel, configured to troop compartment (73 PAX), ran numerous
emergency checklists, many were completed without the flying pilot involved
because he was "flying the airplane". The jump seat pilot and and examiner FE
assisted. Everyone was busy, real busy but noone did anything without
inforning everyone on interphone. There was no panic, no loss of SA and damn
good airmanship. The AC was a LTC and a pilot wiith, you guessed it, United.
I DO NOT wonder if this CRM training "pays off". A thousand of these and other
stories are out there, good CRM is practiced everyday by effective crews.
Charlie