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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:10 pm    Post subject: Insane Co-Pilot Reply with quote

The co-pilot of a Heathrow-bound plane was dragged kicking and screaming from the cockpit after suffering a mental breakdown while in control of the flight.

He began yelling and "invoking God" as the Air Canada 767 flew at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic. He was held down by other crew members and a passenger, a member of the Canadian armed forces.

The co-pilot then had restraints fastened to his wrists and ankles and was handcuffed to a seat.

The flight from Toronto made an emergency landing in Shannon and the co-pilot, who had been crying and screaming according to witnesses, was taken off the plane.

He was taken by ambulance to a psychiatric ward where he is being treated for a suspected nervous breakdown.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=511220&in_apage_id=1770&ct=5

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Must not like flying..
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Minx



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Insane Co-Pilot Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:


Must not like flying..
Laughing


Nor do I... I'm the one who gets irritated by people going to the toilet in case they upset the balance of the plane, the one who watches the stewardess's faces for any sign of panic, and frankly the prospect of a shrieking co-pilot wanting to talk to God may well have prompted me to operate the over-wing exits (where I always sit if at all possible). Thank heavens I wasn't on the particular flight. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing I'm a bit like that. Must get Cherskiy to give you a pep talk!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm surprised people are scared of flying.... I'd have thought it was the crashing into the ground part that was more terrifying! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Insane Co-Pilot Reply with quote

Minx wrote:
I'm the one who gets irritated by people going to the toilet in case they upset the balance of the plane


Was once asked to move to the forward cabin (with ten other people) on an Aeroflot domestic flight some years ago, because the pilots couldn't trim the aircraft properly due to centre of gravity problems! This was two hours into a three hour flight, mind you.... Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know this story isn't at all amusing but I'm afraid that my immediate reactions were first, to think of David Icke and second, to recall that Bob Monkhouse joke:

My father died peacefully in his sleep. Unfortunately his passengers were terrified.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was in a small aircraft flying over the Grand Canyon a few years back. We hit some terrible turbulence and the 'plane was all over the sky. Some of the passengers were crying and not reassured by the pilot telling us that this was not as bad as usual. I did my bit to keep morale up by singing a Buddy Holly song. Any guesses as to which one? Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't think which Buddy Holly song you sang but I don't think evocation of Mr Holly would exactly have calmed me down, bearing his fate in mind. It reminds me of the spoof movie Airplane, where the in-flight movie is about an air disaster.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the same idea as the disaster movie the song was......

'Well, That'll be the day-hey-hey, when I..erm..fly!' Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a friend who, to put it frankly, had a bit of a problem getting /keeping a boyfriend, lovely girl, a bit earnest, but a really generous kind hearted soul. Finally she found this guy who invited her on a long weekend to France, via air. She wasn't a particularly nervous flyer, but on the third pass over Manchester Airport following take-off, she began to realise that something was wrong.

The pilot then came on the radio to say that it appeared the landing gear might not have retracted, and various passes over the control tower hadn't been able to lend clarity to the problem, so they were going out over to the Fylde coast to dump some fuel in the sea and then come back to try to land.

Upon re-approachingthe airport, the passengers were told to remove glasses and false teeth and to assume the "brace" position. Unfortunately, my friend had false teeth, (a fact which would obviously not have been revealed at this very early stage of their relationship) and she then told me about the monumental mental struggle she had, deciding whether to risk possible crash landing with her teeth in, or risk losing this long sought-after boyfriend in the event of surviving the landing.

You're right girls, she kept her teeth in ..... but the relationship didn't last more than a few weeks. Crying or Very sad Aint't life a bitch!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing

My nervousness about flying stems from my first two holidays abroad by air (many years ago!). On the first, returning from Bergen to Newcastle, in low cloud but otherwise not really bad weather, the pilot aborted landing twice at what looked like the last moment. On the second, from Heathrow to Pula, after a long delay to begin with the tow-truck which reversed us off the stand wouldn't disengage from the aircraft and the subsequent sound of heavy duty hammering at the undercarriage didn't do much for my anxiety level.

That said, I'd still much rather fly, or Channel Tunnel, abroad rather than bob about on the briny by ferry.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RockitRon wrote:
Laughing



That said, I'd still much rather fly, or Channel Tunnel, abroad rather than bob about on the briny by ferry.


Channel tunnel would certainly be my last option! Shocked
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's some interesting comments on Pprune about the number of hours Air Canada allows its cabin crew to work between rest periods:

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=310807

Apparently 14 hour shifts (Captain and First Officer) are the norm - you might call them glorified bus drivers but the latter have shorter working hours than that!
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