Jet Blue Pilot....

undone · 09-23-2005, 04:14 PM

Okay you guys, There is a rumor going around here that the pilot who successfully landed a plane full of people at LAX when the landing gear malfunctioned is not a US citizen and is afraid of exposure from the media due to this fact. I am just curious if any of you have heard this. The media is again taking something good and desperately searching for a seamy underbelly. Personally I don't care what nationality he is. The fact remains the guy is a hero.

busterb · 09-23-2005, 05:12 PM

Down the center all the way! GREAT

xoxoxoBruce · 09-23-2005, 07:21 PM

btw. this is at least the 10th time this has happened to an A320 aircraft and the second time for JetBlue.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-23-2005, 07:45 PM

It's still a great landing, by the standard of a good landing being one you can still use the pilot. Here, you can still use the pilot, and the airplane, and all the passengers too.

Shake the flight deck crew's hands and buy 'em a rootbeer. Unless they're not scheduled to fly tomorrow.

wolf · 09-24-2005, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

btw. this is at least the 10th time this has happened to an A320 aircraft and the second time for JetBlue.

Are we perhaps looking at a significant design fault and an excellent reason to choose Boeing?

plthijinx · 09-27-2005, 03:55 PM

i would think that there are many pilots who are not citizens that fly for the airlines. all they have to do is get a work visa, maybe?
this is the first time i've seen this. wow. buy the guy a case of beer! i'll bet he wasn't going to have to fly for a couple of days after that!

09-23-2005, 04:14 PM	#1
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	Jet Blue Pilot.... Okay you guys, There is a rumor going around here that the pilot who successfully landed a plane full of people at LAX when the landing gear malfunctioned is not a US citizen and is afraid of exposure from the media due to this fact. I am just curious if any of you have heard this. The media is again taking something good and desperately searching for a seamy underbelly. Personally I don't care what nationality he is. The fact remains the guy is a hero. __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

09-23-2005, 05:12 PM	#2
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Down the center all the way! GREAT __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-23-2005, 07:21 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	btw. this is at least the 10th time this has happened to an A320 aircraft and the second time for JetBlue. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-23-2005, 07:45 PM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	It's still a great landing, by the standard of a good landing being one you can still use the pilot. Here, you can still use the pilot, and the airplane, and all the passengers too. Shake the flight deck crew's hands and buy 'em a rootbeer. Unless they're not scheduled to fly tomorrow. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-27-2005, 03:55 PM	#6
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i would think that there are many pilots who are not citizens that fly for the airlines. all they have to do is get a work visa, maybe? this is the first time i've seen this. wow. buy the guy a case of beer! i'll bet he wasn't going to have to fly for a couple of days after that! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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