It started this year with the Capt Sully on Hudson flight, then the Buffalo disaster, then Air France, a flight in Tampa that had a rough landing (tires blew
out), Yemenia flight today, and another flight yet today that had a bird strike out of LGA to Miami but thankfully landed safely. What the heck is going on
recently?
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Posts: 2629 (07/01/09 08:54:32) |
There are about 15,000 flights a day in the U.S. Worldwide? I don't know. But with all that activity going on, there are things that happen every day. Once
there is an accident, the media starts reporting things that ordinarily are ignored, and which don't mean much.
The Hudson River landing? That is the only situation I know of where birds have incapacitated a plane. So thought it happened this year, it is the only time. We, hopefully, will go for many years before that happens again, or the engines are improved so it can't happen. Buffalo was a situation which the government has allowed to develop. The regional airlines pay poorly, overwork pilots, cut costs everywhere, etc., etc. This administration is going to change that. Blown tires? No big deal. Yemenia? I never heard of the airline before. Did you? I don't fly on airlines I've never heard of, and my guess is you wouldn't either. So I think it is not related to the flying you will be doing. Clearly it was a substandard airline. Their maintenance organization was blacklisted by the EU. No EU airlines were allowed to use Yemenia for maintenance work. So if such an airline crashes, what surprise is it? |
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Posts: 228 (07/01/09 15:31:49) |
Here's another take on your post:
Before Buffalo, and of course the small string of events that have followed, we were talking about how we had just passed a milestone of no fatalities in years in the US. Flying was already getting safer and safer, and it still is! But at the time, we were saying, "Oh, no, we are due! Something is going to happen!" And I would walk outside at my apartment along the lake in Chicago and watch hundreds of planes come in to land at O'Hare each day and think, "Quit using up all the safe flights!" haha My point is that our fear has nothing to do with reality. Just as we can use these incidents to justify it, we can also use NO incidents and safety records to justify it. So why bother? Or, we can use SOAR and each other to keep flying and make it through the fear. Personally that path has worked wonders for me. You can do this too, FearfulInNY! |
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Note from Capt. Tom I know everyone worries about weather, but pilots really do not worry about it. We simply - instead of worrying about it - completely prepare for it. Before going to the plane, we review the weather at the destination. If it is not 100% sure to be within legal limits when we arrive at the destination, we must specify an alternate airport in our planning documents, and load on plenty of fuel for going to the destination airport, and then if need be, diverting to the alternate airport. The legal limits are conservative. Even when weather is slightly outside the legal limits, any airline pilot could still land safely. You can rely on the captain never to land when the weather is not legal, and legality limits are reached prior to safety limits. If you are still anxious, call me and we can talk it over. I'm at 877 332-7359 from 10 AM until 7 PM Eastern time. For effective help, even if you are flying in a day or two, sign up now at www.fearofflying.com/fasttrack and call me when you finish Clip 9 so I can make sure you are all set. |
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Using Weather Information If you enter your ZIP Code or City at the top of the weather presentation, it will give you weather for your area. Or, you can enter your destination ZIP Code or City.
Click on the "LOCAL RADAR" button to see whether or not there are thunder- Turbulence, though it may cause anxiety, does not mean anything is wrong. Turbulence does not mean danger. The plane can handle far more turbulence than Mother Nature can dish out. Though flying in turbulence is safe, it doesn't feel safe. And here is where the SOAR programs come in. We can help you feel as safe when you fly as you actually are. You can see these programs at www.fearofflying.com/store. |
