Administrative Law
Dubious Pilot’s License No Problem in Emergency Landing
Posted Nov 19, 2008, 03:25 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A stewardess on an Air Canada flight apparently may have technically violated her commercial pilot's license by helping with an emergency landing in January.
But no one is complaining about the unidentified flight attendant's expired instrument reading certificate. A report released today by the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit praises the pilot's decision to put her in the cockpit and her instrument-reading skills, crediting the two for landing the plane safely after the co-pilot had a mental breakdown and had to be physically removed from the cockpit, reports the Associated Press.
The co-pilot was physically restrained and sedated by two physicians among the 146 passengers. But when the pilot asked the crew to find out if a… Continue reading...
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