Captain of UA 946 (dep Jan 19, 2017) became incapacitated, unconscious
Jan 20, 2017, 7:33 pm
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Captain of UA 946 (dep Jan 19, 2017) became incapacitated, unconscious
just read about this on AMS-IAD
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a3c3e6f&opt=0
Summary - UA946 (B764) IAD-AMS --Aircraft's captain became unconscious and aircraft diverted to SNN. Captain taken to hospital, no further info.
hope the captain is ok!!!
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a3c3e6f&opt=0
Summary - UA946 (B764) IAD-AMS --Aircraft's captain became unconscious and aircraft diverted to SNN. Captain taken to hospital, no further info.
hope the captain is ok!!!
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jan 20, 2017 at 9:16 pm Reason: reworded title, added summary
Jan 20, 2017, 9:22 pm
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According to FlightAware, the flight departed SNN for IAD less than 2 hours after landing - how would they have gotten a new crew in that quickly?
Edit: Read the article. Are 757 captains able to fly the 767 as well, or is this a rare case of a pilot being certified for both?
Edit: Read the article. Are 757 captains able to fly the 767 as well, or is this a rare case of a pilot being certified for both?
Jan 20, 2017, 9:23 pm
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Jan 20, 2017, 9:36 pm
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According to FlightAware, the flight departed SNN for IAD less than 2 hours after landing - how would they have gotten a new crew in that quickly?
Edit: Read the article. Are 757 captains able to fly the 767 as well, or is this a rare case of a pilot being certified for both?
Edit: Read the article. Are 757 captains able to fly the 767 as well, or is this a rare case of a pilot being certified for both?
(Now, watch a real pilot explain why I'm wrong...)
Jan 20, 2017, 9:51 pm
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IIRC, one of Boeing's selling points for the 757/767s was that they were (intentionally) so similar that they shared a pilot rating. So, yes, I think the norm is for 757/767 to have a single type rating, meaning that any pilot certified on one can fly the other too.
(Now, watch a real pilot explain why I'm wrong...)
(Now, watch a real pilot explain why I'm wrong...)
757/767 share the same rating, same as 777/787 (IIRC).
Don't recall if UA allows 777-787 swapping, but IIRC it does for 757 and 767.
Jan 21, 2017, 5:24 am
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Usually the relief pilot is a first officer with a single augmented crew having 1 CA/2 FO and most double augmented crews having 1 CA/3 FO). With two first officers the aircraft wouldn't be able to continue so possibly one of the augmenting crew was a check airman or something of the sort. At UAL, pilots qualified on the 756 fleet fly all models, 757-200, 757-300, 767-300, and 767-400. There are specific recency experiences for the -400 as it's a whole different animal but it's all the same type rating. Delta does things a little differently, having a dedicated fleet of 767-400 pilots who fly only that aircraft.
