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UA619 (DCA-ORD) Diverts To DAY For Sick Pilot

777fan From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2409 posts, RR: 3
Posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2361 times:

No word on the status of the pilot who suffered chest pains while in flight.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l,1,607058.story?coll=chi-news-hed

FlightAware hasn't shown whether or not the flight made it back to ORD although UA's site shows it scheduled to land at 9:17pm. There are going to be a lot of stranded federal government employees and businessmen at O'Hare tonight but what can you do? Hope all is well.

777fan

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RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2348 times:

A pilot with chest pains is not a good thing at all. You don't want anyone to have a possible heart attack on a plane, and a pilot is all that much worse. Hopefully the pilot will be ok, but I doubt he will be renewed on his medical certificate. He may not fly again depending on his age.

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Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33
Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2338 times:

I bet this is the return flight.

Harry

Why grab a Heine when you can grab a Busch?

Nosedive From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2312 times:

from the article:

Quote:
Sharon Sears says the first officer took over control of the plane and that there was also a co-pilot in the cockpit. She said a nurse tended to the pilot while the plane landed

a first officer AND a co-pilot!

sounds like a case of "it's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the sky, than in the sky wishing you were on the ground."

GoBoeing From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 2636 posts, RR: 12
Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2256 times:

Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 1):
He may not fly again depending on his age.

I don't know how it would depend on age.

You might be surprised at what an airline pilot can keep flying with. I know one who has a pacemaker and is still able to get first class to be captain.

777fan From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2409 posts, RR: 3
Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2100 times:

I'm surprised they picked Dayton versus Cleveland or Columbus which, I would guess, have better hospitals. I suppose Dayton's lower traffic levels allowed the crew to get on the ground that much faster.

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OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1978 times:

Quoting Nosedive (Reply 3):
and that there was also a co-pilot in the cockpit.

Could have easily been a commuting "co-pilot" riding in the cockpit jumpseat. If so, they still needed a new captain for DAY-ORD, since although two F/O's would certainly have the skills to get it DAY-ORD, there are those pesky regs that say you gotta have properly-qualified folks in the respective seats.

Quoting 777fan (Reply 5):
I suppose Dayton's lower traffic levels allowed the crew to get on the ground that much faster.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...9/history/20070507/1746Z/KDCA/KDAY

No matter where you go, once you say the "E" word, you'd be surprised how fast those traffic problems can get cleared up... Wink

Hope the stricken gent is OK...

AvConsultant From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1360 posts, RR: 3
Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1849 times:

Quoting GoBoeing (Reply 4):
You might be surprised at what an airline pilot can keep flying with. I know one who has a pacemaker and is still able to get first class to be captain

At the same, you'd be surprised how fast the FAA will pull a medical. If he did have a heart attack, there are cases where medicals have been pulled for 18 months at least. Once a medical has been pulled it's very difficult fora reinstatement. Time is not of the essence for the boys on Oklahoma City.

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