tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post6912488637335572312..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: US Airways 1549 AudioAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-88919025547429621792009-02-25T01:39:00.000+00:002009-02-25T01:39:00.000+00:00Anonymous, no sarcasm was intended. For me, the ac...Anonymous, no sarcasm was intended. For me, the accent <I>is</I> an initial barrier to understanding. Have you never had to listen extra carefully to understand a Canadian or Australian? From your sensitivity, I can only assume that the controller on the tape has an accent that marks him as from a lower class area of the city. If I say I have difficult understanding someone, be they black white rich poor or from the north south east or west, it's because I had difficulty understanding them, and not because I wish to insult them.<BR/><BR/>Some days I think I need to subtitle this blog with "I said it was different. I didn't say it was wrong."Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-72401025542639526562009-02-24T20:18:00.000+00:002009-02-24T20:18:00.000+00:00those "new york accents" you sarcasticly refer to ...those "new york accents" you sarcasticly refer to are from some of the same people who fished 155 people out of 10-degree water without a moment's hesitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-82001852905026412162009-02-10T00:52:00.000+00:002009-02-10T00:52:00.000+00:00If I had a double engine failure on takeoff over a...If I had a double engine failure on takeoff over a populated area, they'd be pretty damned pertinent to me. But having seen Captian Sullenberger on 60 Minutes, I rather suspect he just called for the checklist. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if he needs an adopted daughter.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-679598626123297492009-02-10T00:25:00.000+00:002009-02-10T00:25:00.000+00:00Nah, those would be, "non-pertinent remarks," repr...Nah, those would be, "non-pertinent remarks," represented by ######Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-4335937599130171292009-02-08T16:48:00.000+00:002009-02-08T16:48:00.000+00:00I think at least a portion of the CVR transcript w...I think at least a portion of the CVR transcript will be included with the NTSB report, maybe a year from now. And increasingly audio is being released from CVRs. I don't know why and I don't think it should be, but I suspect this one will come out too.<BR/><BR/>And then we'll get to see if Captain Sullenberger says "Holy flaming firetrucks!" as well as "my airplane" and "engine restart checklist."Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-84506938784527820962009-02-08T16:40:00.000+00:002009-02-08T16:40:00.000+00:00Aviatrix,Do you think think that the CVR transcrip...Aviatrix,<BR/><BR/>Do you think think that the CVR transcripts or recordings will be released to the public?<BR/><BR/>MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31504812560765153142009-02-08T00:48:00.000+00:002009-02-08T00:48:00.000+00:00I've never heard cactus used as an exclamation of ...I've never heard <I>cactus</I> used as an exclamation of doomedness. I think Australian slang is as bizarre as your wildlife. You know that Canadian clothing manufacturer Rots sponsors Canadian Olympic uniforms? I think it took the Canadians a week to figure out why the Aussies were laughing so hard.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-29047683254711665812009-02-08T00:21:00.000+00:002009-02-08T00:21:00.000+00:00Maybe this has been done to death but I haven't se...Maybe this has been done to death but I haven't seen it discussed:<BR/><BR/>Listening to that audio made me wonder again if "cactus" has the same connotations in the US as in Australia.<BR/><BR/>Here for example as your car departed the road at high speed and careered towards a power pole you might say to your passenger "I think we're cactus here". Or indeed if you lost both engines on take off you might also say "#$$% I think we're cactus". Like the guy who lost both on a Chieftain on take off and put it into the water at Darwin a couple of days ago - Cactus!!<BR/><BR/>Is it the same in the US? You couldn't have picked a better call sign for that flight if you had tried ;-)Critical Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907258677958422214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-66375379885408838252009-02-07T23:44:00.000+00:002009-02-07T23:44:00.000+00:00Oh, I know which one now. I was ragging on the co...Oh, I know which one now. I was ragging on the company, more the airplane. And I was ragging on everything. I'd been in the field too long and it was time to go home. But I would still fly for them. I'm a little wing-whore, I guess.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-47308726208780935172009-02-07T23:31:00.000+00:002009-02-07T23:31:00.000+00:00Then I severely misread an archived entry where yo...Then I severely misread an archived entry where you apparently were traveling in the back. <BR/><BR/>I was in no way offended- not at all. For all I know, the DHC8 jobs are rough and you've had enough of that lot. I really should have re-read it. And again, I really got a kick out of my "misperception."<BR/><BR/>You really do deserve a crack at the title. Persevere. It will happen.<BR/><BR/>Oh, there isn't a particular <I>bottle</I> of FdM, I keep a running stock of that, Trois Pistoles, Maudite, and Ephemere. Excuse the missing accents.<BR/><BR/>You ever hear a Yank doing weird stuff with Montreal Terminal near CYQB, say "JACE?"<BR/><BR/>If it's me, I'll say hello. Our heavy checks are done there, and require an extensive test flight before signoff. Sometimes it takes a few days of tweaks to get it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-77716677996328034132009-02-07T19:42:00.000+00:002009-02-07T19:42:00.000+00:00Indeed, I have no distaste for turboprops. I crie...Indeed, I have no distaste for turboprops. I cried real tears when I didn't get the Dash-8 job I interviewed for. If I could get on with Air Canada Jazz I think I'd have everything I ame to this profession for.<BR/><BR/>I don't even have a distaste for piston engines, although I sometimes rue the wages and altitudes that accompany them. <BR/><BR/>Drink your beer before it goes skunky. I don't see any way I'm not to be burning other than avgas for a while.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-23805780923044131392009-02-07T19:01:00.000+00:002009-02-07T19:01:00.000+00:00What? Aviatrix has a distaste for turboprops? We...What? Aviatrix has a distaste for turboprops? Well, I never! I'll have to race her one day in my 360kt wonder...of course, she'll be back on the ramp negotiating a complicated hot-start priming ritual... :P<BR/><BR/>Turbine power!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-10040664801255883862009-02-07T16:55:00.000+00:002009-02-07T16:55:00.000+00:00Hello, Aviatrix. I like your blog- I've added you...Hello, Aviatrix. I like your blog- I've added yours to the small junket I read (including Dave's).<BR/><BR/>I got a kick out of your distaste for turboprops... I'm a Dash-8 Captain, and wouldn't have it any other way! <BR/><BR/>I hope this crazy career works out for you. I look forward to the "Hooray" post when you finally land a job in a comfy, warm jet and put the days of working for a living behind you.<BR/><BR/>I'll have some Fin du Monde for you as a toast (or whatever Unibroue product I have on hand when it happens). Good luck!<BR/><BR/>JACEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-61423816126916937712009-02-07T02:32:00.000+00:002009-02-07T02:32:00.000+00:00From the Class B airspace tape there were two heli...From the Class B airspace tape there were two helicopters watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-14297723156946522242009-02-07T02:00:00.000+00:002009-02-07T02:00:00.000+00:00I'm surprised they didn't crash into any helicopte...I'm surprised they didn't crash into any helicopters on the way down! There's always swarms of them around the Hudson, especially around that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com