Plane Landed short at Heathrow

[JW911]

RDE said:

Do you usually do the same route for a while or are they more or less random?

Semi-random. Some airlines are rostered and you get very little say over your final roster. Within BA there's an element of choice over what you do (very complicated to explain). Suffice to say, so long as you do the appropriate number of hours in a month, you can choose your trips or your days off. The most senior guy gets first pick, the most junior guy gets what's left over.

[Ayahuasca]

anonymous said:

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Beyond staying calm, what did the flight crew actually do?

Did they skilfully glide the plane in, trading altitude for speed, working out the optimum glide angle, flaring at precisely the right moment, OR were they just hanging on for the ride?

[B Oeuf]

Ayahuasca said:

Beyond staying calm, what did the flight crew actually do?

something like this probably

"Back in the passenger compartment, the in-charge flight attendant radiated counterfeit calm as he informed the plane’s sixty-one passengers of the situation, and instructed them in the subtle art of not freaking out during an in-flight emergency. In the meantime, crew members directed able-bodied men to move into the rows alongside the exit doors, then solemnly buckled into their own seats. Many of the crew members were keenly aware that jumbo jets such as theirs were not designed for dead-stick flight– let alone dead-stick landings. In all probability, their inevitable confrontation with the Earth would not be an improvement on their current situation."

[RDE]

Sure you've got the right thread? That's from the Gimli Glider account.