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2009-01-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

In a Split Second, a Pilot Becomes a Hero Years in the Making

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Posted by Steve White 2009-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 In a Stephen King's novel, a pilot says "We are so well paid due to the two seconds in our whole careers where we make the difference"

How true.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-01-17 02:52|| 2009-01-17 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Training + experience + situation = outcome.

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-01-17 09:10|| 2009-01-17 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't forget the excellent engineering and design of modern airplanes. Well, for the most part anyway.

Posted by Slonter Lumumba2615 2009-01-17 13:00|| 2009-01-17 13:00|| Front Page Top

#4 What JFM quoted.

Indeed.

I would like the right-seater to get a little credit too.

Posted by .5MT 2009-01-17 20:05|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-01-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#5 He was the pilot flying, in fact.

Posted by Slonter Lumumba2615 2009-01-17 23:55|| 2009-01-17 23:55|| Front Page Top

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