Why I hate flying

[Hummermebaby]

Well this was a professional pilot. He did everything right at that moment however, he probably should have went to the divert strip to being with. A true professional would have seen the WX and not even tried if fuel, distance etc were not factors. It is easy to monday morning quarter back without the proper crew resource management factors given.

[3Hummer]

haha the wing strikes are no indcluded in that part of often, thats crazy, its amazing he was able to regain control after a strike like that and that it didnt rip the wing off. does anyone know what the conditions were at the time besides the 155MPH wind gust?

[mdoyle]

Here's a copy of the cockpit recording:

The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a PanAm 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747 (call sign "Speedbird 206") after landing:
Speedbird 206: "Top of the morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the active runway."
Ground: "Guten morgen! You vill taxi to your gate!"
The big British Airways 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know vare you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by a moment Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with some arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, haff you never flown to Frankfurt before?!?"
Speedbird 206 (cooly): "Yes I have, Ground - in 1944. In another type of Boeing, we just dropped off a few things and didn't have time to stop though."

[KenP]

That's pretty funny, MD.

CO, CP was on twin prop puddle jumper in the Carribean when it caught fire!

She doesn't like to fly much.

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by KenP

CO, CP was on twin prop puddle jumper in the Carribean when it caught fire!

So what happened? More details!