Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Over and over, we find that a fire inflight is one of the most desperate situations imaginable. And the biggest lesson to take from all of them:
1) Be sure you have 100% O2
2) Land that puppy IMMEDIATELY, as in NOW, NO DELAY, screw comm, point it at the nearest suitable airport, tune 121.5, squawk 7700, tune the ILS if available, and LAND.
If you can do checklists, great. Do them while you are flying to a runway.
RIP gents.
Yeah, that's the conclusion I've come to as well after Swissair and everything since. Usually at SKW the FO flies and the CA runs checklists, but in this scenario I think I'll fly (directly to nearest pavement and fast) and let the FO talk to whoever and do as many checklists as he can before I land.