Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
This one always held a special spot.
...tailwinds Captain Fitch.
Originally Posted by
Shrek
One of the best guys you will ever meet. His loss was sudden but I am thinking another team needed him to run CPT charm school.
You are missed.....
For those unfamiliar with UAL's history, Captain Fitch was a DC10 Standards Captain deadheading on UA #232 when the #2 engine exploded and the aircraft lost all hydraulics. Not a good situation in an aircraft that only operated via hydraulic control with no manual backups.
Captain Al Haynes, utilizing all available resources invited CA Fitch to the cockpit which eventually resulted in the crew flying the theoretically uncontrollable aircraft to a surprisingly successful crash landing in SUX with CA Fitch kneeling on the cockpit floor and maintaining control using only differential thrust.
And that ad aired shortly after 9/11 when airlines returned to the sky.