Originally Posted by
Fr8Thrust
That person is actually a former WB Captain for a Legacy.
I got to say I'm a little skeptical she was a Wide Body captain. A google of her name brings up bios saying she was at Hawaiian. She claims to have flown the DC-10. A poster in the other thread said that she was furloughed after 9/11 which seems consistent with her various Bios online. I'll concede that don't know the extent of Hawaiian's furlough (s?) in the early 2000's, but furloughing all the way up to widebody captain would be pretty deep furloughs at any airline. Also, multiple Bios put her flight experience at "more than 5,000 hours" which is another way of saying "Less than 6,000". Just how fast were DC-10 upgrades at Hawaiian in the 1990's ?
Originally Posted by
Fr8Thrust
Probably never flew a CRJ before hopping in to give a demonstration
I'd say that was more a commentary on her judgment and ego than a valid excuse for the performance.
Interesting phenomenon: A pilot query on the FAA's database shows no pilot with her name, and no female pilot with her last name. Not sure what to make of that. AFAIK, you can decline to have your address listed in publicly accessible part of the FAA records, but you can't opt out completely. FOIA and all that. There was a big thing about that a decade ago or thereabouts.