Originally Posted by
soon2be
Does anyone have any stories of close calls or scary situations in the cockpit?
The worst was an early morning flight I was operating from OMA-CVG, when on climb out and I was done hand flying, the A/P was quickly put on. The flight seemed normal all the way up to 10,000 feet, when flex thrust was switched to normal climb.
I reached into my flight bag and to my complete dismay, I could not find my copy of the USA Today. Frantically, I searched my side of the flight deck to no avail. Being a good, modern airline pilot, utilizing CRM, I included the captain in the search. Then, just as it seemed that all hope had expired, I caught a glimpse of the sports section smiling at me from below, in between the QRH and PPAS book. Memory items complete, I EMER deployed my USA Today and all was well in the world again.