Injured FedEx pilot returns to the skies
06-11-2010, 11:18 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by TonyWilliams
It's great to see him back in the air. What about the other two crew members on that fateful day?
06-11-2010, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Nitefrater
A VERY junior 727 SO at 42??? SO was I !!!! OMG!!!!!
...And your point is?
...And your point is?
I just projectile vomited.
Glad to see Tucker back in the skies...very heroic crew.
06-12-2010, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by kalyx522
I was curious as well so I did some googling.. and according to an article from 2007, the other captain sells health insurance. That seems so wrong, I mean didn't Fedex take care of these men at all? (Unless Captain Sanders is selling insurance simply because he enjoys it - then more power to him, but being a salesman doesn't seem like something a pilot who was forced into a catastrophic situation and now in his 60s would want to be doing unless he was financially strapped.)
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06-12-2010, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by kalyx522
I was curious as well so I did some googling.. and according to an article from 2007, the other captain sells health insurance. That seems so wrong, I mean didn't Fedex take care of these men at all? (Unless Captain Sanders is selling insurance simply because he enjoys it - then more power to him, but being a salesman doesn't seem like something a pilot who was forced into a catastrophic situation and now in his 60s would want to be doing unless he was financially strapped.)
Way to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Captain Sanders and his crew WERE taken care of, very nicely, from what I was told, as they deserved. So your comments seem totally off base. Besides, I know a number of active pilots who have side businesses selling all kinds of stuff, insurance being one of them, and I'm sure that some guys who have been unfortunate enough to be furloughed, have found that insurance sales is a decent, honorable way to earn a living.JJ
06-12-2010, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by HireAstarPilots
AWESOME! Well, I will say that he was a DC-10 Captain at 42?
Times have changed. I'm a very junior 727 SO at 44~
Oh well-
Times have changed. I'm a very junior 727 SO at 44~
Oh well-
FDX-ALPA "1" and the company worked out a good deal for them, which I think they deserved.
Glad to see him back in the air!
06-12-2010, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok
Great post! Way to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Captain Sanders and his crew WERE taken care of, very nicely, from what I was told, as they deserved. So your comments seem totally off base.
JJ
Way to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Captain Sanders and his crew WERE taken care of, very nicely, from what I was told, as they deserved. So your comments seem totally off base.JJ
06-12-2010, 08:42 AM
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Andy is a friend of mine. We used to go to the same church. Just talked to him a couple of weeks ago. His son is about to be a senior and is interested in going to the AF Academy. Andy's doing well. He has a great family, and yes FedEx has taken good care of them.
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