Alaska Pilot
 

does anyone know the details on the pilot that died on the ramp in Seattle yesterday?

The following was posted on an internal web page. Some names were removed for privacy.




Captain Steve Tedrick dies of unknown cause

Popular pilot was performing walk-around when he collapsed

June 1, 2007

Seattle-based Captain Steve Tedrick collapsed and died of unknown causes early this morning while preparing for Flight 590 to San Diego.

Captain Tedrick, who was 57 and an Alaska Airlines pilot for 28 years, lived in Edgewood, Wash. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Captain Tedrick was formerly a 737-200 Anchorage-based captain who was transferring to the 737-4/NG Seattle base. As a pilot he possessed a wealth of aviation experience and was highly respected by fellow pilots and other employees at Alaska Airlines.

“He was just a pleasure to be with in the cockpit. He was relaxed but hyper-vigilant and an excellent pilot,” xxxxxx said. “He was so funny he could have been a writer for ‘Monty Python.’ ”

Tedrick preferred flying -200s because it was a basic airplane and he would rather fly to Barrow and Wrangell than Boston, Rinehart said.

Tedrick’s interests included restoring high-end automobiles, carpentry, cooking, gardening and playing baseball.

Two Menzies employees discovered Tedrick after he collapsed about 6:15 a.m. and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR, said Glenn Johnson, executive vice president of airport services and maintenance and engineering. A customer service agent also assisted with CPR and flight attendants responded and tried to revive him with a defibrillator.

Port of Seattle emergency medical technicians then took over, but were also unable to revive him.

The Critical Incident Response Program Team responded to provide counseling and is available to all employees.

That's sad to hear.

That's 2 in one week for Alaska. Another one died in a plane crash very recently as well.

RIP Cappy.

I was flying thru SE Alaska that day, and all of the OPS people in JNU, KTN, and SIT said that he was one of the stud Arctic Eagle guys. Several of the agents broke down and were devastated.

RIP...

Mookie

May the wind be on his tail, and the tranquil sun never set on his journey.

pretty quote............................ is that yours?

Yes I did... and thanks. Feel free to use it... but hopefully you won't for a long time and very rarely too.

Captain Steve Tedrick
 

Steve was a class act, a truly skilled aviator, and a consummate professional.
He will be missed.