American Airlines captain dies at controls
 

Condolences to the man's family. Kudos to the FO and Flight Attendants who attempted to keep him alive.

BREAKING NEWS: American Airlines captain dies at the controls despite desperate efforts of air stewardess to save him | Daily Mail Online

Man that's sad, no chance to say goodbye to anyone...

:(

Condolences to His Family & Friends~
You never know.. enjoy Life and what we do for a Living.

Always
Motch

Tailwinds .... :(

Anyone know the age?

Why? So you can grind your "Age 65" axe again? What are you going to say when turns out he was under 60?

Let it go, Joey. Age 60 isn't ever coming back and Age 67 is coming down the tracks like a freight train. And you're going to "get screwed" again. LOL!

talk about an Axe to grind, lol, you might want to look in the mirror. I was just curious. Im guessing by your comment you're on the back 9, stay healthy on the road!

And when they completely delete mandatory retirement age (as Canada has!), your head will explode!

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Fine by me, that means 35+ years in the left seat of an Airbus ;)

You have very poor retirement planning if you are 35+ years in the left seat of an Airbus.

True dat!!!

Why would you say that about his potential timeline?

What's the alleged poor retirement planning?

RIP to the American Captain, condolences to his family.

Wow the press sucks, I read that headline, "planes drops", and then they say the FO panicked on the radio, yet on the actual recording, he is very calm. smh.

Blue Skies, Cap'n!! Media: "Thank God the COPILOT (emphasis added) knew how to fly the plane!! Or, that Autopilot could land the plane! (No Cat III)

Honest question:
What was his age?

>= 23 but <65. Why?

His body isn't even cold yet and you toads are ready to trot out your anti-Age 65 agenda.

Who cares? The man is dead. How about a little compassion for his family before you start using him to justify your "I got screwed by Age-65" whining.

You're such a Toolbag, maybe some of us have young families and are concerned with our own mortality. My curiosity has absolutely zero to do with age 65

That's B.S. and you know it. You just HATE being called out on it BEFORE you could mount up on your high horse and start pontificating.

I'm betting he was younger than 60, so there goes your entire argument. Sorry, Slick.

Wow, someone dies and guys want to argue about something completely irrelevant to the actual article. Unbelievable! RIP Captain!

Packrat,

You appear to be losing your mind and will medical out loooong before you hit 65, 67, whatever ;). I got over age 65 ruling in about a day, I suggest you do the same.

I'm curious on age too. Not for politics, I just scheduled a cti scan a bit ago.

Pilot incapacitations in flight is a serious matter, and I believe there have been a number of incidents/data points since the raising of retirement age. This is a worthy discussion, but yes, absolutely there is a personal side to each of these events. To that end, condolences to the family.

8 minutes of compassion
 

Guess 8 minutes is the appropriate amount of time for compassion before ax grinding is allowed! :rolleyes:

Pilot was 57.

"Lt. Eric Carr with the Syracuse Police Department confirmed to CBS News the 57-year-old male pilot was found deceased on plane at approximately 6:45 a.m. local time. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

He was taken to the county medical examiner. Autopsy is being conducted now, but there are no signs of foul play."


American Airlines pilot dies mid-flight - CBS News

Seriously???? Dude, no one said anything about age 65. You call those that ask "toads"? The question they ask is fine.

Being that AA has a quite senior group he was a captain he was probably on up in age and most likely 55+ from the statistics I've seen. I just hope he didn't have young children. It's bad regardless. Any of us this could happen to, and as was mentioned before he didn't even get to say "good bye."

I keep reading comments on other social media websites praising the FO for his job of landing the plane and everyone keeps commenting on how this guy deserves a raise and upgrade to CA. As much as I would love to hear about something like this for the FO... I foresee it being a very unlikely thing bc isn't it the right seater's job to know how to handle such emergencies and take the necessary steps to get the plane on the ground? So basically will this guy just get a pat on the back and that's it, or is there a likely chance this guy may get some type of boost in his career? Condolences to the family and may the CA RIP!

57. Catch that, Kids: 57!

So all you Age 65, "Get out of my seat!" cry babies can stick that in your pipe and smoke it. All you boys who want stricter medical standards should also be careful what you wish for.

YOU could be the poor schlub with a medical denial as easily as an old guy.

Chill out dude. Geeeeeez :rolleyes:

Good point, mandatory retirement age should be 55.

Man. You need a vacation

55 should be what everybody shoots for, instead they buy up giant houses and a ton of crap that they have to pay for until their 70. That way they fly until they die or die shortly after retirement, never even being able to enjoy life. Sad. Life is too short to chase the dollar bill to the grave.

Thread should be named Usairways captain, or even America West Captain dies

I'm guessing that you are a very popular guy to fly with.

Just heading off the anti-Age 65 whiners. To date, EVERY pilot who has died in the cockpit has been less than age 60.

And as far as your "guess"...that old saw is the first thing people toss out when they realize they can't win the debate. I imagine you believe that one must adhere to APC "groupthink" to be fun to fly with. An erroneous assumption on a multiple of levels. :cool:

Yeah. NRAs, right? Classy, dude.

Why.. let the old geezer freak out.. he will have a heart attack and we can all move up a number.

:D

I rest my case.

On the next episode of the Kardashians.....Bruce ***** slaps Kaitlyn for lying about her age.