Comments by "Elizabeth Loveland" (@Shineon83) on "Aircraft Emergency Landings: Captain Sully | Aircrash Confidential Ep 4" video.

  1. My experience as a flight attendant taught me two things about pilots : 1. The best are ex-military ( hands-down, no contest ), and the best military pilots are ex-Navy…They are trained to land on the decks of ships in all weather….and 2) AGE matters. There is no substitute for experience, and of the five “miracle landings,” where the pilot managed to safely land a crippled aircraft, four of those five pilots were age 60 or over (near the FAAs mandatory retirement age)…. If we truly value “safety” over economics, hiring priority should be given to ex-service members….and the mandatory retirement age (which hasn’t changed in over 50 years—despite the fact that today’s “over 60s” are in much better health than their predecessors—should be raised to 70 ( as long as the annual flight physical is passed )
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  2. All modern aircraft have a “manual release” lever to extend the landing gear ( at least, all of the Boeing & McDonnell Douglass aircraft I worked did—I’m assuming it’s mandatory for all, as incomplete extension of landing gear happens more often than you think )…. I believe it operates on stored power ( like a battery )….Main point being that it’s designed to extend the gear even in the event of cabin electrical failure ( such as when a lightening strike to the aircraft shorts the electrical system )….
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  3. Talk about morons : “Bluffing” hijackers who decide to get crocked to pass the flight time….
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