Cessna 150 Ditching near Seattle

[Scudrunner]

[Colonel]

Kid did good. I would mail him a new certificate with SES if it was up to me.

[Scudrunner]

Agreed, he sure sounded calm and his situational awareness was on point. His decision to keep it over the water instead of trying to b line it BFI screams he’s got some marbles upstairs.

[Slick Goodlin]

Hi decision to keep it over the water instead of trying to b line it BFI

It blows when you have to decide where you’re going to wreck an airplane.

[Colonel]

Look on the bright side. It will give you something to talk about at your next interview for the majors.

Those guys crash all the time.

[Slick Goodlin]

My career goal at this point is to never have a next interview

[Scudrunner]

We might be assuming he’s a kid since it’s a 150.

However thinking back to when I was pissing around the Pacific Northwest I ran into a number of really high time pilots who hopped around in similar aircraft out of convenience. Ferry rides and traffic sucks on both sides of the line.

I recall one guy former fighter jock and all round badass pilot dude but humble as F who would commute to BFI working for Boeing. Super keen to learn about the Fleet Canuck as it was his first time seeing one.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the accident pilot has a similar background.

My career goal at this point is to never have a next interview

Currently #3 on seniority, not that it means anything in corporate. But I really hope to never answer HR questions again other than to inform them of my last day and where to send the gold watch.

[digits]

Obviously great emergency landing, but if he had all that time for those radio calls, why no mayday or emergency call?

Sounded like a casual minor malfunction until he ended up in the water.

*sits back down in comfortable armchair*

[Scudrunner]

good point, I think we still have a stigma as pilots and are reluctant to declare a mayday or even a pan pan pan.