If you can keep your head...

[nineveh_uk]

I hope that if I am ever on a plane with one damaged engine and a window smashed in at 32,000 ft that my pilot sounds as frankly bored with a mundane day at work as Tammie Jo Shults does in this recording of yesterday's incident on Southwest Airlines while she is bringing the plane into land.

ATC: Is your airplane physically on fire?

Pilot: No, it's not on fire, but part of it's missing.

Isn't it a good thing that she persisted with her wish to become a fighter pilot after being turned down by the US Army (she joined the navy).

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

I very much hope "someone has been sucked out of a window" constitutes going off-script

I'm reminded of the line in Good Omens when the ship is grounded on a suddenly-appeared island, and the captain is happy that the maritime codes contains a message for just such a circumstance.

Having looked them up, I note the 1969 one (which was the edition coming immediately to hand) does contain some worrying medical options. Though possibly still better to get your treatment via flag than just hope for the best.

[legionseagle]

There's quite a lot about suddenly appearing islands and who owns them in Roman law (their appearance in the sea quod rarem accidit, but in rivers it becomes frequentem.)

[perennialanna]

It hasn't appeared suddenly, but this island changes country twice a year.

[nineveh_uk]

That looks an entirely sensible solution, at least as long as they don't discover a diamond mine on it.

[moon_custafer]

I think there’s a disputed island that Canada and Denmark have been fighting over for a while, for definitions of “fighting” that include “taking turns going ashore and leaving each other flags, notes, and bottles of alcohol.”

[slemslempike]

I had forgotten that bit of GO! And now I want to reread when I have promised myself no rereads until I have read at least two off my unread shelf. Shelves.

[nineveh_uk]

I am trying to do something similar and not entirely succeeding.