the difference between a duck and a co-pilot

"GREAT, JOHN, I TOLD YOU! GEEZE!"

[@marcopolo1984]

If i was the F/O. After evacuating the aircraft I would have said something like, "so... John... u know whats the difference between a flight engineer and a captain?.... there is none, both are assholes"

[@737simviator]

Ahhh 1 of them are dead hopefully that engineer :p

[@Matteo_Sohn]

nowadays the joke would be “whats the difference between a captain and a flight engineer? one of them doesn’t exist.”

[@devintariel3769]

@@Matteo_Sohn Then 50 years from now...

[@psalmon3582]

Apparently "John" did not have anything in common with a duck either.

[@haiwatigere6202]

You Funny

[@JillC2]

Loved how quickly the flight engineer started trolling John when it hit the fan.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

I LOVE the fact the copilot got to say “I TOLD YA”. F/U to both the captain and that POS Flt engineer.

[@raymondyee2008]

03:03 guess that’s one way to lose a passenger jet and a passenger in the ensuring crash.

[@larrygreen8912]

Copilot you know what they will call a flight engineer in 15 years Flight engineer “ what” First officer “ iPad “ Flight engineer “ I don’t get it “ First officer “ don’t worry in 15 years you’ll remember this stupid joke every time a big jet flys over your house and you’ll get it “

[@user-ez5vq9fd2t]

Classic John

[@raymondyee2008]

02:10 that’s where it all went badly wrong…..

[@jeremeh911]

YERRR NOT GUNNA MAKE IT JAAAHNN

[@PlasteredDragon]

Ah! I just found this in the accident report: "The aircraft was also equipped with a Collins Radio Company model 642C 1cockpit voice recorder CVI2 it was located in the rear of the baggage compartment The CVR and its recording medium were destroyed by ensuing ground fire." So perhaps this reenactment is based on interviews with the flight crew.

[@richardkallio3868]

“John” probably torched the CVR on his backyard BBQ in a vain effort to hide his stupidity

[@TheTarrMan]

1 person died in this accident. The plane came in too hot and went off the end of the runway.

[@richardkallio3868]

Yes, this captain - along, undoubtedly, with many others of his era - suffered from a lethally bad case of “stripe-itis.” Nowadays, with CRM, this attitude has been largely eradicated, but I’d hesitate to say it has been completely eliminated, particularly in nations where total deference to rank and authority is still very much the cultural norm.

[@ronhoward8155]

The absolute best cockpit safety procedure that was added years after this terrible crash was either pilot being able to announce go around and the pilot flying has to go around.

[@pgpete]

it seems to be true from paragliders to the big iron - " a good approach makes for a good landing.... "

[@raymondyee2008]

This is from BBC Horizon episode “The Wrong Stuff”.

[@joleharding5148]

Once you engage full reverse you should never go round, too much spool up time.

[@GhostSheep96]

Damn, John xD

[@dozer1642]

Dammit John

[@richardkallio3868]

Captain John and the Flight Engineer: Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumber. 😕

[@raymondyee2008]

03:10 *GREAT JOHN I TOLD YOU GEEZ*

[@kennethlong2554]

I couldn’t imagine the feeling in your gut when you have a full plane an you are doing 130kt at the 1k ft markers about to slide off

[@nathanreid2974]

what flight was this what number

[@jackg2630]

After the duck joke, copilot could have turned and said this . “That’s why your sitting sideways Rick “ Could have been the greatest one liner comeback in history.

[@myrddin55]

OK was it Air Alaska. I am trying to find the NTSB crash report for it.

[@ariel340]

Here you go: www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/US/1971-09-04-US.pdf

[@robertforsberg3108]

@@ariel340 Has nothing to do with this accident though has it? The report in your link details a CFIT into a mountain on approach while the video is of a runway excursion of the end of the runway...

[@tiadaid]

@@robertforsberg3108 It could be this accident, Alaska Flight 60 at Ketchikan. However the Captain's name isn't John, I guess they changed it to protect the guilty www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7620.pdf

[@nikobelic4251]

Wait that’s not even the proper Joke The joke Is what’s the difference between a duck and a flight engineer A duck can fly.

[@myrddin55]

where was this crash and which airline was it please?

[@boeing7676767]

Southwest multiple occasions.

[@spudsmac0]

@@boeing7676767 I appreciate this

[@vladimirassalukas6726]

shittiest result always results from barking during final, up up, down down, a bit left .. patience.. those "advices" only make worser

[@canconservative8976]

A 1 month F.O. can tell a 47 year veteran 747 Pilot in Command to GO AROUND and the Pilot HAS TO OBEY OR LOSE HIS JOB..... that is a fact.

[@jajai6377]

So what? It's not like a go around is dangerous, if there is a doubt it's always safer to go around, besides, pilots with experience can get too confident and forget basic safety rules. There is nothing wrong with a 1month FO telling a 47 year "veteran" 747 pilot to go around.

[@canconservative8976]

@@jajai6377 The Go Around is not dangerous but probably costs the company $5,000 extra.... the point is you can never be questioned on a go-around... no executive or chief pilot can ever question your decision. I see you get it.

[@jajai6377]

@@canconservative8976 Yes, and that is a good safety rule.

[@facundoirazoqui9355]

@@canconservative8976 if you are not stabalized in the approach (as the captain, too fast, too high) every company SOP says to go around

[@tiadaid]

Not at the time of the crash. In the 1970s, the Captain's word is the final word.