emergency
When those systems fail, and they do fail
Richard Champion de Crespigny was the Captain of Qantas Flight 32, an A380 that suffered massive systems damage when number two engine exploded and severed many connections. It is the kind of crazy emergency that we don’t train for. It’s the type of crazy emergency that shows airmanship isn’t all loops and rolls. It’s deep systems knowledge. (Quote from an ‘Airways’ magazine interview, May 2015.)
Stop and wind the clock
“In the event of a dire emergency, stop and wind the clock. In other words, don’t react immediately. Stop, slow down, see what’s going on and then deal with it.”
~ Timothy Nathan, British GA pilot. (http://bit.ly/1aup9fW)