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'Safe to say I'm finished flying;' British Airways pilot was about to retire
The British Airways pilot at the helm of the flight that suffered a dramatic engine fire in Las Vegas says the Tuesday incident was the first time in his 42-year career that he has been confronted with a life-threatening emergency. And, apparently, it also will be the last time. "It's safe to say I'm finished flying," Chris Henkey told NBC News a day after the incident. (www.usatoday.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
it is not a horse believe me. i would too. happy retirement and great flying.
Glad all was well again this week.
Not the water cannon salute he was hoping for.
I expect it will be his choice.
I'm thinking with only 1 ! flight to go he is done. Who here thought otherwise, read the Article, but you'd think they'd let him leave on a positive note and fly one good turn :)
The 60 year rule strikes again?
How you figure that? He was 63 and had flown for 42 years.
Figured 63 and probably nearing 64, The airline would probably put him behind a desk for the remainder of the time why spend the recertification dollars on someone you're only going to get a few months out of at most.
Wasn't a recert necessary. Read the story; he was 1 trip away from hanging it up, totally. Had this trip panned out, he had a Barbados turn and that was it.
I already had my retirement planned in 09 when the age 60 rule was still in. It changed before then but we left it in place so as not to upset the transition. It should be his choice though and as this accident has probably caused him to miss that Barbados turn, BA will probably let him have something else if he wants it in order to leave on a high note. This LAS thing was probably as high a note as you could get. Shall we say uneventful. I would think that to know I did everything right as very rewarding.
He wasn't like a lot of us, take anything we could til we were 65.LOL