traffic controller kevin bachman. you re clear to land on any red line. you want to be particular, make it a runway. runway united flight instructor danny finch flying in first class has offered to help and is now in the cockpit. captain haynes willingness to accept fitch s offer is crew resource management in action. he would not have said anything prior to crm because you don t go up to the cockpit and bother a captain when you ve got a problem. captain finch was a perfect addition to an already effective crew, but he was an additional asset. i said take the throttles. i was asking him to do this and do that and he kind of fell into the pattern of what to do and we didn t have to say so much anymore. as united 232 approaches the airport, the pilots dump as much fuel as they can. this lightens the plane which increases their ability to control it. meantime, in the cabin senior flight attendant jan brown
come to the cockpit. the minute the door opened the atmosphere just hit me full force. it was like oh, no, this isn t an emergency. it s a bleep, bleep crisis. the situation is grave. the plane has lost all of its hydraulic fluid. hydraulics in a modern large jet airplane is the lifeblood of the airplane. it is how you physically move the flight controls. it provides the muscle to move these very large surfaces against very fast moving air in a controlled manner. we were keeping an ear, i ll put it that way. control, no. we were just trying to keep it flying. it was doing what it wanted to do. in the midst of the chaos a flight attendant informs the crew there s a united captain who was a dc10 flight instructor sitting in first class. his name is denny finch, and he s offering to help.
the minute the door opened the atmosphere just hit me full force. it was like oh, no, this isn t an emergency. it s a [ bleep ] crisis. the situation is grave. the plane has lost all of its hydraulic fluid. hydraulics in a modern large jet airplane is the lifeblood of the airplane. it is how you physically move the flight controls. it provides the muscle to move these very large surfaces against very fast moving air in a controlled manner. we were keeping an ear, i ll put it that way. control, no. we were just trying to keep it flying. it was doing what it wanted to do. in the midst of the chaos a flight attendant informs the crew there s a united captain who was a dc10 flight instructor sitting in first class. his name is denny finch, and he s offering to help. he said go tell them i m
red line. you want to be particular, make it a runway. runway united flight instructor danny finch flying in first class has offered to help and is now in the cockpit. captain haynes willingness to accept fitch s offer is crew resource management in action. he would not have said anything prior to crm because you don t go up to the cockpit and bother a captain when you ve got a problem. captain finch was a perfect addition to an already effective crew, but he was an additional asset. i said take the throttles. i was asking him to do this and do that and he kind of fell into the pattern of what to do and we didn t have to say so much anymore. as united 232 approaches the airport, the pilots dump as much fuel as they can. this lightens the plane which increases their ability to control it. meantime, in the cabin senior flight attendant jan brown following faa protocol advises parents to place lap children on the floor. those are kids under 2 years old without paid seats. she