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much. so, uh, this sounds like something out of a movie. in fact, i think it was the plot. it may have been a passenger on a southwest flight, jumping into the cockpit after the captain suffered a medical emergency. passengers just happened to be a pilot from another airline. cnn aviation correspondent also a pilot, by the way, pete montena, joining us now, so this flight? fortunately i wanna landed safely. we ve been talking all morning. it s totally fine when they say is there a doctor on board? but if i heard is there a pilot on board? that s when i would get worried. what happened? every general aviation pilots dream really is to get called up into the flight deck to fly a commercial airliner. i keep my pilot s license is on me all the time. john and erica just to be safe. you know, this is actually a pretty serious case, though, considering the fact that one of the pilots on board the southwest flight 60 13 from las vegas to columbus, ohio. fell ill, apparently and
where are you going, sir? sky master 32 is everything all right, sir? 32 mike, turn your engines off. turn your engines off, sir. kill your engines. all right. well hall is charged with reckless operation of a vessel. that s a misdemeanor. and child abuse without great harm. that s a felony wolf. so when you say i mean obviously fortunate he didn t get off the ground but do these private pilots have to undergo any testing? it s less strict when you compare general aviation pilots to commercial pilots. general aviation they have to get a medical checkup every three years or two years if they re older than 40. compare that to a commercial pilot, who must go through this medical check once a year. but when it comes to drinking and flying the faa says that is not allowed. you cannot operate a plane if