Think about it guys. Does it make any sense to build a fancy evacuation slide that doubles as a life raft and then not make a very easy way to get the slide off the airplane????? The slides are not attached by a rope, they are attached by different types of pins or attachments that allow very easy removal from the aircraft....
Brad... Thats the general consesus with all the pilots I know. What they USair crew did was nothing that any normal airline crew wouldn't do. Besides, how do we know the Capt was flying and not the First Officer? Hell, the FO (who we have heard nothing about) could have been the one flying. However, they pale in comparison with what Al Haynes did. I agree with your dad, probably the best single display of airmanship ever.
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