Remind me not to fly Air Canada

[Dis]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1087523/Air-hostess-helped-land-passenger-jet-pilot-breakdown-Atlantic.html

How common are mental breakdowns anyways. You hear about them, but I have yet to see a person experience one. and aren't pilots screened for this sort of thing? Especially after that Egyptian guy drove a jetliner packed full of passengers into the ground. And the pilot had wrist injuries? This story seems really strange. I can't help but wonder what kind of orgy they were having up there.

to the stewardess. err I mean flight attendent.

edit: oh I see it was an attendent with wrist injuries not the pilot. Can't those things be landed with one person anyways?

[Asher]

The service on Air Canada is terrible in general, especially compared to their non-unionized competitors.

But their planes are very nice and modern:

Touchscreen audio/video on demand

http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/media/facts/documents/ife.jpg

And yes, they could technically be landed with 1 person but it is not a good idea. Sometimes you need the extra hands to flip switches out of reach.

[Asher]

Also, typically Air Canada has 1 anglo and 1 franco pilot due to bilingual laws and regulations.

I'm willing to bet it was the frenchie who went ape****.