Pass out... what would you do?

[Screaming_Emu]

I still think the best chapelle's show was the one where he wondered what it would be like if the internet was a real place.

[BCTAv8r]

Originally Posted by Screaming_Emu

I still think the best chapelle's show was the one where he wondered what it would be like if the internet was a real place.

Lol! The pop up ad guys got the ##### beat out of them.

[frog_flyer]

hahahaha i must say i like the clayton bigsby sketch.

i black white supremecist.
classic.

[NW004]

I'd check his wallet!

[asl]

All very nice, but what if your on a TransAtlantic and there's no airports for some time?

[NW004]

Find the nearest airport! There are options on transatlantic, such as Greenland, Iceland, or those islands that I always forget the name of, ahh dammit, where the Air Transat landed.

You just can't continue with your captain like that, he needs help and he needs it fast.

Also ask in the cabin if anyone is a doctor! Wise thing to do.

[mrivc211]

Originally Posted by Cherokee_Cruiser

Before the flight, the Capt. bought a meal from a third rate restaurant, and is now consuming it inflight (say, FL350 over Iowa). You're the F/O. He initially complains of slight dizziness. Suddenly, he passes out. Full unconscious, falling over the control yoke. Since you didn't eat from the same restaurant, you're fine. What would you do? Starting from him being slouched over the control yoke...

?

I almost passed out last week in the back deadheading because it was so hot and the packs wouldnt cool the plane. Seriously. I started seeing stars. The FA told me later that I did not look like I was doing ok.

[tripleseven]

Originally Posted by mrivc211

I almost passed out last week in the back deadheading because it was so hot and the packs wouldnt cool the plane. Seriously. I started seeing stars. The FA told me later that I did not look like I was doing ok.

I was in Aspen last week helping the SkyWest station out there when I almost passed out. Picture it...bright sunny 75 degree morning, no breakfast, 105 bags, and the freakin' heat was on in the pit! My first time working the CRJ700 and my first time in ASE! I had fun though!

[prov1]

I can't believe nobody thought of checking his wallet!

[CaptainChris87]

Originally Posted by Cherokee_Cruiser

Before the flight, the Capt. bought a meal from a third rate restaurant, and is now consuming it inflight (say, FL350 over Iowa). You're the F/O. He initially complains of slight dizziness. Suddenly, he passes out. Full unconscious, falling over the control yoke. Since you didn't eat from the same restaurant, you're fine. What would you do? Starting from him being slouched over the control yoke...

?

1. get him off the controls
2. streighten him up and try to wake him
3. shake him, check his breathing and pulse
4. take control of the a/c
5. divert to cloest airport with proper services (if captain has a steady heart rate and pulse and destination si nto far continue destination,)
6. notify ATC of situation
7. do not announce to the pax

[S40_flyer]

Originally Posted by C650CPT

"I would then choose an emergency landing site with the highest possibility of National news network coverage and proceed for landing."

Jim

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Man you got me on the ground laughing on that one!

[S40_flyer]

Originally Posted by FL270

[ QUOTE ]
"Well, there was this time..."

[/ QUOTE ]"This one time, at band camp ... "

Or if you prefer ...

"So there I was, ten thousand feet and inverted ... "

...Fog so thick I couldnt see my instruments. The only way I knew I was inverted was that my flying medals were in my face. I knew I was in trouble when ATC said climb and maintain field elevation...

[aviatorrbt]

as my awnser to the question: i would get him off the controls. fall the FA. declare an emergency and while decending. do as much as i could, as the pilot, to assist the captain. the FA would be there helping also. i know from experiance, that it could not be the food. he could have a very low blood sugar and passed out from that. "get him an oj FA". if he was kind of awake...

[neuronicone]

Originally Posted by Cherokee_Cruiser

Before the flight, the Capt. bought a meal from a third rate restaurant, and is now consuming it inflight (say, FL350 over Iowa). You're the F/O. He initially complains of slight dizziness. Suddenly, he passes out. Full unconscious, falling over the control yoke. Since you didn't eat from the same restaurant, you're fine. What would you do? Starting from him being slouched over the control yoke...?

I like what Jim said, come as out a hero at the national news... Cool. oh yeah, different immediate actions,i will surely, ask for immediate help so the captain will be treated right away, also to think of the passengers and aircraft safety by landing looking for emergency landing.

assuming ill panic and will mess things up, id rather just eat the leftovers the captain has eaten.

[calcapt]

Just some thoughts. First of all you are not sure what caused the captains incapacitation so you have to assume it could be anything. First thing, put on your oxygen mask and establish communications with ATC, informing them of your situation and declaring an emergency. If oxygen deprivation or airborne agents caused the problem with the captain you certainly don't want to be exposed to the same problem. Get help immediately from any available resource and get the captain out of the way. Your responsibility now as PIC is not the captain, it is the safe operation of the flight until it's conclusion. Your number one priority is to safely fly the plane. Get a FA upfront and tell him or her what you want done. Have them check for pilots in the back as well as medical personnel and have the FA inform the passengers that the capt is ill. You haven't got time to do that. You have declared a medical emergency and you are proceeding to the safest, not necessarily the closest airport. Stay in the FO seat as that is the seat you are most comfortable sitting and landing in. Stop the airplane on the runway centerline and make it accessible to the medical personnel by shutting down engines, setting the brakes and whatever else your particular aircraft requires. Take time to slowly think about what needs to be done as decisions made in haste are often wrong. Hopefully the captain will recover from whatever put him down and he will buy the beer on the next layover.

[mojo6911]

I would put a Voo Doo spell on him, throw on some coo 80's glasses and make him dance to music.

[IWExcelsiorE]

Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

Actually I saw that episode. Bout the funniest episodes I have seen are the ones with him playing Rick James and Charlie Murphy.

Cocaine is a helluva drug!



-Matthew

That was "Coooooooooldd Bloooooooooodeeeeeeed""

[meyers9163]

I'd thank God i wasnt hired at 250 hours and had the ability to land the C-172 soundly when I soloed! therefore I can def. land a JET!

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Originally Posted by meyers9163

I'd thank God i wasnt hired at 250 hours and had the ability to land the C-172 soundly when I soloed! therefore I can def. land a JET!

But you would be ALONE in the cockpit, and we know you DONT like that!

[meyers9163]

Originally Posted by ComplexHiAv8r

But you would be ALONE in the cockpit, and we know you DONT like that!

I know no one to talk to sucks! But perhaps a HOT Flight Attendant can sit up front with me and keep me company.

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Originally Posted by meyers9163

I know no one to talk to sucks! But perhaps a HOT Flight Attendant can sit up front with me and keep me company.

I wondered when you would respond to this!

[Toria]

Originally Posted by Cherokee_Cruiser

Since you didn't eat from the same restaurant, you're fine.

Not necessarily. You are making a dangerous assumption and a diagnosis. All the possibilities need to be considered. Your first priority is the safety of the flight. Take steps to make sure that your personal well being is preserved (there are no contraindications to oxygen administration) then work for the safety of the flight. Get medical attention for the CA when you can. Maybe there will be a blonde anesthesiologist on board?

[TopperHarley]

Originally Posted by Aaron_Kearney

An interesting twist to this would be, what would happen if THE Captain passed out at minimums while he was the PF and ended up slouched on the yoke?

In as few words as possible: Go-around button, auto-pilot, fms, nav, poke captain with stick.

[Hootie]

I would call the FA and have her bring me a sharpie. I would then write the word "wanker" on his forhead. I would then proceed to land in Iowa, have my old school homeboys come pick me up, and while at the bar call crew support and demand captains pay for that leg. I don't think it would be a huge deal unless my Bose QC2's battery ran out and I would be forced to use the hand mike.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

Actually I saw that episode. Bout the funniest episodes I have seen are the ones with him playing Rick James and Charlie Murphy.

My fav is the one where he knocks up Oprah.