Comments on: Alaska Flight #536 – Rapid De-Pressurization and Panic at 30K Feet

By: awesome

awesome — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:12:47 +0000

You are awesome.

By: Don K.

Don K. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:17:37 +0000

Man, I’m sure glad you weren’t on the Reeve Electra flight from Adak to ANC years ago, the one where the prop came off one engin;e, disabled the one next to it, severed the flight controls and caused what the pilot described to Anchorage Center as “a bit of a problem.” After a stressful go-around using the autopilot to fly an airplane which had only one engine responding to throttle changes (two others were stuck in cruise configuration). , the second approach was fast and successful. Without brakes, or steering, the plane rolled to the side of the runway late during the landing rollout.

Like your flight, there were no injuries. I never heard anyone associated with that incident complain about mechanical problems, maintenance, union or non-union pilots, crew, maintenance or ground personnel.

Many years ago, a Western Airlines 747 pilot told me the same thing others have said, “complex equipment breaks.” Get a few more hours as a pilot before you go off firing from the hip, OK?

Reports like yours are what make the Internet a place of public clamor, not carefully considered information. I don’t see where this writeup made the world a better place, do you?

By: Cherie

Cherie — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:29:11 +0000

Can I ask why you are the only one wearing a mask?? and why you would be standing in the aisle during this emergency??
I have been flight crew for 10 years and can Definitely tell you from experience that during a rapid decompression and descent (especially from 30,000 to 10,000 ft) you cannot be standing in the aisle and neither would the cabin crew.
I do not take away that this incident happened but I know that your photo is totally staged and happened after the emergency was over, hence the reason nobody else has masks on or is even remotely panic stricken. Its sad that people like you, make this all about you and make mountains out of mole hills. Yes I have been in a decompression and following the SEPs (standard emergency procedures) looks nothing like your photos, what REALLY happens (if it is a rapid decompression like he tells) is that the air mists like a fog and yes you CAN still breath but you certainly cant move out your seat and dropping so fast you would be either in the brace position or clinging on….these are pictures taken way after the incident and the picture of Jeremy standing would have been taken after landing because a true emergency of this description would not allow passengers up and about till then…..this would be a mayday call more than likely. If he is up and about during the flight, then it certainly could not be of the magnitude in which he has described it…..would be more of a pressure leak and the masks have automatically deployed because of a drop in pressure but it would not have been the big emergency he has described. Nice publicity for you though. but next time try the truth because the pictures do not match your statement.

By: CrazyCat

CrazyCat — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:57:12 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:46:20 +0000

Hi
Interesting blog- wow u are so lucky. I bet you this experience has changed your life.
The best thing we can all do is not fly on airlines like Alaska. Budget and airlines do not mix. THis is not the first incident this airline has had and it wont be the last. I fly Qantas – they are more expensive but I would rather pay for a few bucks more for an airline who respect the need to service its aircraft properly ala the cork screw fiasco, which killed 83 people!!!

By: NorthStar

NorthStar — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:56:22 +0000

This has got to the most comments I have ever come accross.
Not to mention the massive number of jerks leaving comments, weird to see you didn’t take the bait and bite back.
All the best

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