Cockpit Chronicles: Nearly a near midair collision

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Kent,
Great article,

You were above the aircraft coming up at you. Why wouldn't the pilots of the other aircraft been able to see you since you would of had contrails also.

Also is this something you would of let your passengers know about.

11-17-2010 @ 10:18PM

Kent Wien said...

We've always been encouraged to tell the passengers the truth about delays and emergencies, but letting them know about an airplane that passed safely by and didn't result in any jarring maneuvers to avoid probably would have been unnecessary.

I did have a much closer call years ago (before TCAS) in a commuter in Alaska. I had to explain what happened to a shocked Eskimo passenger who opened the cockpit door (just a sliding closet like panel that easily opened in this 19 seat Twin Otter). But I'll save that one for a future post...

Kent

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