Reply #15: If by allowed you mean trained-for and anticipated? Yes. [View All]

[Hassin Bin Sober]

Desired or hoped-for? No.

I was just wondering out-loud if the pilot was in jeopardy for violating company rules - if any. I'm not familiar with their incapacitated pilot procedures but they probably don't include recruiting a flight attendant. These pilots spend 100s of hours in the simulator training for this exact scenario (among countless others).

There was an incident earlier this year or late last year where one of the pilots died from a massive coronary. If I'm not mistaken the pilot didn't recruit any help - he landed by himself.

Do I think he was smart to do what he did? Absolutely. Heck, I fly a little Cessna and I like to have the SO operate the flaps and help watch for traffic during landings.