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To: sandintoes who wrote (173063)	1/19/2009 11:53:34 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

One of my friends is an AA pilot. He now has enough seniority that he only flies international routes. He has a bunch of interesting stories. Oh yes, and is wife was a stewardess for AA.

To: sandintoes who wrote (173063)	1/19/2009 12:44:50 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I have a relative I met at our family reunion who just retired from flying 747's to Tokyo. I asked him how many emergencies he had ever experienced in his 35 years of flying. He said he had 2 major incidences in small private plane, got shot down over Vietnam but in commercial he had lost one engine once to a mechanical failure and had to shut it down, that was it. And he said losing an engine in flight with a 747 is basically a non event and a one line entry in your flight log.