Is there two or three pilots up there? John/SEA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Concorde engine trouble spreads panic on New York-Paris flight Panic, I doubt it. The crew are highly trained to be very focused during an emergency. Most likely the Conc. is very unstable at 60,000 ft with an engine out, at supersonic speeds, and needs to be brought down to a lower altitude and subsonic mach number very quickly in the event of an engine failure. This ain't no ordinary airliner; the systems are very complex and they're flying at the limits of the envelope, so no doubt when there's a failure of any kind the three guys up front are very busy indeed. Mike Gammon > > From: Gerard M Foley <gfoley@columbus.rr.com> > Date: 2002/11/06 Wed PM 04:30:49 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Concorde engine trouble spreads panic on New York-Paris flight > > Sounds as if the flight crew felt a little too busy to make an announcement > before or while descending. A little panic on the flight deck too? > > Gerry > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html >