Wednesday, April 18, 2018

let me take a moment to compliment Tammi Jo Shults.. pilot who calmly landed that Southwest flight 1380 yesterday with one engine. Navy fighter pilot.


In the midst of the chaos, Shults successfully completed an emergency landing at the Philadelphia International Airport, sparing the lives of 148 people aboard the Boeing 737-700 and averting a far worse catastrophe.

“She has nerves of steel,” one passenger, Alfred Tumlinson, told the Associated Press. “That lady, I applaud her. I’m going to send her a Christmas card — I’m going to tell you that — with a gift certificate for getting me on the ground. She was awesome.”

Another passenger, Diana McBride Self, thanked Shults on Facebook for her “guidance and bravery in a traumatic situation.” She added that Shults “came back to speak to each of us personally.”

She served in the Navy for 10 years, reaching the rank of Navy lieutenant commander. She left the Navy in 1993

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/18/nerves-of-steel-she-calmly-landed-the-southwest-flight-and-broke-barriers-as-a-fighter-pilot/

4 comments:

  1. I hope this lady is the pilot in any plane I am on in the future.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. her or Sully. Either would seem up to any airplane disaster challenge

      Delete
  2. Outstanding! God bless you Tammi Jo.

    ReplyDelete