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Pilot feels the air pressure
Capt. Wolf, son of an airline pilot, started flying at 15 and has been a major airlines pilot 27 years. He’s been captain since 2017. His ID stays private.
“These crashes of late? People like to blame pilot error. No pilot shows for work one day saying I’m going to make the wrong decision. We write reports — even anonymously — on what went wrong during our flight. Major airlines have robust safety programs.
“It downloads flight data recorders, black boxes, like one Southern California flight was too close to mountainous terrain, so we did a special memo saying Do NOT! accept routing at this point. They did not. Major airlines take no safety for granted.”
What is the black box?
“It records all five microphone radio transmissions plus any conversation with the first officer. Plus an area mike for ambient noise coming into the flight deck. Plus a digital flight data recorder that records airspeed, altitude, deck angle of the flight. Every quarter of a second what position the flight controls are in is registered.”
Friendly skies
What about pilots having sex with their flight attendants?
“Many divorces in the airline industry. Look, I’m out of communication for eight hours. I won’t be home for five days. My passengers are my primary concern. You have a problem with our cat? You have to handle it alone. Our wives are superstars. I only have interactions with flight attendants about twice a year.”
Flight response
The landing and takeoff procedures?
“Automated. Since the ’80s computerized. At certain airspeed you’ll pull the control column back. This yoke lifts wheels off the ground and rudder pedals. It memorizes our switches, then it’s steer left or right with your feet. Several checklists for landing. Electric navigation adjusts our speed manually to decelerate our airplane to a turnoff and activate the landing gear. We are then automated to a turnoff to land the airplane.
“Takeoff power is five minutes. Then we clean up the front and back of the wing flaps that have extended. Engines are only rated to be at that power for five minutes.”
Ever been scared?
“Back when I was at a regional airline we hit thunderstorms. We then didn’t fly at high altitudes. Thunderstorms are at their strongest around 16,000 feet. We were into the hardest part of it. We were shaken up badly.”
I thanked the captain and explained I’d taken more time to talk with him than my flight to the Philippines took.
Fla. gives him a Stern look
Palm Beach. While others drive Porsches or glorified golf carts, Howard Stern walks. Has security. Nobody bothers him and wife Beth. Maybe — as he said on his show recently — they don’t recognize him.
Howie: “I may never go outside again. It wreaks havoc. I wear a whole outfit. I look like a beekeeper. It’s hot there. And nobody knows who I am there.”
Shame not to recognize the fabulous Howie. The man’s immortal. He came to the senior center that’s Palm Beach and wasn’t even recognized. And he’s one of our busiest talents. Just the other night he went to see “La Bohème.” And he’s so busy he could only stay for “La.”
Should have stayed in New York, kids, should have stayed in New York.