The Weasel King ([info]theweaselking) wrote,
@ 2006-09-01 12:12:00
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Passengers on a Canadian plane had an unsettling in-flight experience after the pilot found himself locked out of the cockpit after a trip to the toilet.

Instead of slipping back inside, the Air Canada Jazz pilot was seen banging on the door and talking to his first officer on an internal phone.

Crew members were forced to take the door off its hinges to let him back in.

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[info]paoconnell
2006-09-01 06:00 pm UTC (link)
That's the reason there are co-pilots (what Canadians call first officers, apparently) on planes.

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[info]matgb
2006-09-01 11:06 pm UTC (link)
co-pilots (what Canadians[the rest of the English speaking world] call first officers, apparently)

Corrected for accuracy. ;-)

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[info]paoconnell
2006-09-02 01:36 am UTC (link)
Odd-never heard the name "first officer" for a co-pilot before--ever. Implies that the first officer is like an executive officer in the US military--a paper pusher.

In the US at least, the pilot and co-pilot often have equal experience, and either could fly the plane alone if the other is incapacitated (or locked out of the cabin ;^)). The "first officer" title implies one outranks the other somehow, as in Star Trek.

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[info]matgb
2006-09-02 02:55 pm UTC (link)
Weird, I'd never have put first officer/XO as simply a pen pusher. In both ST and BSG the first officer takes command regularly and has a significant role in command.

If you've got a pilot and a co-pilot, then the pilot is in charge and outranks the co-pilot, else they'd both be co-pilots. I think, semantically, it's the exact same thing. But first officer sounds better.

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