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Heres a report from WABC that apparently aired on Good Morning America
this morning:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...cal&id=5747236

appears the airlines are using minimum fuel as much as possible to
reduce fuel burns and costs. Seems to me that some good glider
experience could become a hiring requirement at the majors if they
keep this up.

You're thinking of the 'Gimli Glider' then? That was just good old
fashioned miscalculation, but the fact that the first officer was an in
practice glider pilot saved a lot of lives that day.

Alistair Wright
Scotland