How did Brian’s career turn out? As they say in the airline world, you never know if you made the right decisions until you reach retirement age. Hopefully he had good years at AA.
My career turned out great. I'm still at American Airlines and have over 8 years to go until mandatory retirement. Our seniority integration could have gone better, but I've made the best of my flying career - and as I've always said, "It beats working for a living!" If you're ever on an AA flight - please watch for me.
Neat story. Thanks for sharing. I didn't exactly follow in family footsteps, but big machery, & transporting always peaked my interests. Trucking, Farming, & Aviation were all part of my growing up. Trains also got my attention. When I was a young child my parents split up Mom raised in Montana, & Dad was rooted in California so as a result I flew a lot, hit the road or rode Amtrak with someone in the family often times. When I was young Aviation or Rail caught my interest the most, & my desire from as far back as I can remember was to be either an Airline Pilot or Locomotive Engineer, the latter won. Took me 10 years, but I now have 19 years under my belt, & living the dream.
@@BrianSchiff Nope, I'm a railroader working freight trains for a major western carrier as a Conductor, though I'm also a certified Engineer. My Dad was a crop duster, & flew Cobra's/Huey's in Vietnam, & my step Dad was a ground Supervisor for Northwest Orient in Butte, & Las Vegas back in the 80's. He knew a lot of pilots. Anyhow I was around aviation a lot growing up.
This is heartwarming and reminds me of the way people crew used to be. A simpler time where we were all respected and air travel was not violent and people where dressed nice and it was a lifetime event and privilege to be on a plane.
Really cool video. My first transpacific flight was on a TWA L-1011 from HNL to LAX. Fast forward and now I get to fly as Captain on an A330 back and forth across the Pacific.
Great story about father and son. My son and I had our first flight together in July. As Captain and First Officer, for Alaska. A nice evening turn SEA-PHX-SEA. Only 117 degrees when we landed in PHX. Just like Barry, it is 28 years for me. Very proud event for me having that little boy who used to wear my Captain hat, now sitting next to me as my First Officer.
That is so awesome. I can't wait to one day fly with my son who is working his way up to the airlines. Dad retired with 34 years at TWA - I'm in my 36th year now with 8 to go~!!
TWA FA for 25 yrs and this video was so nice! Thanks for documenting this experience. Missing the little things now. taking the bus, walking through the tunnel, and etc. Miss our TWA family. We knew how to get it done! Miss working those L1011s too. We were really spoiled back then ahaha.
L1011 has a full automatic Landing System where Autopilot could land the plane safely even with almost 0 visibility, or very lod DH (Decision Height) such as 200-300 feet or less.
4:35 as Flight Engineer you had to understand the Systems and switches, nowerdays sure the Pilots have Training to fly the Aircraft, but there were cases, were Pilots relied on the Autopilot and the automatic approach system while automatic thrust reverser was turned off, and the aircraft continued to slow down, and then smashed on the ground before reaching the runway. The pilots received no warning about this, or received an acoustic warning (e.g. aircraft too slow) or computer announcement "increase speed", and an accident with fatalities occurred on a Boeing 777 on approach.
I love the T6. I built an RC one out of balsa wood and covering and man that thing would drop a wing and stall super easy. It always made me wonder if a full scale had those characteristics
1:24 it's very clear it was only intended for male pilots and Devyn Reiley had no flying the T-6 that she crashed at Oshkosh. Devyn Reiley murdered Zach Colliemoreno. Rest in peace, Zach.
What a truly heartwarming story. By now Brian should be in the left seat somewhere (AA?) or perhaps retired by now. Either way, this is what makes families great.
When i was a full time CFI, about 1992, i started taping a blue line on the Vglide of all Cessnas, Pipers and Grummans i used to teach on. I taught turnbacks from initial climb partial power from 400 agl on and double that with no power, accel stalls and 50 feet engine fails too. Some put me down. F them. i saved 3 airplanes that way, as far as i know. And me too. I called those maneuvers as.. "Emergency Low Maneuvering".
Jay of ELM channel above was my CFI in 1994. I really liked those color indicators. He use to call them Flight Indicators because the indicated max banks on them and when flaps were needed and minimum speeds too.
This was really really cool. I wish there was more to this. The L-1011 was a great aircraft. It was the most graceful of all of the trijets. My first flight was on a Pan Am 747 flight to the Holy Land back in December of 88. We stayed for 5 days and we left on the 19th……..Lockerbie was 2 days later. I remember my dad said the travel agent told him that if we wanted to visit the Holy Land that now was the time to go and Pan Am was the most trusted and experienced airline. The agent said “terrorist activity was minimal” so we went. The family we stayed with wanted us to stay for 2 more days and my dad wanted to do it but we didn’t. Thankfully. We could’ve been on flight 103 because we flew out of London/Heathrow. I think of that regularly. I know flying has become much safer but I haven’t flown since then and probably never will. I just can’t put my life in someone else’s hands.
Fly again! You put your life in others hands every day. The car that stops at the red light, the train operator, the bus driver, the doctor, the airline pilots are the most reliable of the bunch!
@@TheProficientPilot Brian -- thanks for your efforts. BTW, I just watched an earlier video of yours when you flew with your dad (L-1011 to Europe). What a fantastic video!! I almost choked up. I would have loved to have flown with my dad, but I always got air sick, so I became a lawyer. LOL
@@steveb6103 Steve, thanks for your answer. I always assumed that my dad got his wings in a Stearman. I had never even thought about the SNJ, other than for carrier landings.
Good stuff from Barry Schiff, and easily the visual equal of his aviation writing. The T-6 is the first fixed-wing airplane I ever flew in, and I'm still a bit besotted with the old darlings.
Enjoyed it Brian!My the daysssssssss!lol lol lol Sure miss the Okc Ramp where i worked he TWA Ramp for a good while!lol lol There sure missed!lol lol Hope alls well and Your enjoying these new days and world of flying!lolGod Bless and be safe!lol
