PILOT INCAPACITATED. Off-duty pilot helps to land Southwest B737. REAL ATC 

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I worked for SWA for 20 years and I just wanted to say how proud I am of this FO! A lot of people couldn’t handle doing everything this guy did! Kudos to you sir! I’m proud of you and everyone on board for helping the Captain!! ✈️✈️✈️

A little context: Ive read elsewhere, that the off-duty pilot was actually a fully qualified and certified pilot, but for another airline, who was flying as a passenger. Kudos to both him and the 1st officer for the handling of this - and for the off-duty pilot getting the callsign for a different airline right every time! Also, apparently the reason, that the plane needed to be tugged into the gate, is, that its only the captain's side, who can do that (something about the nosewheel stearing, if I remember correctly), and the off-duty pilot had ofc sat there, and being from a different airline he wasnt allowed to do it. One could argue, that in an emergency he was certainly qualified to do it, and if it could get quicker help to the captain, maybe they shouldve broken the rules, but I assume, since the FO earlier stated, that the captain was alert and with a doctor, that they felt, it was ok. And on a personal note, Southwest might not have the best reputation, but this is the kind of FO, I would want in an emergency!

I am always impressed by the calm and professional manner in which 99% of pilots and controllers display when in sticky situations. Reminds me of my military days. That’s good training.

Kudos to the FO for remaining so calm and composed throughout this situation, and a big shout out to the deadheading pilot for jumping in to help out!

FO sounds like he eats flight emergencies for breakfast

Extremely professional and courteous. The FO knew what he had to do: land the plane ASAP and get medical to the captain. God Bless. Hope the PIC is doing well tonight.

Great job to get him back. But it beg’s the question about airlines who want to move to one pilot only in the cockpit? Two is the minimum for safety surely?

Very proud of the pilots and air traffic control who are calm and collective during emergencies.

That off-duty pilot deserves a big bonus!

Pilots are trained for these emergency's all the time! As a ex-commercial pilot too, he did a great job! 26 Right is closer to the gates at LV, so faster time to get help.

I actually teared up listen to this, what a awsome team you all was on this! More people like you guys and the world would be just fine.

I got pretty emotional listening to that. Outstanding job by everyone.

When I was flying as a passenger in the cabin, I would always hand the Lead Flight Attendant my company business card with my type ratings on it to give to the cockpit crew for an event such as this. My procedure as the captain, in the event of an incapacitated crew or passenger was to ask for an EMT, a nurse and then a doctor in that order. In 30 years, I only diverted twice. I have had PhD's vs. MD's volunteer. Yup!

It's high duty for first officer...great job

Very professional gentleman ! Impressive -

Great 1st officers cockpit management, well done South West Airlines.

Wow, I am an uninitiated here and know nothing of voice procedure or conventions. there were quite a few people involved in all this. Everyone made it sound like they have practiced this very situation, so smooth. Total professionals, everyone, especially the Pilot God Bless him. Everyone had a hand in saving the ill Captains life, hope he was OK in the end. Very impressed here. THANKYOU :)

What a sharp FO.

Amazing job and cooperation between pilot and controllers.

I want this guy to be my pilot!!

The best emergency radio communications by a boss of a pilot. Souls, fuel, without being asked. Also, pilot decided on the runway and fix he wants, and just commanded the whole scenario.

The epitome of professional 👏👏👏

I hope the captain made a full recovery.

Fly SWA as often as possible, little or no complaints. Don't understand certain snarky comments.

This right here is amazing teamwork!!!

Part of the SWA family....our pilots rock as well as our FAs ❤️💛💙

Love the new graphics! Great job guys!

Awesome job to this crew! Berry well handled. I hope the Captain is recovering well.

Comforting to know that cool heads take over when emergent situations like this occur.

any update on the health of the captain?

The FO was freaking awesome here! Wow.

Great job.

Great job thank you ❤❤❤

THIS is exactly how any flyer hopes a flight crew would be. So calm, very confident, not at all cocky. Hoping the pilot recovered fully. I love Southwest.

is the captain ok? he should be proud to have such clam professional first officer with him

Navigator was *professional*. Saved a life that day.

Impressive!

A SWA source said the captain had appendicitis.

So? What ever happened to the Pilot? Usually they say in a text at the end of the video, as it fades out, that so so was reported to be okay and in recovery, or to some extent? But I didn't see that. Did he make it? Stomach issues and sever pain might sound like a minor concer, but there are a few different sudden stomach ailments which if not treated soon enough, could be lethal. SO? just wondering if he made it! Kudos to the off duty pilot, and FO. Idk who that was handling comms with ATC, but good job to both.

that sounds very professional

Well done. 👍😎✈️

Pilot incapacitation can happen to anybody at any time. Let's be careful out there! Audience wishes survivors all the best. Cheers!

I am an ER Dr and was a passenger on a southwest flight to Florida. I was called upon to check out a vert ill woman who was barely conscious on the floor who needed emergency care. I was appalled that the idiot “medical” person on the ground, having never seen the patient nor bothered to talk with me, overrode my request and refused to authorize the pilots to land early. Having practiced my specialty for 30 years, I know an emergency when I see one. The care this woman received was criminal imo. I should have taken this matter to the highest level and I’m mad at myself for not pursuing that course of action.

Great job f.o

They have two pilots for a reason. This really isnt a big deal. Only worry is for the captain.

So many vids of negative interactions; very nice to see cooperation and professionalism in action.

I kept wondering why they were going to stop there and get tugged into the gate. Then I remembered the captain has the steering wheel thingy.

Well done by all.

Good thing the FO apparently wasnt a recent checkout and that it wasnt IMC.

My son is a pilot for SW and is based out of Las Vegas. Going to ask if he’s heard about this.

Did the captain recover? Job well done

A follow up to the captains condition post transport to hospital would have completed the narrative.

Pretty sure that FO got a promotion after this. Outstanding.

I didn't know that Hannibal Lector was now with Vegas Approach

I am guessing from the comments that we are to assume that the off-duty pilot is found somewhere along the way and joins in? No mention of when exactly this happens.

SW’s next Capt👍

When did the off duty pilot join the FO in the cockpit? I missed that.

So I assume the thumbnail is not of this aircraft then, since it sounds like they didn't deploy the slides?

Cool, but I was tirned away at 0:23. 😁

I am sort of missing something here...at what point is the off-duty pilot involved? "Off-duty pilot helps to land....." I re-listened and followed along with the transcript. Can someone give me a time check as to when that other pilot comes into the picture? Thanks.

I'm getting to like this channel, but when you draw the "colour bar" showing where the plane has been, you should probably use the green colour for indicating level flying, but switch to the red colour for descent (maybe orange for mild descent) and switch to blue when indicating a climb. In other words, use the colours of the rainbow to indicate change in altitude. You could, instead, use the colour to indicate absolute altitude instead of change in altitude, but I don't think that would be as helpful. In general, green means good so it's probably the right choice for no change in altitude. Another alternative would be to use coloured dots along the flight path to indicate change in altitude. That might work also.

i heard it was a netjets captain that came up and helped out. Good Job!!

0:42 Ok, what is CHOWW now? 😂 I was just asking on another video what GRITT stands for too. And PRINO and CONDY??? The longer I watch the more acronyms I don’t know the meaning of….

I heard this on the news.

What happens to pilots that have midair illnesses? Are they allowed to fly again if a doctor clears them or is it a more involved procedure to get back in the air?

Who was handling the radio? The FO or the passenger-pilot?

Did the captain recover?

So did the captain survive?

Why couldn’t they taxi to the gate?

I swear CMH is the second most featured airport on here after JFK.

It's possible the FO didn't have enough training to switch to the captains seat and use the tiller for steering on the ground. I'm sure the other pilot and the FO talked about going to the gate or stopping on the runway, taxiway, etc.

So what ever became of the pilot that fell ill?

Interesting. I was a military pilot and we used "decimal" rather than "point" when reading back frequencies.

What’s crazy is that such a small fraction of these “pilot incapacitations” actually make it public.

turned*

Always should be a copilot?

Don't understand why the didn't have the stairs ready before he arrived

What was the outcome for the pilot? Hopefully he recovered, but what about his career? Also, great work by the FO and all the others in helping to get the plane back on the ground to help one person who needed it the most!

I felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if a million wanna-be flight-sim jocks all cried out in anguish "I totes coulda done that!" And were silenced (probably by real pilots telling them to shut up) 😆

Are flight attendants trained as EMT's ?

I would hazard a guess from the symptoms. Kidney Stone.

Can you possibly fly this plane and land it?

Absolutely great work from the FO very sustained and professional I hope Mr captain is alright

I played Ace Comat for 15 years and even played some flight simulators at my high school a couple times. Really proud of my fellow aviators.

Knowing where Nellis AFB in relationship to Vegas, Wonder what they were doing during all this

How is the Pilot doing now, August 2023?

why is the intro showing emergency slides? It never deployed.

Wow, you mean a fully qualified, current pilot, flew an aircraft and landed it. South West must be so proud!!!!!!

What was the specific nature and cause of the medical emergency?

so whereabouts is that off duty guy?

What part of open l1 and I can ladder it and get help in there now did the pilot now understand could have gotten paramedics in 3or 4 minutes sooner?

I guess the passenger with stethoscope was indicating he was the doctor on flight .... captain had fish for lunch .. heavy drooling flatulence. Convulsions ..😂😊

I keep reading 'decapitated' for some reason...

Maybe he ate the fish.

What takes so long? They get notice and still takes 15 mins after on ground. Why.

Why didn’t he go straight to a gate? He spent more than five minutes waiting for air stairs when a stretcher could have come in directly from the gate.

Pretty standard day on SWA

Hope he lived.

Wow! He’s flying, on the radio and doing approach! This is very impressive. And sounds totally calm! Wow!!!! I cannot believe with all the only in Las Vegas, that control does not have better radios????