Airline pilots making in-flight errors say they're 'rusty'
A pilot preparing to pull a passenger jet away from an airport gate forgot to disengage the parking brake, damaging a part of a towing vehicle that was trying to pull the plane to the runway. Another pilot had so much trouble landing a passenger jet on a windy day that it took three tries before the plane touched down successfully. For the record: 6:19 PM, Feb. 01, 2021This article describes reports in a NASA database as coming from pilots and first officers. First officers are pilots. The reports came from captains and first officers. In another incident, the first officer forgot to turn o...