The Superior Airmanship Award is an

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award given by the

Air Line Pilots Association The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, representing more than 59,000 pilots from 35 U.S. and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canad ...

(ALPA). The awards are presented at the ALPA Annual Air Safety Awards Banquet and is accompanied by video recreations of the events, filmed in

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and scripted from eyewitness accounts, which led to the awards.

Recipients

Eastern Air Lines Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major United States airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Ea ...

– Captain James Robertson and F/O J.L. Bellmer received the award for their skill at handling a thrust reverser opening in flight causing the aircraft to roll while operating Eastern Airlines flight 494. (1984)

Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA) was a major American airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines, Inc. by a merger. The merger, approved on October 29, 2008, made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines ...

– Captain Ronald E. Weldon, F/O Andrew E. Faust, and S/O William A. Jensen received the award for handling a major flight control malfunction. (1994) Comair Airlines, Inc. – Captain David M. Mitchell and F/O Hank Clay were presented with the award for handling a failed landing gear situation. (1996)

Air Transat Air Transat is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1986, it is the country's third-largest airline behind Air Canada and WestJet, operating scheduled and charter flights serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. Air Transa ...

– Captain Robert Piché and F/O Dirk Dejager received their awards for achieving the longest glide of an airliner after running out of fuel on

Air Transat Flight 236 Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001. The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel due to a fuel leak caused b ...

. (2001)

– The crew of

Northwest Airlines Flight 85 Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the United States to Narita International Airport in Japan. On October 9, 2002, while over the Bering Sea, the Boeing 74 ...

, Senior Captain John Hanson, Junior Captain Frank Geib, and F/O Mike Fagan received the Superior Airmanship award for their skill at landing a Boeing 747 with a hard over rudder. (2002)

US Airways US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in History of aviation in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called ...

– Captain Henry Jones and F/O Jim Dannahower were awarded Superior Airmanship Awards for their quick reactions and expert adjustment of their

takeoff Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff. For aircraft that take off horizontally, this usually involves starting with a t ...

maneuver in the

2005 Logan Airport runway incursion The 2005 Logan Airport runway incursion was a near-collision that occurred at approximately 7:40 p.m. EDT on June 9, 2005 between US Airways Flight 1170 (US1170) and Aer Lingus Flight 132 (EI132). EI132 was an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, ow ...

. (2005)

Jazz (airline) Jazz Aviation LP, commonly shortened to Jazz, is a Canadian regional airline based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Enfield, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation. Jazz Aviation provides region ...

– Captain Michael Nelson and F/O Paul Cafouros received the award for their skill landing their

Bombardier CRJ100/200 The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) is a regional jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991 and 2006, the first of the Bombardier CRJ family. The ''Canadair Regional Jet'' (CRJ) pro ...

in poor weather, low fuel and flaps stuck in the landing position. (2006)

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

– Captain Scott Stoops and F/O Brad Loper received the award for avoiding a potential runway incursion situation with an

Atlas Air Atlas Air, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, is a major American cargo airline, passenger charter airline, and aircraft lessor based in Purchase, New York. Atlas Air is the world's largest operator of the Boei ...

Boeing 747-400 The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747. The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting ...

. (2006)

Compass Airlines (North America) Compass Airlines, LLC was an American regional airline headquartered in Delta Air Lines Building C at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport in Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota; prior to December 16, 2009, it was headquartered ...

– Captain Steven Peterka, F/O Clifton “Lee” Cain, and Flight Attendant Gloria Heurematte received the award for their performance and outstanding teamwork as they successfully conducted an emergency landing as a result of an inflight cabin fire. (2008)

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

– Captain Everett “Ross” Miller and F/O Douglas Cochran received the award for their exemplary performance in preventing a catastrophe aboard United Airlines Flight 731, which suffered a near-total electrical failure with accompanying loss of all radio communications moments after taking off from Newark. (2008)

– Captain Paul Ivey and F/O Ed Paterson received the award for landing with severely damaged windscreen and corresponding electrical failure/fire. (2009)

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional U.S. airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of ...

– Capt. Yngve Paulsen and F/O Michael Aguzino received the award for dealing with a main landing gear that didn't extend. (2009)

Continental Airlines Continental Airlines, simply known as Continental, was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental started o ...

– Captain Brent Black, Captain Steven Wycoff, and F/O Daniel Montgomery were recognized with Superior Airmanship Awards for their superb handling of an engine failure shortly after takeoff. (2009)

American Eagle (airline brand) American Eagle is a US brand name for the regional branch of American Airlines, under which six individual regional airlines operate short- and medium-haul feeder flights. Three of these airlines, Envoy Air (formerly American Eagle Airlines), ...

– Captain Mark Davis and F/O Andres Rubio were recognized with Superior Airmanship Awards for their outstanding performance in preventing the catastrophic loss of Flight 4756 after a malfunction of the aircraft’s flight controls during flight. (2009)

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

– Captain Dale Nordhausen and F/O John Eskuri received the award for safely landing their disabled Airbus A319, a landing gear door failed to fully open and blocked the right main landing gear from extending and locking into position, requiring a partial gear-up landing. (2010)

Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the sixth largest airline in North America when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and the numb ...

– Captain Steve Cleary and F/O Michael Hendrix received the award for their skill during an aborted take-off after striking an eagle, causing catastrophic engine damage. (2011)

ExpressJet ExpressJet Airlines was a Regional airline, regional List of defunct airlines of the United States (D–I), U.S. airline headquartered in College Park, Georgia. The company originally operated as a contracted Codeshare agreement, codeshare part ...

– Captain Micah Peery and F/O Andrew Kinnear were given their award for their handling of an onboard fire. (2012)

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the List of airlines by foundation date, world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atla ...

– Capt. James Judkins and F/O Michael Oates received the award for their handling of an electrical malfunction related to a generator issue. (2014)

– Captain Terry VanHoose and F/O Mark Moser received the award when their aircraft experienced a critical system failure due to a lightning strike and subsequent loss of air data computers. (2015)

Virgin America Virgin America Inc. was a low-cost U.S. airline that operated from 2007 until 2018, when it was acquired by Alaska Airlines. The airline primarily focused on operating low-fare service between cities on the West Coast and other major metropoli ...

– Captain Tony Ristaino and F/O John Grieff received the award for their skill dealing with a flight control malfunction. (2016)

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

– Captain Chris Behnam, Captain Paul Ayers and F/O Ed Gagarin safely landed

United Airlines Flight 1175 On February 13, 2018, around noon local time, a Boeing 777-222 airplane, operating as United Airlines Flight 1175 (UA1175), experienced an in-flight separation of a fan blade in the No. 2 (right) engine while over the Pacific Ocean en route to ...

, a

Boeing 777 The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet. The 777 was designed to bridge the gap bet ...

, in Honolulu after experiencing a catastrophic engine failure over the Pacific Ocean. (2018)

Wasaya Airways Wasaya Airways LP (or in Oji-Cree ᐙᐦᓭᔮ ᐱᒥᐦᓭᐎᐣ (''Waaseyaa Bimisewin''); unpointed: ᐗᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐎᐣ) is a First Nations-owned domestic airline with its headquarters in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Its main hubs are ...

– Captain William Ryan Mitchell and F/O Joshua Siefert received the award for their handling of an electrical failure and smoke in the flight deck which resulted in the loss of primary flight instruments. (2019) {{Cite web, title=Wasaya Airways flight makes emergency landing due to strong electrical odor and failure of instruments – VisionSafe, url=https://www.visionsafe.com/2019/05/30/wasaya-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-due-to-strong-electrical-odor-and-failure-of-instruments/, access-date=2020-06-11, language=en-US

References

External links

Air Line Pilots Association
Aviation awards

Recipients

See also

References

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