A superb piece of flying and a good news story worth remembering but for a time yesterday TV relentlessly followed the progress of the jet. "See the impending fireball here live on WWWW!"

Jet Blue, like Westjet, has satellite TV on board. What must it have been like to watch your wounded jet fly around LA yesterday?

I've always liked being out of touch when flying. I can still do that of course -- I don't have to watch the TV -- but when your plane is the subject of the news then you would find out pretty quickly what is going on based on the buzz in the cabin. I flew on a flight into Vancouver in -- UPDATE: it was 1989 not 1986, duh -- that landed with only one engine. I was blissfully unaware of the situation until I saw all the fire trucks lined up along the runway as we landed. The crew calmly dealt with the situation and didn't see the point in panicking the passengers. Situations like these are also practiced in simulation on a regular basis -- and, believe me -- those simulators are incredibly good training environments. It is absolutely stunning to see a flight trainer and be part of a flight training experience.

Cheers to the pilot.

(UPPER UPDATE: Check out the radio traffic from the flight here. An interesting listen.