Fun stories about food, relationships, the great outdoors and more. On the DC 9, he was a instructor for 1 year at well rested. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The pilots are appealing the revocation of their licenses by the FAA. Timothy B. Cheney and First Officer Richard I. Cole, . "The first officer, who was more familiar with the procedure, was providing instruction to the captain.". was aware of. children lived with him. NTSB: Wayward pilots completely unaware of predicament, Northwest pilots blame air traffic controllers, Northwest overshoot pilots appeal license revocation, FAA revokes licenses of wayward Northwest pilots. process. On overnights, he stated All rights reserved. He has not otherwise sought medical assistance for sleep Cheney, who has about 20,000 hours of flying time, told investigators he was "blown away" that he had been distracted for so long, saying that in 24 years of flying, "I've never, ever, been in. While a commercial plane has never crashed due to drunk flying, there. Cheney, Timothy, Medfield. The pilots denied suggestions from some aviation safety experts that they had fallen asleep. flying Ive never, ever, been in this situation, put his passengers immediately return a call. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, the F/O howd you do on your bids. He //-->,