>> Captain Leul Abate (42), an experienced pilot with over 11,500 total flight hours (including 4,067 hours in the Boeing 757/767), was the pilot-in-command. [...] Prior to the crash, Leul had experienced two previous hijackings. The first occurred 12 April 1992 on Flight ETH574, a Boeing 727-260. [...] The second occurred on 17 March 1995, flying a Boeing 737-260. [...] In both cases, the aircraft were undamaged and no one was injured or killed. [...] Leul and Yonas both survived. [...] Both the captain and first officer of the flight received aviation awards, and both continued to fly for Ethiopian Airlines
(flight 961: 125 died, many by drowning from inflating life-vest too early)
I either want Captain Leul Abate to be my pilot -- in-case of a highjacking -- or don't want him to be given his track record with having his flights hijacked...
Anyone have stats on pilots involved in multiple hijackings? 3 in a career seems unreal and doesn't appear to be something tracked based on light searching
>> Captain Leul Abate (42), an experienced pilot with over 11,500 total flight hours (including 4,067 hours in the Boeing 757/767), was the pilot-in-command. [...] Prior to the crash, Leul had experienced two previous hijackings. The first occurred 12 April 1992 on Flight ETH574, a Boeing 727-260. [...] The second occurred on 17 March 1995, flying a Boeing 737-260. [...] In both cases, the aircraft were undamaged and no one was injured or killed. [...] Leul and Yonas both survived. [...] Both the captain and first officer of the flight received aviation awards, and both continued to fly for Ethiopian Airlines
(flight 961: 125 died, many by drowning from inflating life-vest too early)
I either want Captain Leul Abate to be my pilot -- in-case of a highjacking -- or don't want him to be given his track record with having his flights hijacked...
Anyone have stats on pilots involved in multiple hijackings? 3 in a career seems unreal and doesn't appear to be something tracked based on light searching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961