{"id":19396,"date":"2018-05-29T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=19396"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:17:59","slug":"captain-tammie-is-the-anti-sully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/captain-tammie-is-the-anti-sully\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Tammie is the anti-Sully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent business trip I flipped the CBS Morning show on. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tammie_Jo_Shults\">Captain Tammie Jo Shults<\/a> was being interviewed&#8230; along with\u00a0First Officer Darren Ellisor, and flight attendants Rachel Fernheimer, Seanique Mallory, and Kathryn Sandoval. The flight attendants actually were the stars of the show due to their more engaging personalities (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airline_Transport_Pilot_Licence\">ATP<\/a> stands for &#8220;A Tedious Presence&#8221;?). Captain Tammie and Southwest are apparently doing a great job in educating the media and the public regarding the crew concept.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/19\/southwest-1380-think-about-the-flight-attendants\/\">Southwest 1380: think about the flight attendants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/17\/airbus-a320-certified-for-single-pilot-operation\/\">Airbus A320 certified for single-pilot operation<\/a>\u00a0(Captain Sully heroically battling the emergency solo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent business trip I flipped the CBS Morning show on. 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