Superior Airmanship Award
- Superior Airmanship Award
The Superior Airmanship Award is an aviation award given by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The awards are presented at the ALPA Annual Air Safety Awards Banquet [ [http://www.alpa.org/alpa/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=932 ALPA Annual Air Safety Awards Banquet] - ALPA honors its members who advance aviation safety while flying the line or in volunteer work on their days off.] and is accompanied by video recreations of the events, filmed in simulators and scripted from eyewitness accounts, which led to the awards [ [http://www.alpa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=483 Crewroom > ASF 2005] - ALPA Honors Award Recipients at Air Safety Forum] .
Recipients
US Airways Captain Henry Jones and First Officer Jim Dannahower were awarded Superior Airmanship Awards for their quick reactions and expert adjustment of their takeoff maneuver in the 2005 Logan Airport runway incursion.
Air Transat Captain Robert Piché and First Officer Dirk Dejager received their awards for achieving the longest glide of an airliner as Air Transat Flight 236 after running out of fuel.
ee also
*Airmanship
*Polaris Award
References
External links
* [http://www.alpa.org Air Line Pilots Association]
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