Richard de crespigny biography book review

  • Fly was an enjoyable and valuable read.
  • This is a well-written autobiography of one of the most skilful aversions of an air disaster in history.
  • Excellent dissertation of how to handle serious challengers particularly when multiple lives are at risk.

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    Fly!: Life Lessons from the Cockpit of QF32

    April 1,
    The January Featured Finalist for The Australian Career Book Award – supported by The Royal Society of Arts is Richard de Crespigny for FLY! Life lessons from the cockpit of QF 32 , published by Penguin Viking

    Review by Lawrence Arnold FRSA: Convenor of The Australian Career Book Award

    On my LHR-MLB flight, I’d aimed to write the engaging intro to my upcoming CDAA conference paper linking the Australian Core Skills Audit to STEM careers. Our QANTAS captain started the usual flight welcome, adding a confidence-building tribute to our A aircraft, and invited us to chat with him on his ‘walkaround of the cabin later in the flight’. I took up the offer. Our brief chat extended as the seat-belt sign came on, and Capt de Crespigny settled into the vacant seat across the aisle from me for a fuller discussion with a captive audience. Little did he know that the captivity was mutual, and that my conference paper intro was writing itself. And little did I know that Richard’s FLY! Life lessons from the cockpit of QF 32 would be a Finalist Book for The Australian Career Book Award three years later.

    Career memoirs have to be more than ‘ripping yarns’. They use the drama of career incidents as props to educate readers in building st

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    QF32

    October 23,
    At feet there was an uncontained engine explosion. Everyone heard two big 'bangs'. Shrapnel hit the left wing, the fuselage, the underbelly, and 2 fuel tanks. Of the 22 systems on the plane, 21 were compromised! The flight deck crew was Captain Richard de Crespigny, First Officer Co-Pilot Matt Hicks, and Second Officer Mark Johnson. In the passenger sections, Customer Service Manager Michael von Reth, was in control. All of the above men performed with exceptional professionalism, courage, and intelligence, on that day. I won't go into details about their crisis, that's what the book is for! lol

    I will give you an example of what an outstanding Captain does. Despite having just spent over 4 hours in a total crisis situation, when the crew, and passengers, finally exited the plane, he spent the next two hours talking to the passengers. He answered a multitude of questions, in several passenger lounges, and stayed there until there were no more questions! He explained what had happened and why it happened, what would be happening next, and disclosed everything he knew. "When you fly Qantas you’re flying with a premium airline, and you have every right to expect more. An army of Qantas staff are right now finding you hotel rooms, and working out how to g