Michelle Huntington

You know, you, all of that training, it does kick in.

I got, uh, my aircraft was struck by lightning.

I was flying in a small 10 seater and you know, it spiked the electrics.

They went out, I lost my radios and things and I was in cloud.

However, I trained, I knew where I was.

I knew, you know, the attitude of the aircraft.

I knew the instruments where they should be, the power settings and things.

And I was over a mountain range, which in Australia, our mountains aren't very high, but yeah.

10,000 feet would keep me clear.

And I just knew, like, I knew because I'd done the reps enough, how to, how to fly the plane in cloud, how to, you know, where to start descending safely.

So I wouldn't go into the hill, uh, where I needed to be, uh, air traffic control wise, et cetera.

And, uh, and even I, I saw a former colleague a couple of days ago when I landed here in Brisbane and, uh,

He reminded me, we were talking about my book and he said, oh, I bought the book because I wanted to see if I made the cut.

And he reminded me about one of the trips we flew to Bali and we landed and there'd been a rainstorm come through and we aquaplaned.

So we were skidding down the runway at Bali on a loaded 737.

Oh my gosh.

And, you know, it was just that thing of breaking and, and, and dump the flaps to, to really break contact with that water.

And that was on the surface.

And this is stuff they don't teach you, but it's knowing, like you said, you know, that, that gut instinct and just knowing what to do.

And it's, it's again, all the training, all the times that you've made mistakes, done the reps, um,