My last two trips I had a female FO who were awesome and professional. Not sure what those idiot talking heads are saying about how females are incompetent. That belief is complete BS and needs to stop ASAP.
Update
It is with a heavy heart that we have moved into the next phase.
After a thorough search of the coastline, we found clothing items that are a positive match. consultation with HPD, HFD, and the Coast Guard, it been determined that my Mom’s last location is the ocean.
Caught this ANA A380 laying done some pretty thick chem trails west of Hawaii. Must be prepping for the Tropical Storms that are approaching Hawaii next week.
Good morning 🤙🏼. Yesterday was a good day, I was able to keep that A380 and B787 behind me the entire flight from Japan to Hawaii. Nobody was wants to behind a A380 while going through Customs.
It’s that time of the year when I have to wear the holiday tie 🤙🏼. It was my Dad’s tie that he use to wear during this time of the year when he was flying.
Good morning. I started out in the front of the pack. But I purposely let that 787 and A380 pass me. I didn’t want to burn extra fuel to keep in front of them since I was already landing early. 🤙🏼
All this paperwork was sent to me by datalink. All because I wanted to change my ETP from SFO to LAX after I was already airborne. 95% of that paperwork is just the NOTAMS for LAX 🙄
Instead of squawking 7700 while over the ocean. This is what I would be using. Select Emergency, then select from the menu on what I want. This tells ATC exactly what I’m doing and it gets them to start the coordination between aircraft and any airports that I’m diverting too.
My Mom went missing. Last seen in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. If anyone has seen her please contact the Honolulu Police Department.
Please forgive me if I don’t respond to comments while my family and I are dealing with this.
Today we found a shirt and shoes that match what my Mom wears. We have evidence that it just washed ashore early this morning since we had drone footage the day prior and nothing was there. Mom is still missing, but it looks like she might have fallen/slipped into the ocean.
I got a text from my family to go outside to take a pic of the ANA 787 Pikachu airplane that was pushing back next to us in HNL. Then they send me this video 😂
I want to thank everyone for the kindness you have shown my Ohana and I while we dealt with this situation. I literally have had hundred’s of messages from people. I apologize if I didn’t reply or even “like” your tweet. Each and everyone was read and it meant a lot to me.
Update on the status of my Mom
The HPD helicopter search of the Coastline was negative
HPD has canvassed the neighborhood early this morning and it’s was negative.
The HPD news release is out for approval and should be aired this afternoon
Gone West My Hero, My Dad last night. From flying bird dogs in Vietnam to widebodies around the world. He was a retired Brigadier General and a Captain in the airline and best of all, he was my Dad. I’m already missing you.
Nice tailwind to push me while I’m climbing out of KIX last night.
My flight time was 6:14 compared to that monstrous time of 10:47 going to KIX. That’s ~4:30 difference in flight time. 😳
I’m trying to eat a snack and this white puffy cloud wants to get in my way. Let the wx deviations begin. 🤙🏼
75nm Left/Right of Course approved.
Ended up zig zagging about 47nm to get around all the CBs further down the route.
11 days and my Mom is still missing. Yesterday a volunteer used there commercial drone to map out the coastline. After reviewing 100’s of 4k pics, we are going to search the coastline this morning. There were a few areas that became a point of interest.
#Hawaii
We lost a pilot to aggressive lung cancer today. He found out in Feb 2024. My sincerest condolences to his wife and kids.
This kind of news hits you hard when you personally know the pilot. We flew together a lot over the past 15years. He was only 54
Going to miss you Jeff
On behalf of our Ohana we want to thank everyone who searched for Mom, especially those volunteers who did searches in and out of the water. It is truely amazing the support we received from family, friends and the community.
Much Aloha
I’ve been through 2 bankruptcies and now an acquisition. Nothing surprises me but it’s sad to see 95yrs of HawaiianAir history get the door slammed shut on.
We shall see the future holds for us.
If I didn’t find these on the shoreline. I wouldn’t have known that my Mom went missing in the ocean. These items washed ashore Easter morning. I know that because extensive drone footage the day prior of the shoreline, these items weren’t there.
I laid them out to take pics