Superior Airmanship Award

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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 [1] and is accompanied by video recreations of the events, filmed in simulators and scripted from eyewitness accounts, which led to the awards. [2]

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Recipients

Eastern Air Lines – Captain James Robertson and F/O J.L. Bellmer received the award for their skill at handling a thrust reverser opening in flight causing the aircraft to roll while operating Eastern Airlines flight 494. (1984) [3]

Northwest Airlines – Captain Ronald E. Weldon, F/O Andrew E. Faust, and S/O William A. Jensen received the award for handling a major flight control malfunction. (1994) [4]

Comair Airlines, Inc. – Captain David M. Mitchell and F/O Hank Clay were presented with the award for handling a failed landing gear situation. (1996) [5]

Air Transat – Captain Robert Piché and F/O Dirk Dejager received their awards for achieving the longest glide of an airliner after running out of fuel on Air Transat Flight 236. (2001) [6]

Northwest Airlines – The crew of Northwest Airlines Flight 85, Senior Captain John Hanson, Junior Captain Frank Geib, and F/O Mike Fagan received the Superior Airmanship award for their skill at landing a Boeing 747 with a hard over rudder. (2002) [7]

US Airways – Captain Henry Jones and F/O 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. (2005)

Jazz (airline) – Captain Michael Nelson and F/O Paul Cafouros received the award for their skill landing their Bombardier CRJ100/200 in poor weather, low fuel and flaps stuck in the landing position. (2006) [8]

United Airlines – Captain Scott Stoops and F/O Brad Loper received the award for avoiding a potential runway incursion situation with an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400. (2006) [9]

Compass Airlines (North America) – Captain Steven Peterka, F/O Clifton “Lee” Cain, and Flight Attendant Gloria Heurematte received the award for their performance and outstanding teamwork as they successfully conducted an emergency landing as a result of an inflight cabin fire. (2008) [10]

United Airlines – Captain Everett “Ross” Miller and F/O Douglas Cochran received the award for their exemplary performance in preventing a catastrophe aboard United Airlines Flight 731, which suffered a near-total electrical failure with accompanying loss of all radio communications moments after taking off from Newark. (2008) [10]

Jazz (airline) – Captain Paul Ivey and F/O Ed Paterson received the award for landing with severely damaged windscreen and corresponding electrical failure/fire. (2009) [11]

Atlantic Southeast Airlines – Capt. Yngve Paulsen and F/O Michael Aguzino received the award for dealing with a main landing gear that didn't extend. (2009) [12]

Continental Airlines – Captain Brent Black, Captain Steven Wycoff, and F/O Daniel Montgomery were recognized with Superior Airmanship Awards for their superb handling of an engine failure shortly after takeoff. (2009) [13]

American Eagle (airline brand) – Captain Mark Davis and F/O Andres Rubio were recognized with Superior Airmanship Awards for their outstanding performance in preventing the catastrophic loss of Flight 4756 after a malfunction of the aircraft’s flight controls during flight. (2009) [14]

United Airlines – Captain Dale Nordhausen and F/O John Eskuri received the award for safely landing their disabled Airbus A319, a landing gear door failed to fully open and blocked the right main landing gear from extending and locking into position, requiring a partial gear-up landing. (2010) [15]

Alaska Airlines – Captain Steve Cleary and F/O Michael Hendrix received the award for their skill during an aborted take-off after striking an eagle, causing catastrophic engine damage. (2011) [16]

ExpressJet – Captain Micah Peery and F/O Andrew Kinnear were given their award for their handling of an onboard fire. (2012) [17] [18]

Delta Air Lines – Capt. James Judkins and F/O Michael Oates received the award for their handling of an electrical malfunction related to a generator issue. (2014) [19]

ExpressJet – Captain Terry VanHoose and F/O Mark Moser received the award when their aircraft experienced a critical system failure due to a lightning strike and subsequent loss of air data computers. (2015) [20]

Virgin America – Captain Tony Ristaino and F/O John Grieff received the award for their skill dealing with a flight control malfunction. (2016) [21]

United Airlines – Captain Chris Behnam, Captain Paul Ayers and F/O Ed Gagarin safely landed United Airlines Flight 1175, a Boeing 777, in Honolulu after experiencing a catastrophic engine failure over the Pacific Ocean. (2018) [22] [23] [24]

Wasaya Airways – Captain William Ryan Mitchell and F/O Joshua Siefert received the award for their handling of an electrical failure and smoke in the flight deck which resulted in the loss of primary flight instruments. (2019) [25] [26]

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  2. ↑ Crewroom > ASF 2005 – ALPA Honors Award Recipients at Air Safety Forum
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