An American Captain at school on Feb 8th 2018


On Thursday, February 8th 2018, at Paulette Billa school, for our aeronautics project (EPI), we met a French pilot who works for an American airline company called Spirit, in the USA and who lives in Columbus, Ohio. His name is Edouard Petit.

First, he watched the movie called ‘Sully’ with us. He explained why he considered Captain Sully as a hero. By deciding to sea-land on the Hudson river, Sully saved all the passengers of his plane AND he didn’t make any more victims on the ground.

Then, we asked him some questions for more information about his job and carreer. We discovered the rules of pilots in the USA which are less strict than French rules. That’s why he left to the USA, at the age of 19 (after studying in Reims), to fulfill his dreams to become a captain. This is what we called the American Dream. He told us the importance of learning English at school. As for him, he speaks many languages : English, French and a little Spanish.

Finally, he asked us questions too. For example : ‘Have you ever been scared in a plane ?’ and ‘Have you ever travelled by plane ?’.

Article written by Maurane , Léa , Dani , Léna, Alicia, Manon , Loane, Axel, Domitie, 3°C

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