Delta Air Lines Crew Reflects On Piloting Hurricane Relief Flights To Bahamas

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September 16th, 2019

The crew of Delta flights 9994/9995 pose in front of the MD-88 aircraft they piloted to bring relief supplies in, and evacuees out, of the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas. Seen here are, left to right, Captain Carl Nordin; Flight Attendant Sergij Novak, General Manager-Inflight Field Operations; Flight Attendant Alexis Garcia, Field Service Manager, Ft Lauderdale/Miami; First Officer Erica Jefcoat, Flight Operations Duty Manager; Flight Attendant Christi Jackson Field Service Manager, Atlanta; Captain Michael Sweat, Lead Line Check Airman, MD88/90.

courtesy of Capt. Carl Nordin, Delta Air Lines

One recent Friday night Capt. Carl Nordin got a call.

Nordin, a Delta Air Line chief line check pilot for the MD-80/90-series aircraft, learned Delta executives had tapped a “Mad Dog” (as the aircraft are known), to handle relief flights to the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.

The decision to use the MD-88 was one of prudence.

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