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Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree
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Posted on 12/07/2023 3:57:00 PM PST by algore

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I saw that movie once, what was your favorite scene?
1 posted on 12/07/2023 3:57:00 PM PST by algore
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Modern aircraft can just about land themselves, so yes, one could.

Just get it safely stopped and evacuate.


2 posted on 12/07/2023 3:59:02 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: algore

Anybody can land an airplane. The issue is can they do it safely.


3 posted on 12/07/2023 4:00:15 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: algore

I could. Piece of cake. Now, a landing you can walk away from, that’s another matter...


4 posted on 12/07/2023 4:00:40 PM PST by Billthedrill
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Maybe guys consider flight simulators count towards experience?
5 posted on 12/07/2023 4:01:39 PM PST by In_Iowa_not_from
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6 posted on 12/07/2023 4:03:11 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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If you can stick a general aviation plane on the numbers in MS Flight Sim then you’d almost certainly walk away from the real thing in the same simulated plane, location, weather, and time of day. Your radio communication skills would suck and you’d piss off everyone else at the airport and may sht yourself and get your azz kicked...but you’d probably walk away...in hand cuffs.


7 posted on 12/07/2023 4:04:02 PM PST by know.your.why (<>)
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To: algore

There were some questions about which movie I was referring to.

It was a movie called Airplane!


8 posted on 12/07/2023 4:04:33 PM PST by algore
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If the options presented are that I give it a shot or just kiss my ass goodbye, you bet I’ll get behind the wheel.


9 posted on 12/07/2023 4:04:36 PM PST by WinMod70
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You don’t have to learn how to land a commercial plane. Just ask the 9/11 terrorists.

Oh, that’s right...they can’t tell you.


10 posted on 12/07/2023 4:05:11 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: algore

Was it a gladiator movie?


11 posted on 12/07/2023 4:05:33 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: algore

Sounds like a great premise for a reality show. Especially if you force the producer to ride as a passenger.


12 posted on 12/07/2023 4:06:04 PM PST by struggle
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If the tower is telling you how to do it I guess I could give it a shot.


13 posted on 12/07/2023 4:06:16 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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This all happens within just a few minutes.

Units problem.


14 posted on 12/07/2023 4:07:19 PM PST by sasquatch
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Whatever

I could still do it


15 posted on 12/07/2023 4:08:46 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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I watched a video of someone landing a 777

Lots of stuff

That being said, Category III was decades ago

Gotta be pretty amazing stuff these days


16 posted on 12/07/2023 4:08:51 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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I could perform brain surgery. If I had to. Not sure it would work out though.


17 posted on 12/07/2023 4:09:37 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Don’t eat the fish.


18 posted on 12/07/2023 4:09:44 PM PST by DFG
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Rumack : Can you fly this plane, and land it?

Ted Striker : Surely you can’t be serious.

Rumack : I am serious... and don’t call me Shirley.


19 posted on 12/07/2023 4:10:17 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Magnum44; dfwgator; null and void; Red Badger

It’s a different kind of flying!!

Altogether!!!


20 posted on 12/07/2023 4:10:29 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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