Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree

cnn ^

[Blueflag]

If you can walk away from the landing, it’s a good landing.

If you can reuse the equipment, it’s a great landing.

[Scrambler Bob]

Anyone could land that plane.

But, to envoke Daffy Duck, ... You have to be able to walk away.

[Telepathic Intruder]

If you’ve prepped for landing correctly then you won’t have to make any extreme adjustments to the throttle except when you cut it. But like Tom Petty says, it’s still the hardest part. If you blow it, you have to reset the simulation.

[dfwgator]

But like Tom Petty says, it’s still the hardest part.

I thought that the waiting is the hardest part.

[Seruzawa]

....and don’t call me Shirley!

[Seruzawa]

You will be. One way or another.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Dammit well they can’t both be the hardest part!!

[grey_whiskers]

Jamie was able to get the aircraft under control, fly it to the airport, descending to the correct altitude for landing, line up with the runway, and get the aircraft inside the airport perimeter fence, before he crashed, and killed everyone on board.

ROFL!

[M Kehoe]

Only 6 posts, not bad.

5.56mm

[Telepathic Intruder]

Wait........ coming down is the hardest thing. The waiting is the hardest part. So that is resolved. Life can go back to normal.

[scrabblehack]

I’ve heard if the Shanksville guys had retaken the cockpit they would have been redirected to Niagara Falls (long runway, not too busy airport).

[BenLurkin]

In the words of Indiana Jones, “How hard could it be?”

[eclecticEel]

It’ll be on the ground when I’m finished, isn’t that good enough?