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

cnn ^

[RckyRaCoCo]

(heh)...I did read a lot of Popular Science(?).

[FreedomPoster]

Long story, but this was *not* a serious training session. More of a “you get to see the cool simulator and play with it a little” after hours, but sanctioned, thing.

[mass55th]

Were the men they surveyed actual men, or women who think they’re men?

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I did it. Am a “simpilot-MSFS” but back in the FSX day I was demonstrating it to a Delta Pilot. He took me out to the DeKalb Co airport (DuPage) and we took off in a 172. At 1200 feet and 5 miles from the airport he asked me to land it, and I did, in a cross-wind. Yeah, I hopped it, but I landed.

[SaveFerris]

I would love to try it

[j_guru]

Having landed many time in a simulator, multiple time in an actual aircraft, plus my FPV landings with my rc airplanes, yes. No problem.

[Secret Agent Man]

I could land one. I am not saying it would be necessarily a smooth landing.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yeah, little too ambiguous. Adding “safely” would bump it up a bit.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yoke. You’d get behind the yoke. Or stick.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Large aircraft are completely different, in a former life I flew B-747’s, doing auto land requires that the arrival be loaded properly, autopilot engaged and lots of other things to be properly done for it to work. Very challenging if you have never done it before.

[gas_dr]

Remember a “the good landing you walk away from. A great landing you walk away from AND the can reuse the airplane.

[ALPAPilot]

If you push all the correct buttons, the airplane will land itself and come to a complete stop on the runway. I think you could probably talk most people through the process if the airplance had enough gas.

I, however, could most definitely land it.

[eyeamok]

I know I can, but I have a couple airplanes and fly a lot in an effort to produce as much carbon emissions as I can while trying to prevent the next Ice Age, which is guaranteed. My 4 2 stroke motorcycles help a lot too

[gunnut]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

[yuleeyahoo]

Over Nacho Grande?

[al baby]

ZERO HOUR

[al baby]

What an a hole

[gridlock]

Surely it is not that difficult.

[al baby]

[null and void]

It’s a different kind of flying!!