I have trained quite a few airline pilots with military experience, as well as those without it. Experiencing an altitude chamber is not a panacea, neither does not experiencing it make one naive to the effect of hypoxia. Many pilots don’t understand the significance of startle factor. Additionally, many do not think subtle incapacitation affects them.
The dirty secret is many airline pilots loathe putting on and stowing the mask. Removing the mandatory O2 above FL250 with one pilot at controls in 2020 did not help that problem.
Well, you won’t believe me either way, so there is no proof you will accept, but 40 years an airline pilot give me a whole lot more background than you most likely.
Nonsense. The B-757 can be ETOPS, but regardless, non-ETOPS aircraft cross the Atlantic EVERY DAY. Trump’s B-757 could make the trip tomorrow. No special clearances, no special certifications.
Arm-chair pilots? How many Atlantic crossings have they made? Me? Many, many, in two engine airliners.
Not true. The B757 can indeed cross the Atlantic. Although non-stop to TLV is not possible, a refueling stop in DUB or MAN, Trump’s B757 could be used.
Clearly, your suspicious mind is incapability of error, and as such are fine with the results of that which includes atrocities in ways rarely seen in all of history.