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50% of Survey men believe they could land airplane safely with Air Traffic Guidance
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:42 pm
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If you think you could manage it, you’re not alone. Survey results published in January indicate about one-third of adult Americans think they could safely land a passenger aircraft with air traffic control’s guidance. Among male respondents, the confidence level rose to nearly 50%.
CNN
How hard could it be
No brainer I could
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:44 pm to thelawnwranglers
I actually feel like I could.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:44 pm to thelawnwranglers
I mean the scenario has played out a few times. What’s the success rate of the actual events?
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:45 pm to thelawnwranglers
Show me the autopilot switch and I'm good!
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:46 pm to thelawnwranglers
We talking a Cessna or a 737
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:46 pm to thelawnwranglers
I played the hell out of the OG Microsoft flight simulator
Could do it no problem
Could do it no problem
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:47 pm to thelawnwranglers
I remember working at the Delta Operations center in the late 80s and getting to fly their simulator. They claimed at that time no one alive without some experience could actually land a plane and very few could do it in the simulator. I couldn't LOL. They said it had never been done back then (in real life). I don't know if it was true but it seems true.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:48 pm to thelawnwranglers
I'm 50/50 on landing planes in video games. If you're counting on me in a real life emergency, we're all gonna die.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:48 pm to thelawnwranglers
What kinda plane ? A stol in the damn drive way, lanceair IV it would be interesting
727 heavy sure
727 heavy sure
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:51 pm to thelawnwranglers
If 777 can do it, it can’t be that hard.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:51 pm to thelawnwranglers
Landing one safely isn’t necessarily the problem.
Keeping track of a lot of planes crisscrossing the same airspace though? That’s a bitch.
Edit -
Oh, I thought this was being an ATC guiding in a plane, not landing a plane with assistance.
Yeah, I’d be fricked. Can’t beat the second mission in Top Gun between carrier landings and the refuel sequence.
Keeping track of a lot of planes crisscrossing the same airspace though? That’s a bitch.
Edit -
Oh, I thought this was being an ATC guiding in a plane, not landing a plane with assistance.
Yeah, I’d be fricked. Can’t beat the second mission in Top Gun between carrier landings and the refuel sequence.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:51 pm to thelawnwranglers
That number should be higher. I think I could do it.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm to thelawnwranglers
It's all about altitude and airspeed.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:53 pm to thelawnwranglers
An airplane, yes.
An airliner? A c-130? Shhhiiiii, i dunno. I’d give it a go if I had to.
An airliner? A c-130? Shhhiiiii, i dunno. I’d give it a go if I had to.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:55 pm to thelawnwranglers
There may be some issues. We have licenses and have problems driving on LA interstates particularly between the Atchafalaya and MS.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:55 pm to thelawnwranglers
I’ve already landed a Cessna 182 Skylane many times
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:56 pm to thelawnwranglers
I'd be too busy thinking about the Roman Empire
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:56 pm to thelawnwranglers
"A man's got to know his limitations."
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:56 pm to thelawnwranglers
What’s your definition of “landing”? Does it have to be functional afterwards or do we just have to survive?
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:58 pm to thelawnwranglers
Give me a long enough runway and I could probably land anything…
Now a fully loaded passenger jet on a 6000ft runway, probably not a chance
Now a fully loaded passenger jet on a 6000ft runway, probably not a chance
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