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re: Could you land a commercial airplane in an emergency?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:37 am to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:37 am to LegendInMyMind
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Define "land".
I am obviously ignorant on flying/landing aircraft, but it seems like that shite is so automated these days that any relatively intelligent person should have a pretty good shot if they had the ground crew in their ear talking them through things. Now, if you're up there with no outside help? I'd say very few could do that successfully.
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Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:38 am to S
quote:
one of my pilots such as 777 or tuscaloosa could obviously do tDeed
I might have to have a cocktail to steady my hands first
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:39 am to CocomoLSU
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it seems like that shite is so automated these days that any relatively intelligent person should have a pretty good shot if they had the ground crew in their ear talking them through things
a very common misconception
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:39 am to S
If this guy is talking me through it
This would be me though
This would be me though
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:40 am to 777Tiger
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a very common misconception
So my kid that’s good at video games would be no help?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:40 am to CocomoLSU
Flying - Yes
Landing - No
Landing - No
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:40 am to GreenRockTiger
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my kid that’s good at video games would be no help?
maybe with a little coaching
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:41 am to 777Tiger
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maybe with a little coaching
that’s good to know 
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:42 am to 777Tiger
Yeah, taking the yoke and trading speed for altitude can't be easy for a first timer.
Bang Ding Ow
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:42 am to Delacroix22
Very unlikely.
I would need a really, really long runway on a straight ahead position and a "wingman" pilot flying the same type of aircraft right behind me telling me exactly what to do as far as the controls, guages, etc.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:42 am to Delacroix22
land? yes.
safely? no.
safely? no.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:42 am to Delacroix22
I'd at least try to land it if no one with experience was available.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to 777Tiger
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a very common misconception
I know the landing isn't automated. But what chances do you give a normal, average dude to land a plane with the availability of the ground crew coaching him through it?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to Delacroix22
Most have autopilot down to the ground these days. So probably.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to 777Tiger
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777Tiger
What would be easier to land for someone that knew basically nothing about flying to land with just a pilot in their ear a single engine gen aviation plane or a commercial jet? I always assumed it would be the single-engine.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to Delacroix22
If you could contact someone on the ground and follow directions, I would think many people could. If you are completely on your own, then it is highly unlikely.
When I was getting engine run qualified for C-130s, we would practice on the flight simulator. After everyone was done, the instructor let us see if we could take off and land on our own. I overshot the runway by a mile and landed it in a field somewhere. According to the computer people would have survived but the plane would have been a loss.
When I was getting engine run qualified for C-130s, we would practice on the flight simulator. After everyone was done, the instructor let us see if we could take off and land on our own. I overshot the runway by a mile and landed it in a field somewhere. According to the computer people would have survived but the plane would have been a loss.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to Delacroix22
No, because my phone would be on airplane mode and therefore I wouldn't be able to watch a YouTube video on how to land a commercial airplane successfully.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:43 am to Delacroix22
Just You Tube it.. 
I changed the thermostat on my truck with YT, gotta be the same as landing a commercial airliner huh?
I changed the thermostat on my truck with YT, gotta be the same as landing a commercial airliner huh?
This post was edited on 8/3/23 at 11:49 am
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:44 am to Delacroix22
With help of ATC yes, but I’ve flown air craft. It also depends somewhat on which commercial aircraft.
I know many of them practically fly themselves to a point now a days.
I know many of them practically fly themselves to a point now a days.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 11:44 am to Delacroix22
I’d try to pull a barrel roll like Beebo Russell. RIP sky king. 
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