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re: How hard is it to fly an airliner?
Posted on 1/22/20 at 6:24 am to Eli Goldfinger
Posted on 1/22/20 at 6:24 am to Eli Goldfinger
Keep it level, flaps down or up, landing gear, land. I can do it on MS flight simulator, can't be any harder than that.
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 7:33 am to bhtigerfan
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Unless someone was on the radio telling them step by step exactly what to do, there’s no way an inexperienced pilot lands one successfully.
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:05 am to fatboydave
Just takes a lot of money and time, not having any health issues to fail a physical helps too.
Based on what my friends went through to get jobs in the field, this seems like a field that has way more capable people than positions available.
Based on what my friends went through to get jobs in the field, this seems like a field that has way more capable people than positions available.
This post was edited on 1/22/20 at 8:08 am
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:09 am to Eli Goldfinger
Taking off is not bad.
Flying is relatively easy.
Landing is the hard part.
Flying is relatively easy.
Landing is the hard part.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:10 am to mmmmmbeeer
You have to spend the night at a Holiday Inn Express.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:12 am to Eli Goldfinger
I talked with a pilot that flies a 787 non stop from Houston to Sydney last month. He said it is incredibly easy to fly these planes and he hardly has to do anything. They do take 6 hour shifts though.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:14 am to Eli Goldfinger
on a scale of 1-10, id say ab 3.50
This post was edited on 1/22/20 at 8:17 am
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:16 am to X123F45
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I'd probably kill everyone and cartwheel across the airport..
Gymnastics is an awfully flippant response to ending hundreds of lives.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:22 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Gymnastics is an awfully flippant response to ending hundreds of lives.
I think he means the plane doing cartwheels (crashing) like you see on videos. Killing everyone, including himself
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:38 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Gymnastics is an awfully flippant response to ending hundreds of lives.
Absorbing their power was the only way my big arse could do the cartwheel
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:44 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Gymnastics is an awfully flippant response to ending hundreds of lives.
I do believe he's saying he'd ground loop the plane on an unsuccessful landing attempt. Ground loop is a perfectly fine description of a cartwheeling aircraft.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:44 am to TheFonz
Exactly what my FIL said. After flying a B17 in WW2 he never flew again.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 9:02 am to MBclass83
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Exactly what my FIL said. After flying a B17 in WW2 he never flew again.
My uncle flew in Vietnam days. Retired from the Air Force and never flew again.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 9:03 am to NorthTxLSU
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never forget the legendary ground worker who stole an alaska airlines plane just to do a barrel role
Holy shite, I hadn't heard of this story. That's a baw, I wonder what his username was.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 9:11 am to Eli Goldfinger
Neighbor, now retired usaf colonel, managed a training center in socal for an airline.
You dont need that if it is easy.
Of course if no weather, no passengers, no freight, and your landing strip is uninteresting, not that big a deal.
You dont need that if it is easy.
Of course if no weather, no passengers, no freight, and your landing strip is uninteresting, not that big a deal.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 10:09 am to Eli Goldfinger
The cockpits are more complicated but flying is flying.
Commercial jets are designed to be easy to fly. They are very stable.
If you can fly single engine you can fly an airliner with a little guidance. I've got my Rec Certificate. Flying is just a little more difficult than riding a motorcycle.
It's the pre-flight planning that's a bitch. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Commercial jets are designed to be easy to fly. They are very stable.
If you can fly single engine you can fly an airliner with a little guidance. I've got my Rec Certificate. Flying is just a little more difficult than riding a motorcycle.
It's the pre-flight planning that's a bitch. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 10:10 am to TigerNlc
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Holy shite, I hadn't heard of this story. That's a baw, I wonder what his username was.
You should listen to the ATC recordings.
Video of the barrel roll
ATC recording with ground map tracking
Posted on 1/22/20 at 10:36 am to Tigeralum2008
I have my PPL, and when I interned with United in Houston one of "bonuses" was some sim time in the 737. In visual conditions with no issues, it was "easy". I absolutely effed up when they started throwing in severe weather and failures and yadda ya.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 10:40 am to TheDeathValley
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I have my PPL, and when I interned with United in Houston one of "bonuses" was some sim time in the 737. In visual conditions with no issues, it was "easy". I absolutely effed up when they started throwing in severe weather and failures and yadda ya.
lots of ignorant, over simplified observations up in here but it's the OT, I expect nothing less
Posted on 1/22/20 at 10:52 am to TigerNlc
quote:It didn't end well I'm assuming because he didn't stay at Holiday Inn Express the night before the theft err stunt.
Holy shite, I hadn't heard of this story. That's a baw, I wonder what his username was.
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