re: Views from the flight deck - some cool pics

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I was in this fricker as a passenger in 1988.

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I've got a whole stack of pics from that in my desk taken from every conceivable angle, inside and outside, turns out that airplane was owned by 3-4 of our Captains and they got a pretty nice insurance check, most of it ended up being sold for making beer cans, I've flown that flight dozens of times if not more

Question for the OT pilots. At cruising altitude between two major cities, I often look down and spot other major cities directly below us. Really often it’s a city that’s not on a straight line between the departure and arrival cities. Why do we go “out of the way” to fly over other cities. I’m sure it’s not really that much added time, but when fuel is that expensive and I’m sure airlines track your flight times, is it because

A. Y’all want to see cool cities
B. Safety protocol to consistently stay over sizable airports
C. Something about Coriolis effect / wind making a “straight line” on the map less efficient
D. I’m imagining it
E. Something else I’m not thinking of

E

Joystick

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drawing a straight line on a flat map looks a lot different than flying the actual shortest distance

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Are there any flat earth pilots? I would think not.

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Guaranteed, it's the least costly way to get between to locations.

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thx

So when you bring the pilots their crew meal, they let you snap pics from the cockpit?






















Great pics and Just bustin' your balls! My buddy flies to Amsterdam, South America and Asia and sends me pics all the time very similar to these. He's based out of Houston.

St. Elmo’s Fire on the windscreen last night while dodging some storms.

I don’t think I would have any memory available on my phone after about two flights.

That earth sure looks flat