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jonoc4
Meanwhile there is a pilot sitting as a passenger who thinking "phew.. I really don't feel like working on my vacation"
Geo80
You know planes now days can fly themselves.
AintNobodyGotTimeFoDis
They practically fly themselves.
Cuntard
*crashing a jumbo jet
Thephedora
What if we can actually fly the plane?
TurdSlynger
Not being able to see the other engine makes me uncomfortable.
jadespider
Does the radio still work? I can take directions from the tower.
daugbret
You yell out, "I CAN!" and then whisper very quietly, "try"
SomeGrayFox
I've played enough flight simulator and watched executive decision like 9 times. I think I could wing it....
itsnotwrongifnobodyknowswhatyouaredoing
I think I could figure it out.
Sharkslife
Mythbusters did an episode, If a passenger could land a plane safely. Adam and Jamie landed the plane safely with the help of air traffic co
AuroraNora33
link? I have a slow connection rn
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AuroraNora33
*No video was ever provided*
Adio02
I'd be like 'hell yea" but then I'd bust out my bad ass nunchucks with a dragon on 'em that Bruce Lee drew and fly the plane with them.
nativescotland
Reminds me of when I got to use a flight sim at a base & I did better with it than anyone, including a kid who just got his pilot's license
ThereWillBeDownvotes
No, you won't be flying. You're going to be radio bitch for the non-incapacitated pilot. If they are both uncapped, no announcement is made.
Cere4l
id probably still volunteer for that >_>
xR3V0x
I can fly a plane... landing is another question entirely
Groovechild
If Hulk can land plane, I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmYsrBE8EF0 Fond memries from my youth.
therespectrum
I can 100% guarantee I could get that thing on the ground. Maybe not in one piece, but I digress...
allthenamesaregone
or in the water...
flummoxed0709
I have great coverage.
Dukeflookem
After playing Microsoft Flight Simulator for years the odds of me landing the plane have increased by at least a few percent.
VikingsAreNinjaPirates
Same. I know whatever the flaps are at, they should be at something else. Also, the landing gear is the same thing as the taking off gear.
ADMIN1337
I once saw a 360° video, filmed in a cockpit, which showed takeoff and the landing. I feel I could land one of those bad boys
ADMIN1337
With the right amount of luck of course
MercyBacon89
Let me google it! Yes I can! I'm pilot, I can fly.
tgkaze
You want dozens of passengers to volunteer to fly a plane? Because that's how you get them.
BeladridEnArr
Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants!
Wookieoo7
The mile high brawl.
RhymingEverything
There are dozens of us!
Napsaremymistress
I could fly the plane all the way to the scene of the crash.
Phenome
Omg, this reference.
valkyrielouise
Which is pretty handy cause that's we here we're headed
igotdippingsticks
Bet we beat the paramedics there by half an hour
andiefly
Would you get passed by a kite?
youlovemeyouhateme
Well that good because that's where we're going.
plsreadHayeksUseofKnowledgeinSociety
and call yourself tater salad?
BeladridEnArr
I bet you'd beat the paramedics there by at least a half hour.
RyokuKun
fuck i cant remember what this was from!! Halp!?!?
dNa87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm7CCJeD7Hw
RyokuKun
RON FUCKING WHITE!! THANK you!! I KNEW i knew it from something...
BeladridEnArr
Yep! @dNa87 thx for picking up my slack, life called.
TheChosenOne77
Dude the pizza boy beats me to my house before the cops and ambulance
THEHOGSASSHOLE
Shouldn't flight attendants have a basic knowledge of flight?
Lobananaforscale
They are the sky equivalent to your convenience store clerk
gareity
IIRC some planes can land automatically at certain airports. The autopilot should be able to detect non-responsiveness and send out a mayday
gareity
describing which airport it's chosen to land at.
cheesywonton
This may be a stupid question.. But can auto pilot land a plane???
thateinpilot
On some aircraft with CAT III autoland, yes.
ddpv
Yes but it needs to be setup to do so. A pilot doesn't program the autopilot before takeoff and then it does it all from start to finish.
TheCarolingian
I have a basic knowledge of flight. In the air = flying. Not in the air = not flying.
Warune
There's also falling...with style.
Pozy
some may call it... flying
OliverClothesoff70
Nic Cage's face with weird expression and "You Don't Say?" as the caption .gif.
PrivateSectorSexPenguin
I've been doing it all wrong
Mirawatts
I have a high school understanding of 2D projectile physics. I believe I'm more qualified.
NicestguyonImgur
They do not, airlines will not pay to flight train flight attendants.
bonohenn
They barely pay for the pilots
whatisusernameprecious
Uhhh the captains in the majors like united, delta, american, fedex, ups, ect. Make freaking BANK! Talking $200,000-$300,000 a year.
Kofthefens
The problem is that it's hard to break into the majors: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/03/pilot-light
whatisusernameprecious
Yes, there's a huge pilot shortage. The smaller airlines are being hit the worst. It's a great time to start flight school.
JohnnyVarlow
There has never actually been a single event where both the pilot and Co pilot have been unable to fly for whatever reason
whatisusernameprecious
*Pilot and FIrst Officer.
bulldogmurph
Pilot and copilot aren't allowed to have the same meal to prevent poisoning of both.
Huge0
German wings pilot who flew right into a mointain?
AuroraNora33
Copilot flew the plane
Aesurah
In Italy? there was, the whole plane feel asleep due to lack of oxygen and flew on autopilot until
d0o0o0d
Something similar happened in the US, on a small private plane. It kept going until the fuel ran out.
gareity
wasn't that an NCIS episode?
d0o0o0d
Might have been, but it was based on something that really happened.
Aesurah
They ran out of fuel. They sent up a fighter plane to see what was going on but there was nothing they could do.
LadyTashviv
autopilot should be able to predict fuel shortage and trace ground for open fields/water to emergency land :\
Aesurah
This was years ago. :)
HawkeyeRed
I think that was Greece. Either way, if the pilots are both incapacitated by hypoxia or smoke, odds are everyone else is too.
HereticalHippiesHumping
9/11?
Lobananaforscale
HA
pewptypantzs
lol
Evilbassp
Why is that funny?
NicestguyonImgur
I am a UAV pilot, so I will fly it from the back of the plane.
NotSoDarkKnight
I've put in at least 800 hours on Flight Simulator 2014. I feel like I could get it on the ground in one piece.
N302SP
If you're flying a PMDG plane I bet you could, but the radios may be a trip for you. From FSX to Private License, radios are the hardest.
Skyhawk320
I imagine if you could raise anyone, though, they could help you learn to operate the radio.
AuroraNora33
There's an FS2014??
N302SP
P3D or if you load FSX with accu-feel and a few other addons it feels like a completely new game.
someonestolemyawesomeusername
Or get X-Plane
N302SP
Exactly. Sometimes I forget x-plane. It has some of the best physics in the sim world, but I just happen to be a P3D guy.
NicestguyonImgur
P3D?
dsdanger
i've always been curious, how exactly do you go from, say, having graduated school to flying unmanned vehicles? like what's the path to take
NicestguyonImgur
The easiest is to join the military, all services have UAV programs though you better nail the ASVAB only the high scorers get the cool jobs
dsdanger
i see. thanks for the response.
Hushedmidwife
what do you fly for the military? genuinely interested. getting a double major in flight and UAS currently
ImMuddy
same. UND?
Hushedmidwife
Lewis U
N302SP
Hey! I'm UND too!
ImMuddy
haha what a small world! I probably see you around Odegard.
NicestguyonImgur
Early on flew the P-3 and S-3, when I made Chief Petty Officer, moved to UAV's and flew the RQ-7B Shadow.