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Thread: Is flying a plane that hard?
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08-13-2018, 05:38 PM #1Registered User
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Is flying a plane that hard?
"'Incredible maneuvers' by airline ground agent who stole plane baffles employer. His only training appears to be 'video games.'"
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/13/alas...len-plane.html
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08-13-2018, 05:39 PM #2
Little late to the party, Charlie.
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...d.php?t=321191
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08-13-2018, 06:52 PM #3Registered User
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First off, I actually have a life outside of ggr.
Next question, answer the fucking question.
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08-13-2018, 06:58 PM #4Registered User
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You can’t get hurt in the air.
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08-13-2018, 07:03 PM #5Registered User
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In decent conditions, in the most general terms: flying a plane is surprisingly very easy (including taking off).
Landing is the main tricky part. As is: navigation, including complying with airspaces, dealing with sudden bad weather (if VFR - otherwise: learning to deal with navaids and IFR techniques), etc. All in the details.
Significant time with a quality flight simulator would indeed give you a big head start, including with aerobatics. Trying not to rip the wings off of a given plane (and avoiding passing out/puking/etc) via random aerobatics would take a a bunch of learning/experience/awareness, for a given plane, that no sim could perfect. Learning curve is significantly reduced if you're suicidal.
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08-13-2018, 07:03 PM #6Registered User
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08-13-2018, 07:04 PM #7
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08-13-2018, 07:11 PM #8
He was flying VFR, over an area he was mostly familiar with, with a cleared airspace, and had little apparent desire to land in one piece. Given those conditions, sure it’s pretty easy.
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08-14-2018, 05:13 AM #9Registered User
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More responsibility here, but they have a handle on it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...v=5wjoF8-Oaew#
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08-14-2018, 07:21 AM #10
It's kinda like driving...but: in the air.
And I'm certain you've seen how badly people screw that up.It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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08-14-2018, 07:48 AM #11Registered User
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Flying a plane isn't that hard. Flying a plane without crashing during takeoff, landing, navigation through IMC, avoiding CFIT, is difficult, and unless you are solo, keeping your passengers safe is a priority. So I'd say the fact that this guy took off is probably the most amazing part, followed by the fact he did a loop or something without crashing (I've heard but can't find good video). Taking a plane for a joyride without intention of landing and just seeing how far you can make it without crashing is totally different than transporting hundreds of passengers safely.
Here's video of experienced pilot doing loops and rolls in a 707 just for fun...
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08-14-2018, 08:58 AM #12
Ummm, I hate to break it to you, but Han Solo is a fictional character. He didn't fly traditional terrestrial aircraft, anyway.
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08-14-2018, 09:08 AM #13
As already mentioned, flying is the easy part - it’s landing that’s hard.
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08-14-2018, 10:09 AM #14
This. Many many many years ago I worked for Boeing, and once got the opportunity to "fly" a 737 in one of their fancy multi-million dollar flight simulators. The only one who flew it "easily" was the guy with the pilot's license, the rest of us crashed a few times, had wicked hard landings and takeoffs, etc. And that was with some staff coaching in the cockpit with us (as well as a heckling peanut gallery of coworkers standing behind us).
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08-14-2018, 10:46 AM #15
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08-15-2018, 07:44 AM #16It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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08-15-2018, 08:02 AM #17
Flying a Cessna 152 May not be, but a twin turbo prop like this is far more complex. You can ruin the engines with a simple bad start.
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12-04-2021, 07:11 PM #18
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12-04-2021, 07:14 PM #19
Hi Charles, Flying isn’t dangerous, crashing is!
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12-04-2021, 07:17 PM #20
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12-04-2021, 08:50 PM #21
I was on a 777 that landed like that in Houston. Went to the nearest bar and ordered a shot. Tanner Hall happened to be sitting right next to me. Looked like a homeless meth head.
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12-04-2021, 09:57 PM #22Registered User
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So was this plane on a conveyor belt ?
I thin ted striker is a pilot where is buddy whe you need him ?
proffesional skiers often look pretty sketchy without the ski gear,A sketchy looking possibly homeless dude is waving at me across main st and I was wondering WFT , then i realize he is that proskier I met, he is waving at me cuz he doesnt know anyone else in town so i better go over and say heyLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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12-04-2021, 11:16 PM #23
Tanner is an especially sketchy looking dude. Ran into him again, after said encounter at Houston, at top golf in slc. Young skier kids who I was hitting balls with, and grew up idolizing him couldn’t believe how bad he looked. I actually like tanner, have skied with him few times and he’s a good guy and a true skier at heart. I think history of injuries led him down a bad road of addiction. But that landing in Houston had me craving every drug ever made, so I can understand
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12-05-2021, 01:09 AM #24
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