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Watch This Absurd 10-Minute Video on How to Land a Plane In an Emergency
Tim Morgan, a commercial pilot with years of experience, has created a ten minute video he claims will help anyone safely land a 737 in an emergency. The notion that someone could plop down in a cockpit, with zero experience, and pilot a 737 to a safe landing is ludicrous, but that doesn’t make this video any less fascinating. (gizmodo.com) Más...Uh....might I remind you of the German Wings crash. Not USA but still, I know for a fact ALPA and all other pilot unions would never agree to this. In fact they are pushing for secondary barriers. Plus never seen a key hole or otherwise on a cockpit door. The only "hidden" unlock device is for the lavatory.
Why does he not show how to use the auto-land function? He uses the auto-pilot all the way to the actual landing, then has them hand fly the landing.
This would be akin to watching a 10-minute video to learn how to play the piano. But knowing a mistake could destroy your 80 year old Wurlitzer would probably keep you from going anywhere near the thing.
QUICK! ACTIVATE AUTO PILOT!!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbj9uvYL8I
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbj9uvYL8I
I suspect the odds of a deadheading pilot being aboard who could assist, is about 100x more than a random pax ever being called on.
After having watched the video, I become very suspicious. Way too much questionable advice; the one that took the cake was "putting the gear lever to neutral after extension"!!
Next, I queried the author of the avweb piece-long story short, they ended up changing their story, the part about the Delta pilot credit.
What surprised me was the level of "National Inquirer" type of journalism on part of avweb, which normally is a reputable source!!