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> "Don't worry, the captain will shut off fuel to that engine and turn around and land. But we'll have to go someplace else for our trip" Compare to "Don't wor

by nirui 6y ago

> "Don't worry, the captain will shut off fuel to that engine and turn around and land. But we'll have to go someplace else for our trip" Compare to "Don't worry, everything will be fine", I found this calms me down better. Because it keeps me occupied on verifying the claim rather than allowing me wonder about what "fine" was actually meat. But again, we don't actually know why "many adults were screaming" there, maybe they've already figured it out, and they are screaming because they don't want to go someplace else :-D

vmception 6y ago
I’m either in a “I’ll just let it happen mood on flights” or in a mood where I might whisper “goddamnit” The latter if I used points on someone else on the flight because that means fun sexy time won’t happen if we go down like this I’m just never worried about the unexpected drama or turbulence or crashing, its out of my hands
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michelb 6y ago
It would also calm me down because it is quite specific and shows a possible resolution and course of action, instead of a vague 'fine'. What is fine, when will it be fine, how will it be fine? In general I think it would also help to educate people more about how much abuse a plane likely can stand. For me a plane is too much of a fragile aluminium tube with a ton of explosive fuel and some superheated engines, at a scary high altitude.
- FredFS456 6y ago
  I'm going to educate you more right now - jet fuel is not explosive in the sense that you think it is. It's much less volatile than gasoline and is regularly dumped overboard in emergency situations with no fire risk. Modern jets can fly just fine with one engine shut off like in the OP. Provided that there is enough altitude, planes will glide their way to back a runway to land if both engines go out. The structure can take way more abuse than you think - see this picture of a 787 undergoing a wing structural test. http://blog.flightstory.net/wp-content/uploads/787-ultimate-wing-load.jpg http://blog.flightstory.net/wp-content/uploads/787-ultimate-...

by nirui 6y ago

vmception 6y ago

I’m either in a “I’ll just let it happen mood on flights” or in a mood where I might whisper “goddamnit” The latter if I used points on someone else on the flight because that means fun sexy time won’t happen if we go down like this I’m just never worried about the unexpected drama or turbulence or crashing, its out of my hands

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michelb 6y ago

It would also calm me down because it is quite specific and shows a possible resolution and course of action, instead of a vague 'fine'. What is fine, when will it be fine, how will it be fine? In general I think it would also help to educate people more about how much abuse a plane likely can stand. For me a plane is too much of a fragile aluminium tube with a ton of explosive fuel and some superheated engines, at a scary high altitude.

FredFS456 6y ago
I'm going to educate you more right now - jet fuel is not explosive in the sense that you think it is. It's much less volatile than gasoline and is regularly dumped overboard in emergency situations with no fire risk. Modern jets can fly just fine with one engine shut off like in the OP. Provided that there is enough altitude, planes will glide their way to back a runway to land if both engines go out. The structure can take way more abuse than you think - see this picture of a 787 undergoing a wing structural test. http://blog.flightstory.net/wp-content/uploads/787-ultimate-wing-load.jpg http://blog.flightstory.net/wp-content/uploads/787-ultimate-...