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my dad is a captain, very experienced -- flies 777s, has > 20k hours and is trained in both airbus and boeings. over dinner i once asked him "so what's the mos
by rguzman 15y ago
my dad is a captain, very experienced -- flies 777s, has > 20k hours and is trained in both airbus and boeings.
over dinner i once asked him "so what's the most exciting or difficult situation you've even been in?"
"hm... nothing i can think of, it is all pretty boring, really"
"i mean c'mon, there's got to be something!"
"you see? if you do things by the book plus a little on the safe side it usually works out that you are never in an exciting situation -- my job is to ensure that even the most unlikely exciting situations become more unlikely."
in this particular instance, it seems that there are a few actions that could've avoided the whole situation had the people in charge had the mentality of "by the book plus a little on the safe side". the most glaring one is that the other planes in the area diverted to avoid the storm. another: the captain should have made clear who is in charge.
of course, this is very easy for me to type from the comfort of my office without any situational stress.
scary!
- antidaily 15y agoUncle (in-law) pretty much says the same thing.
- bdonlan 15y agoSurely he's been in exciting situations in simulators, at least? (And if not, he probably should arrange for some simulated excitement :)
- rguzman 15y agooh yeah... due to a complicated set of fortunate circumstances i once got an observer seat during re-current simulator training (happens every 6 months). all the flying i've ever done was on ms flight simulator, but i know enough to read gauges and what not. it was so intense that even i was too stressed to finish paying attention to the whole session. lots of exciting situations there. and stop calling me surely.
- gameshot911 15y agoIt's "Stop calling me Shirley" :)
- biot 15y agoTraining in a flight simulator is an entirely different thing... altogether!
- omegant 15y agoWell ask your dad about landing in short runways during a thunderstorm with strong gusting cross winds + contaminated runway. If he didn't have a rush with that...