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There's an aviation academy that posts various videos of their A320 and 737 simulators, and doing different things in them. Including this one, where they talk

There's an aviation academy that posts various videos of their A320 and 737 simulators, and doing different things in them. Including this one, where they talk someone with no experience (playing the role of flight attendant with an incapacitated pilot) through landing the A320: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOT3fbc1O4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOT3fbc1O4 And one for the 737: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7WMQUDGDD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7WMQUDGDD4 (there are some other fun videos in there, like making a water landing, recovering from an engine failure, etc., that I find fascinating just for the sheer number of things that A) have been thought about and B) have had procedures actually decided on and written down in checklists)

pedrocr 14y ago
That was great, thanks for the links. I had no idea an ILS landing could be that easy to setup. The A320 seemed easy even, the guy even manufactured an autopilot failure on final approach to make the video less boring. At that point the fact that the "flight attendant" could fly the plane wasn't very realistic as she had gotten no information about what the joystick and thrust levers actually did.
- ubernostrum 14y ago
  There are some tradeoffs in that video, of course. It's simulated under basically ideal circumstances -- daytime, clear weather, suitable airport nearby, etc. -- so that it can be kept as simple as possible, mostly just calling out values to input and letting the autopilot and ILS do their thing. But still a pretty impressive demo of what can be done if all else fails.
Evbn 14y ago
A few water crashes and people start jotting down ideas for next time.
SRSimko 14y ago
I'm sorry these videos are joke and not realistic at all. The instructor is sitting behind her looking at what she is doing and it also helps him describe what she should do. If he was turned around and looking at the wall it would be a bit more realistic. All that said I doubt most people would even figure out how to speak to atc.

pedrocr 14y ago

That was great, thanks for the links. I had no idea an ILS landing could be that easy to setup. The A320 seemed easy even, the guy even manufactured an autopilot failure on final approach to make the video less boring. At that point the fact that the "flight attendant" could fly the plane wasn't very realistic as she had gotten no information about what the joystick and thrust levers actually did.

ubernostrum 14y ago
There are some tradeoffs in that video, of course. It's simulated under basically ideal circumstances -- daytime, clear weather, suitable airport nearby, etc. -- so that it can be kept as simple as possible, mostly just calling out values to input and letting the autopilot and ILS do their thing. But still a pretty impressive demo of what can be done if all else fails.

Evbn 14y ago

A few water crashes and people start jotting down ideas for next time.

SRSimko 14y ago

I'm sorry these videos are joke and not realistic at all. The instructor is sitting behind her looking at what she is doing and it also helps him describe what she should do. If he was turned around and looking at the wall it would be a bit more realistic. All that said I doubt most people would even figure out how to speak to atc.