I agree. But I also understand the desire for all the hoopla. People's perception of airplanes is that they aren't designed to fly at all and the only reason they manage to stay airborne is due to the otherworldly levels of skill and true grit of the pilots who perform a near constant stream of miracles requiring every last of ounce on concentration and no small amount of luck.
My wife, who understands that even jack ass's like me are able to learn to fly and get good at it, was impressed that the pilot remained so calm on the radio. I said they lost an engine and cabin pressure, but otherwise everything was working normally. She said but a woman got sucked out, how can they not be freaked out about that. I said yeah but it wasn't THAT woman (the copilot speaking calmly on the radio).
I was more impressed at how cooperative the other air-crews on the frequency were about getting out of the way and letting them have landing priority. Those fuckers were NEVER that cooperative when I was trying to eek out a living flying banners over the stadiums off the end of 27 left @ philly.
My wife, who understands that even jack ass's like me are able to learn to fly and get good at it, was impressed that the pilot remained so calm on the radio. I said they lost an engine and cabin pressure, but otherwise everything was working normally. She said but a woman got sucked out, how can they not be freaked out about that. I said yeah but it wasn't THAT woman (the copilot speaking calmly on the radio).
I was more impressed at how cooperative the other air-crews on the frequency were about getting out of the way and letting them have landing priority. Those fuckers were NEVER that cooperative when I was trying to eek out a living flying banners over the stadiums off the end of 27 left @ philly.
