Comments on: How to Land a Plane, a DIY Guide

By: BoT

BoT — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:17:36 +0000

The left seat in an airliner has no better access to any control than the right seat, with the usual exception of the 'tiller,' which is only used to steer the plane during taxiing. Which is the last thing your neophyte pilot probably should be worrying about.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:34:54 +0000

That's how they ended "Snakes On a Plane": "I've logged hundreds of hours...in a flight simulator!"

By: S-r-ex

S-r-ex — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:17:11 +0000

As long as it is an Airbus, my little brother would essentially be a god as far as cockpit controls go. His hours of flightsim surpasses the lifetime of Chuck Norris...

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:38:00 +0000

You'd think planes could land themselves, what with Mac and Micro battling it out while competing with Google. I had a pilot buddy once offer me a ride in his Cessana if I agreed to either take off or land it. I passed, because I didn't believe his assertion that both are actually quite easy.

By: jmp478

jmp478 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:18:09 +0000

Someone hasn't seen Mythbusters.
Just turn on autopilot. Planes can land themselves.

By: charles

charles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Oh my.

"As long as you follow instructions (over the radio no less) to the letter, you'll be fine."

It is incredibly challenging to land an aircraft.

I've been flying for 25 years, have my own very high performance airplane, and fly half a dozen other ones on a regular basis. I was put in a 777 simulator this year, and crashed it the first three times I tried to land.

Thank god this scenario rarely, if ever, gets tested!

By: Tweeker

Tweeker — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:21:23 +0000

Article fails to instruct on how one breaks into the cockpit to get at those unmanned controls.