FYI: Dec 12 MythBusters: Airplane Hour
Mxsmanic wrote in
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"Jim Macklin" writes:
What they showed with landing the NASA simulator is that any person
with some level experience with a cockpit display can control an
airliner. Most FAA controllers would not have the experience to
describe the cockpit and give useful instruction in how to manually
fly with the autopilot or where the switches are located, or how to
use the radio to even start the "rescue."
FAA controllers can find pilots and put them on the radio, if
required.
Yeah, john wayne, robert stack and randolph scott on speed dial just in
case they all have the fish.
Bertie
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