JB wrote:
On Apr 4, 6:41 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
Other than you don't have airplanes, big birds, loose balloons and other
assorted objects appearing out of nowhere, the aircraft isn't bouncing
around in turbulance while you try to maintain attitude and altitude,
there are no other people in the aircraft trying to talk to you,
there is a pause button so you can take a leak anytime you need to,
and there are no real world consequences to any of your actions, it is
just like the real thing.
Most of these things have no influence on ATC communication.

You are absolutely wrong on this. In some cases, dead wrong.
External distractions (real life turbulence, watching the restricted
airspace around you, overlapping ATC comms, other planes buzzing all
around etc etc etc) can turn a decent student pilot into a panicked
ball of jelly wondering how he will clean up his pants if/when he
lands safely. When ATC talks, you can get so flustered that you don't
know what they said. Been there, done that. That will never, ever,
ever happen to you sitting at the monitor killing time before Sesame
Street comes on.

It's ironic and fascinatingly humorous:-)

I deal almost exclusively with research on these and other associated
issues literally every day. I interact with other professional pilots
including airline pilots, display pilots, test pilots from both the
military and civilian test flight communities, Red Bull Pilots, and as
well doctors, scientists, and technicians in the aerospace community.

Neither myself, or anyone of these people could have an opinion on these
issues that would mean anything, or alter in any way whatsoever,
anything put forth on these forums by Mxsmanic.

In other words, why bother? :-)

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Dudley Henriques