On Jun 26, 8:35*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

It takes a lot more than basics to fly a 747. *In a Cessna 152, there isn't
much else beyond the basics, but in a large commercial airliner, almost
everything is beyond the basics.

George is right and YOU are WRONG. WRONG AND SO WRONG.

YOU really are CLUELESS about flying an airplane.

Tell this to Sully AND CREW who's glider rating got him to FLY and
LAND a large commercial airliner into the Hudson......

If my memory serves me correct the skies had a very loaded down glider
in the flavor of a 747 going through volcanic ash before they got
their engines restarted. Tell me, what kept that plane flying besides
the basic rules of flight????? LET ME GUESS, YOU WON'T answer.