Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane

Wingnut writes:

Do you honestly think someone with a *commercial* license won't typically
be well past that "not experienced enough to be humble" stage?

Often, but not always. I've already mentioned Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, a
shining example of incredibly stupid pilots who had CPLs.

And there are commercial pilots with far less experience than that. Need I
mention Colgan Air?

In your ever-so-humble opinion perhaps.

Without instruction, a non-pilot--or a pilot without experience in type--would
be in very hot water.

Er, horizon? Altimeter?

That's probably what he'd be asking himself. The AI had pretty colors that are
easy to spot, but the rest is not so obvious. He might spot the standby AI and
altimeter, but those aren't the instruments to watch.