How much lack of similarity in airliner flying?

In article , David Cartwright wrote:
approaches and landings, not broken flaps, hydraulic failures, etc). And a
friend who's a commercial pilot reckons that even a PPL with a decent amount
of experience stands a reasonable chance of landing something like a 737 so

I can say first hand that's possible. I did the ATOP course when United
were running it in Denver (12 hrs of groundschool, and 1 hr flight time
in their Level D sim). The B737 just wasn't hard to land, nor was it
difficult to hand-fly an instrument approach.

I would say I've got good confidence that most PPLs who've flown a high
performance single could pull it off given instructions on what to push
over the radio.

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In article , David Cartwright wrote:
approaches and landings, not broken flaps, hydraulic failures, etc). And
a
friend who's a commercial pilot reckons that even a PPL with a decent
amount
of experience stands a reasonable chance of landing something like a 737
so

I can say first hand that's possible. I did the ATOP course when United
were running it in Denver (12 hrs of groundschool, and 1 hr flight time
in their Level D sim). The B737 just wasn't hard to land, nor was it
difficult to hand-fly an instrument approach.

I would say I've got good confidence that most PPLs who've flown a high
performance single could pull it off given instructions on what to push
over the radio.

If they can figure out how to use the particular radio, which was one of the
things the 9/11 terrorists screwed up despite reading the manuals. Hell, I
have enough difficulty switching among the various stacks in our rental
fleet of 172's. Is there a big red arrow labeled "PTT SWITCH HERE" in the
737?

-- David Brooks

"David Brooks" wrote in message ...

If they can figure out how to use the particular radio, which was one of the
things the 9/11 terrorists screwed up despite reading the manuals. Hell, I
have enough difficulty switching among the various stacks in our rental
fleet of 172's. Is there a big red arrow labeled "PTT SWITCH HERE" in the
737?

Finding the PTT is easy. Trying to figure out where/how to select the frequency
can be daunting.

Is there a big red arrow labeled "PTT SWITCH HERE" in the
737?

They don't have PTT's, they have microphones that they hang up on a
hanger on the sidewall.

"Newps" wrote in message ...


Is there a big red arrow labeled "PTT SWITCH HERE" in the
737?

They don't have PTT's, they have microphones that they hang up on a
hanger on the sidewall.

It's on the yoke, just make sure you don't mistake the a/p disconnect or
the trim control for it.