Step climbs

We'd have to choose Ted Stryker! ;-)
Stryker?!? ... Stryker?!? ... Stryker!!!

ROFL, Thanks for the reminder!

I bet they had the fish huh.....

GrtArtiste wrote:
Then, the problem: both pilots are stricken with food
poisoning (hey! it's my nightmare).

GrtArtiste writes:

It is midsummer. I'm departing KLAX on a fully loaded 747 at 1800 PDT
for an evening flight into KSTL There are thunderstorms popping up
along the route. Then, the problem: both pilots are stricken with food
poisoning (hey! it's my nightmare). A frantic call goes out from the
head flight attendant---Is there a pilot on board!!! There are only
two: a GA pilot who has logged 300 hours total, 120 IFR in a C182 and
a student pilot who just had his first solo flight last week in an old
Cherokee. Then...this humoron stands up and says: "I've flown 100
hours in a 747 simluator". So...who gets to sit in the left seat in a
desparate gamble to save all their lives? I know who my choice would
be, and I know who I would not choose.

Since you need two pilots to fly a 747, you must choose two people. I'd pick
the sim pilot and the GA pilot with the IFR experience. Make the sim pilot
PIC, and make the GA pilot FO. It's not necessary to pick a PF because you
can fly and land with full automation.

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On Feb 27, 7:39 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

Since you need two pilots to fly a 747, you must choose two people. I'd pick
the sim pilot and the GA pilot with the IFR experience. Make the sim pilot
PIC, and make the GA pilot FO. It's not necessary to pick a PF because you
can fly and land with full automation.

This response in no way surprises me. Does it surprise anyone else? I
didn't think so.

Of course you don't need two pilots to fly a 747. I've seen it done.
Charlton Heston did it in Airport '75. What-you say? That's not real
life-you say? pot-kettle-black.

GrtArtiste

GrtArtiste writes:

Of course you don't need two pilots to fly a 747.

In an emergency, you can fly with one. But it's better with two, and you
really only need one person who can follow instructions. It a question of
needing more than two hands for certain procedures.

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On Feb 27, 9:02 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:


In an emergency, you can fly with one. But it's better with two, and you
really only need one person who can follow instructions. It a question of
needing more than two hands for certain procedures.



Okay, I call bull**** here...

MX, how the f**k can you possibly know a 747 can be flown single
pilot?? And don't say "because I do it all the time on sims"... The
gear handle is on the F/O's side, and the left seater would need
orangutan arms to reach it I think. The 747-400 requires 2 pilots for
a reason... Besides the fact it's on the type certificate... As far as
using autoland a sim pilot (or GA pilot for that matter) would have no
idea how to load and arm the approach. That argument doesn't even
begin to make sense.