Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane

Wingnut wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:09:36 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
Wingnut wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:05:01 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
Are you interested in discussing aviation, by chance?

No, not really. Certainly not with you.

I HOPE YOU PEOPLE DON'T FLY *REAL* AIRPLANES, CAUSE YOU'RE ALL NUTZZ!!!

Speak for yourself (and Mxsmanic). I'm about as sane as they come.


You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane!

I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"...
he was a pilot..flies airplanes...
he's a commercial pilot..

he has a 'fear of heights'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTOpHMRvzmM


what other nutz do you have up there flying?


He picks up girls on...TV Shows!


He already broke up with her...
http://www.filmyfair.com/celebrities...elka-break-up/


The Starmaker


Pilot error? What does that mean?? I'll tell you what it means, it means
you got crazy people flying airplanes. Fasten your seatbelts..the pilot probably has a fear of
heights..

The Starmaker wrote:

Wingnut wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:09:36 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
Wingnut wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:05:01 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
Are you interested in discussing aviation, by chance?

No, not really. Certainly not with you.

I HOPE YOU PEOPLE DON'T FLY *REAL* AIRPLANES, CAUSE YOU'RE ALL NUTZZ!!!

Speak for yourself (and Mxsmanic). I'm about as sane as they come.

You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane!

I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"...
he was a pilot..flies airplanes...
he's a commercial pilot..

he has a 'fear of heights'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTOpHMRvzmM

what other nutz do you have up there flying?

He picks up girls on...TV Shows!

He already broke up with her...
http://www.filmyfair.com/celebrities...elka-break-up/

The Starmaker

Pilot error? What does that mean?? I'll tell you what it means, it means
you got crazy people flying airplanes. Fasten your seatbelts..the pilot probably has a fear of
heights..


I'm sorry..I appologize..I just don't get it..I just don't understand...
How does one get a license to fly a commercial plane who throws up if he's 2 inches above the ground?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTOpHMRvzmM

The Starmaker writes:

I'm sorry..I appologize..I just don't get it..I just don't
understand... How does one get a license to fly a commercial
plane who throws up if he's 2 inches above the ground?

A fear of heights doesn't influence piloting. Motion sickness can be overcome
by gradual experience.

A fear of heights is no less common among pilots than it is in the general
population. Motion sickness is also a problem for some pilots during their
pilot training, but they get over it.

Mxsmanic wrote:

The Starmaker writes:

I'm sorry..I appologize..I just don't get it..I just don't
understand... How does one get a license to fly a commercial
plane who throws up if he's 2 inches above the ground?

A fear of heights doesn't influence piloting. Motion sickness can be overcome
by gradual experience.

A fear of heights is no less common among pilots than it is in the general
population. Motion sickness is also a problem for some pilots during their
pilot training, but they get over it.

Do they get 'dizzy spells' too?

The Starmaker writes:

Do they get 'dizzy spells' too?

Dizzy spells are much more likely to be pathological in both pilots and
non-pilots.

The Starmaker writes:

You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane!

I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"...
he was a pilot..flies airplanes...
he's a commercial pilot..

he has a 'fear of heights'.

Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of
heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A
pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or
off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true
for passengers with a fear of heights.

The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a
pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of
falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane.

Mxsmanic wrote:

The Starmaker writes:

You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane!

I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"...
he was a pilot..flies airplanes...
he's a commercial pilot..

he has a 'fear of heights'.

Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of
heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A
pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or
off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true
for passengers with a fear of heights.

The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a
pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of
falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane.


When I'm 10,000 feet in the air, ....I get this feeling of ...falling.

Mxsmanic wrote:

The Starmaker writes:

You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane!

I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"...
he was a pilot..flies airplanes...
he's a commercial pilot..

he has a 'fear of heights'.

Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of
heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A
pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or
off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true
for passengers with a fear of heights.

The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a
pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of
falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane.

Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure place?" like "inside an airplane??"

(who feels secure inside an airplane?)

You can feel 'fear of falling' laying on a floor!


Do you know where the 'fear of falling' comes from?

The Starmaker writes:

Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure
place?" like "inside an airplane??"

A fear of falling usually presents when a person is confronted with railings,
open edges, etc.--anything that might conceivably permit him to fall. Open
glass walls or floors, by extension, can trigger the fear also. But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

(who feels secure inside an airplane?)

Pilots and experienced passengers.

You can feel 'fear of falling' laying on a floor!

That would be very unusual.

Do you know where the 'fear of falling' comes from?

A fear of falling is wired in. All normal people have some degree of fear of
falling. Even babies automatically fear falling and heights. Only when it
becomes very extreme is it considered pathological and a phobia.

Fear of falling/heights can be aggravated by vestibular problems that affect
the ability to balance for walking and standing. Older people with such
problems often develop a strong fear of heights and falling (and justifiably
so, to some extent). Both fears tend to get worse with age in most people.
Women are more often affected than men.

On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.