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Old April 19th, 2018, 01:18 AM   #34271
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Originally Posted by otokonomidori View Post
I didn't say it wasn't different . Although the two airline pilots I know have both told me that simulators are incredibly realistic in terms of the flight characteristics of a given plane and situation

My point is that all airline pilots constantly train for just such events as decompression and engine failure so there was nothing particularly "heroic" about the performance of this particular pilot .
This is 2018.
Failure to wet one's pants at the slightest thing is now classified as "heroism."
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