Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land Boeing 737

Re:Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land B... by UnoriginalGuy on Thursday February 18, 2016 @09:30AM (#11125932)

The video is fun but he makes it far more complicated than it really needed to be. Additionally the only useful piece of advice is the headset/microphone/etc, after that ATC will tell the surrogate EXACTLY what they need to do, down to the switch and position.

This video would be better split into two: One where they have no ATC contact, and another where they do.

But I strongly agree, if you have ATC contact they're going to do an ILS landing, even if that requires sending you to a bigger airport that has ILS and better ground support.

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Re:Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land B... by chmars on Thursday February 18, 2016 @11:54AM (#11127114)

You can only hope that ATC will find someone who can tell you exactly what do you … air traffic controllers are usually not pilots, i.e., they cannot help you with flying an aircraft …

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Re:Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land B... by JorgeGT on Thursday February 18, 2016 @12:33PM (#11127545)

Surely there will be a 737 pilot in the ATC frequency. Anywhere!

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Re:Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land B... by Someone1234 on Thursday February 18, 2016 @12:05PM (#11127242)

I'm 99.99% sure that's what most of the posters in this thread mean when they say ATC. "Ground" might be clearer but it is pretty obvious either way.

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