Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f...
by sandworm101 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:18AM
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Yes. They use left/right. Port/starboard is useful when you have a crew of people running around doing jobs aboard a three-dimensional ship. Pilots are never more than two people sitting in fixed seats facing forwards. It is a much more linear environment than a ship.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f...
by adrianmonk on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:38PM
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More linear does make sense. "Full astern" is a thing for ships but not planes.
But it makes me wonder about helicopter pilots. Do they say left and right?