Re:Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737, has disappeared...
by lolc on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:30AM
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Zero-g is very disorienting to humans. But an experienced pilot could probably handle it and push themselves towards the cockpit.
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Re:Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737, has disappeared...
by stretchcat on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:43PM
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An experienced airline pilot almost certainly has zero experience moving around in zero-g. Pilots just aren't trained for moving around a freefalling airplane. There are only a handful of 'vomit comets' in existence that could provide such training, and I've never heard of airline pilots being trained in them.
Re:Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737, has disappeared...
by lolc on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:30PM
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I didn't mean to say that pilots have zero-g training. I just assume that most pilots could handle zero-g enough to orient themselves towards the cockpit. But maybe that's optimistic.