Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated

Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by AtNightWeCode on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:02PM (#31344318)

I think most people would be screwed cause there seems to a lot of different ways to get the radio to work in the first place. At least for larger planes.

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by GekkePrutser on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @08:24PM (#31347741)

The pilot would have had the radio tuned to the appropriate frequency already and talking is just a button on the yoke.

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by AtNightWeCode on Monday May 16, 2022 @04:54PM (#31403027)

And pushing the button does nothing. I believe you must hold it.

Considering the amount of Zoom, Teams, Huddles and Google meets meetings I been into over the last couple of years I would be surprised if a majority of people fix this.

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by eru on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:22AM (#31349255)

Or the pilot would have turned it to some frequency where somebody else was listening, and chances are the guy on the other side could give you instructions for how to get help.

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