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if u were on a plane and something happened to the pilot and copilot, and the aircrew asked if any1 had any experience and no1 did but u had played flight simulator and were really gd would u try and land the plane

If my life depended on it I'd probably take a shot...

i guess ya mite aswell if it were gonna crash anyway. if it were lined up to the runway, im not rite gd at turning but i can land

If my life depended on it I'd probably take a shot...

yes but you can already fly real planes
Isn't this every simmers wet dream? i would rather they didn't and left it to the flight crew who do have procedures for the event.

I'm gonna say this again.

playing FS will not make you a pilot.
You would likely fail if you ever tried to land a full scale commercial airliner.

I have passed the 737 Computer based training, but I wouldnt be confident in landing that beast without using dual autopilots and aim for autolanding.
I also hold a PPL.

I agree with Craig, it's a simmers dream scenario, but remember you're not sitting infront of a comp anymore, but rather have the life of hundreds of people in your hands.

I agree with Craig. It's never likely to happen but I'd rather have a go myself than sit there waiting for the inevitable. Think I'd be more worried about my skin than anyone else. If I save that there's a good chance for the others.

PS. Not that I have any experience with heavies in FS or anywhere else. The biggest aircraft I've ever had my grubby hands on is a Piper Aztec when the captain let me fly it from Shoreham to Jersey about 30 years ago. He didn't trust me to land it.

Yes I would...Yes I would...Yes I would LOL

Only for the following reasons:

(1) I would get to drink for free ...no questions asked
     You see I would order two beers right away to the cockpit...I can do that...as a retired Air Transport Rated Pilot I am GOD...right
I would drink the first beer to calm my nerves as I have not flown a real heavy in years....and it worked for the Battle of Britain pilots before going up...so history proves it would be okay to have it.
The second beer I would only drink half...the other half would be placed on the consol to act as my artificial horizon and to watch to see if the aircraft was in trim.

Usually if something goes wrong...like the aircrew being incapacitated then usually something else will go wrong, I found things usually happened in three's.

Now we have accomplished two things...I am calm and if we lose our instruments I have an artificial horizon I can rely on.

The second thing I would do is ask the back end crew to find me a really good cigar...since I do not get to smoke at home....I have never smoked cigarets but do enjoy a very good cigar once in awhile.
Since the old girl would not be in the cockpit I can get away with smoking it...don't forget now...right now I am GOD

So now we have accomplished three things:
(1) A calm qualified pilot at the helm
(2) A back up instrument system
(3) A happy pilot at the controls ready and willing to put
     your butt back on good old Terra Firma

What more could any screaming hysterical passenger ask for?????

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

LOL!
That was great Doug!!  ;D

Dave

After several horrid landings in a 172 yesterday, I don't know. I can land with the best of them in the sim, but in a real plane it's something different alltogether.

I would also give it a shot.  I wouldn't say that I could land a plane because of fs, but I think that I would probably have a better chance of getting it down safely enough to survive than someone who doesn't play fs or doesn't have any flying experiance.

damn straight jakemaster

Hey, who'd you want to put it down if you were in there? A flightsimmer or Joe Ordinary??

Oh... and it would have a funny effect on the passengers faces. Imagine a flight attendant asking over the intercomm: "Is there anyone aboard who knows how to play flight simulator?"  ;D

I'd have a go but only if:
A. The plane is a Spitfire.
B. Crashes and collisions are turned off.
C. The landing strip is the length of the one at Groom Lake to cope with my slightly fast landing speeds

Id give it a shot  ;D  Im sure if its a modern day airliner, at least itd have autoland