Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane
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From: Mxsmanic on 10 Jul 2010 02:10 The Starmaker writes: > You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane! > > I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"... > he was a pilot..flies airplanes... > he's a commercial pilot.. > > he has a 'fear of heights'. Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true for passengers with a fear of heights. The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane.
From: Mxsmanic on 10 Jul 2010 02:12 The Starmaker writes: > I'm sorry..I appologize..I just don't get it..I just don't > understand... How does one get a license to fly a commercial > plane who throws up if he's 2 inches above the ground? A fear of heights doesn't influence piloting. Motion sickness can be overcome by gradual experience. A fear of heights is no less common among pilots than it is in the general population. Motion sickness is also a problem for some pilots during their pilot training, but they get over it.
From: Wingnut on 10 Jul 2010 04:18 On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:57:09 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote: > Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:58 -0700, Hatunen wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0500, Jim Logajan <JamesL(a)Lugoj.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: >>>>> I'm about as sane as they come. >>>> >>>>The Wingnut sanity clause. Oh my. >>> >>> There ain't no sanity clause. >> >> Nonetheless, I'm about as sane as they come. > > And one flew over the cuckoo's nest. If that's intended to suggest that I'm as nutty as that book's protagonist, well I hate to tell you this but you're wrong. Sorry. :-)
From: The Starmaker on 10 Jul 2010 15:47 Mxsmanic wrote: > > The Starmaker writes: > > > You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane! > > > > I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"... > > he was a pilot..flies airplanes... > > he's a commercial pilot.. > > > > he has a 'fear of heights'. > > Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of > heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A > pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or > off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true > for passengers with a fear of heights. > > The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a > pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of > falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane. When I'm 10,000 feet in the air, ....I get this feeling of ...falling.
From: The Starmaker on 10 Jul 2010 15:50
Mxsmanic wrote: > > The Starmaker writes: > > > I'm sorry..I appologize..I just don't get it..I just don't > > understand... How does one get a license to fly a commercial > > plane who throws up if he's 2 inches above the ground? > > A fear of heights doesn't influence piloting. Motion sickness can be overcome > by gradual experience. > > A fear of heights is no less common among pilots than it is in the general > population. Motion sickness is also a problem for some pilots during their > pilot training, but they get over it. Do they get 'dizzy spells' too? |