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well done for getting it down safely

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Suzie

Hear hear, I'll bet a few of those passengers went and bought a lottery ticket

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Not to want to put a damper on this but.....

A: It is his job to land the plane safely.
B: He has a big intrest in making sure he don't kill himself.

The jobs not all about how many hostesses you can get in your hotel room.

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I think its called a vested interest

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Lady Jana Muck

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...and that's called a perk!

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Hazel
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update Sun 30/11/2008......Indoor Allotmenteering too!.....

You grouch!

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Apparently, the landing gear didn't come down properly?
I think the pilot deserves some credit for getting the plane down more or less in one piece, after all, it's the job of a train driver to get his passengers to their destination without crashing but the last one got called 'a hero' for not abandoning his post when he knew it was going to..?!

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Sarah

“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

Too right!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I bet they will need to replace the driving seat.

My last two flights to Germany have been a bit harey in places! Flight before last there was horrendous turbulence, so much so that at one point I actually lifted out of my seat (I currently weigh in at 17 1/2 st), fortunately I one of the flyers that leave my seatbelt on when seated as per instruction. On the last flight (8th January) the plane landed on one wheel when we touched down, then two, then finally all three (technically there are more than three wheels, but you get my drift).

Good work Mr BA Pilot I say!

Looking forward to my next flight already!

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I listened to an interview a while back on R2 with a BA Pilot - he said 'if you are scared of flying, remember - we (the pilots) actually want to get home as well, so we will do all we can to ensure a safe landing'

So I say again - well done that man

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Suzie

Indeed! I know it was 'his job' but how many people would have lost their cool in similar circumstances? Good man!

We used to live next door to one of the chief engineers for one of the budget airlines. If you ever wanted to be put off flying, a half hour conversation with him should sort you out!

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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A pilot did tell me once that the landing at Sumburgh (Shetland) was the third most difficult in Europe. No idea if it was true, but on the old runway the lighthouse on the cliff was horrendously close to the end of the runway and the plane had to take off and bank immediately and when coming to land skirt the lighthouse on a bank, level out and land immediately. Saabs with 42 passengers on board!

The new runway is better, with no obstructions but with sidewinds it can be a bit hairy coming in sideways!

I applaude these chaps and chappesses regularly for their brilliance in landing in such difficult conditions.

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Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
~ Mary Kay Ash

Jennie, I'm not sure about this but I have been told that landing in Samos is one of the top three dodgiest. I've been there and the plane has to do figure of eights around two mountains whilst losing height.

I've been in two really hairy flight situations. Thinks, um, OK got it. 1962. We were flying from Cork to Bristol. Someone (young) said " Mum the propeller's not going round", her mother patiently explained that you can't see the propeller going round 'cos it's too fast". " But Mum I CAN see the propeller".

We landed at Shannon to keep the wing up.

Second hairy incident. I was flying back from a business trip in Amsterdam in October 1987. Tail end of a major storm. They tried to take my drink away 'cos it was in a glass rather than plastic. I hid it under the tray. I bloody needed it.

I've never been afraid of flying since. It's a magic box. You get in it. It is obviously much too heavy to get off the ground. you get out in another place - magic!!

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ROFLMAO - superb Janie!

Just imagine the scene:
TD: please give me your drink ma'am
J: why?
TD: because we are going in for a crash landing and it may hurt you
J: which will hurt me the most, the broken glass or the crash landing?
TD: I don't know the outcome of the crash landing, but we can't afford to take the chance
J: b*gger off TD, but before you bu*ger off please leave that gin bottle here there's a good girl

I totally agree - it's magic, I love love love it and I love the most dangerous bits, fast take off eeeeeeeee and diving down for landing
*books flight

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Suzie

I love flying - I didn't do any from when I was 7 months old to when I was 25 years old - but I have racked up some serious airmiles since then. I have been on everything from an 8 seater to a Boeing 777, short and long haul. Have had lots of bumps during flight (I'm like HW, I keep my belt fastened when seated although I loosen it once we have levelled out), and bumpy landings (some pilots like to give you a rodeo experience) but never a serious incident. A few "go arounds" on landing alright (one in Geneva was fun cos we had to go out through the mountains and back in again along the lake, so it takes about 20 mins to try again).

One thing that really killed me about having the toddler was that I missed a major work trip to Hong Kong (a seriously long flight!! was more upset about that than losing the work part) and it meant that I couldn't travel for a year after I came back. I was 3 days past the official "cannot fly" date when I came home from my last trip before the toddler arrived (and I burst into tears on takeoff cos I was going to miss it so much - the flying part most of all). But even though I am at a different desk, I have managed to get airbourne a few times in the past 6 months and hope that it will happen again soon.

fair play to the pilot though - yes he wanted to get down too, but it sounds like he was pretty darn close to the road and houses, so getting everyone down, in one piece (more or less) and only having a couple of minor injuries, was a darn good achievement.

Makes you appreciate the years of training and regular re-testing they go through!

Planes are safer that cars - seems to me that any idiot can get a driving licence but you have to be damn good to get a pilots licence!

Some of us idiots haven't even got driving licenses!

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yep, I was given mine at age 19!! I doubt there'd be too many 19 year old pilots.

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Suzie

I wouldn't even like to describe some of the Shetland internal flights I've had going out in a small 8 seater to Fair Isle and Foula (the far flungs!) - for my work I might add. And there's no G&T or toilet on board!

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OH and my brother fly twice a month, in choppers. I hate them going, they hate flying and they loathe choppers, but they have to; I am so grateful to every pilot for getting them both home safe every time.

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