Riders on the storm

Alan A Hillier · Post by **Alan A Hillier** » 14 Sep 2006, 00:04

There is a massive electric storm happening where I am right now...(Just after midnight)

Quite nice actually.absolutely pissing down..........bolts of lightning.............listening to some Alabama 3 music through headphones.........just watching as the lightning lights up the sky............

Al

Post by **PaulinLondon** » 14 Sep 2006, 08:06

I always wonder what goes through the mind of airline pilots as they steer their 624 ton aircraft through a violent electrical storm at night.

Post by **Toiler On The Sea** » 14 Sep 2006, 08:47

PaulinLondon wrote:I always wonder what goes through the mind of airline pilots as they steer their 624 ton aircraft through a violent electrical storm at night.

Probably not a lot, as apart from take-off and landing, the pilot does very little, most modern aircraft can actually do these duties as well, but they still have to have a pilot there.

Organ Grinder · Post by **Organ Grinder** » 14 Sep 2006, 17:51

PaulinLondon wrote:I always wonder what goes through the mind of airline pilots as they steer their 624 ton aircraft through a violent electrical storm at night.

Probably something along the lines of wishing they had a weather radar to steer through the gaps!

Post by **ravenlunatic** » 14 Sep 2006, 18:52

Toiler On The Sea wrote:
PaulinLondon wrote:I always wonder what goes through the mind of airline pilots as they steer their 624 ton aircraft through a violent electrical storm at night.
Probably not a lot, as apart from take-off and landing, the pilot does very little, most modern aircraft can actually do these duties as well, but they still have to have a pilot there.

An airline pilot once told me that you only need 1 man and his dog to fly a modern aircraft,--- the man is there to feed the dog and the dog is there to bite the man if he starts messing about with any of the buttons!!