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I'm not a pilot. Can I land a 737?
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- Published on Oct 14, 2022 veröffentlicht
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For the folks who've seen Joe Hanson's video: we had the same idea at about the same time, and he got his out first! I caught up with Joe a few weeks ago at a conference, gave him a heads up, and we're all good.
Nothing about gears. Why?
@username not at the airlines I know…
You should get yourself MSFS and all the gear, it's great fun, ah, and also a good top spec PC.
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Well done - And now VQPR - Paro for the next landing, please! 😉
Very interesting to see that Tom almost immediately seems to forget it's a simulator, and genuinely seems to panic.
That's because he's a scared nerd. He has been terrified in every single potentially dangerous situation in his videos. He be afraid up a ladder.
I don’t get this …. What did he actually DO !!??
i’ve been in one of these before it’s actually incredibly realistic my hands where sweating while I was in control
These simulators feel way too real even with motion disengaged. With motion engaged they must be terrifying
@Adam Treaster most likely prepar3d actually, that’s what’s used commercially sometimes or some other more professional simulator
As a 737 pilot myself, I can tell you that your touchdown was actually a bit hard indeed but wouldn't have been a crash landing by itself, these simulators are unable to simulate off-runway landings and it gave you a crash visual because you landed partly on the grass. Great job !
@SolidTurtle some jokes don't land, sometimes you just got to take the L
So a failure of the autopilot?
The simulator manufacturer need to buy the physical engine from EA
@Muck006 it is a joke, why is everyone so mad lmao
@SolidTurtle Ahhh ... the classic "it's just a joke, bro" defense ... when someone said something stupid.
"Tom I need you to listen carefully. It's not actually a simulator. We put you in an actual 737 through a secret door"
Enders Plane
Enders Game
Poor tom😂😂
That definitely is a good one !
😂😂😂😂😂
Tom: "THE PLANE IS SPINNING INTO A NOSEDIVE, THERE IS MASSIVE WIND NOISE, BITS ARE FALLING OFF, EVERYONE IS SCREAMING"
Mentour: "yep, that's completey normal, you can disregard that, now set the altitude knob to 3000"
Hahahahahahhahaa.... FUNNY1
21:09
“Standby, flying…”
Despite the stress, panic, and information overload, Tom still manages to crack out lines like this. Brilliant 😂
Rule Nr. 1: Fly the aircraft!
@Thorinbur "aviate, navigate, comunicate" is what Petter repeats always in his analysis
And that is actualy what he should be doing. I think the saying is: aviate, navigate, comunicate? As in in case of overload flying ( maintaining controll) is your primary and only concern. Then navigate, (make sure you are flying where you want and are supposed to) and lastly comunicate.
As someone with horrible flight anxiety, I wish I could have Petter's voice in my ear going "yep yep perfectly normal" the entire time 😅
As they often say the drive to the airport is more dangerous than the flight. You have nothing to worry about, there are many people paying attention and working to make sure your flight happens safely and many computers and systems designed to be as reliable as possible.
maybe he should do a pre-landing podcast for people about to land in a real plane XD . or i could mix him in to a song track saying that sentence over and over again for you if you like. how long do you want it to go for?
Save some of his videos to your phone and watch them while flying. he is reassuring about a lot of common fears in his videos
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I used to have some flight anxiety, but Petter and a lot of other aviation Clip-Share channels have helped put my mind at ease. Worth subscribing to him if you haven't!
Tom is now qualified to be a pilot for Ryanair.
Your forgetting spirit
It wasn’t a Ryanair 737 that’s why he had problems
@Finn i mean there is such things as auto land yes
@Rohan Turn off you phones so you can't film and publish it if something goes bad 😁 Lufthansa just tried to do that after a bad turbulence (ordered people to delete their media) and they failed miserably.
As a 737 Captain myself, I can say that you did a fantastic job!
@Mikoto some runways may have sudden drop in windspeed too removing ground effect.
@John Airey it’s not accidental. Ryanair doesn’t like go arounds so many prefer to slam their planes into the runway.
@Mouloudvi oh yea true, they use airbuses
I personally think we should not be telling young jihadi anything about flying planes / curvature of earth.
@YoungJihadi there is this thing called gravity that keeps the plane from endlessly flying off into space so it's actually riding on the air, which is why the pilot actually has to pull the stick towards him to deflect the plane enough to where it keeps straight and level flight and doesn't sink to the ground like a rock, because you know? Gravity. Not that difficult if you actually read into the concept....
Petter's channel is excellent, and he does super analysis of accidents. One thing that he highlights often is the confusion caused by task saturation when things are going wrong. I think Tom demonstrates this well, when on the "easy level" Petter has to remind him that if his speed was 290 knots and it is now 260 knots, then yes it is reducing.
@Dennis The Menace found the vatnik troll
@Alexis Borden OK, if everything is ok with boeing, why they keep loosing money year after year? They used to have rnd in moscow, and also used russian titanium. Now, no rnd in moscow, and no titanium supply. Meanwhile MC21 got certified with ПД14 engine. those are facts. Are you sure it's me who's getting the situation backwards?
@Dennis The Menace Ok no, you have the parts situations backwards, Boeing is still getting all of its parts that are made elsewhere and still using them ok. I don't know if they were getting Russian parts before, but they certainly have options to replace those sources. Meanwhile Russian aviation industry was getting a lot of parts from out of country and now can't and domestic industry can't produce all the required parts for operations. Regardless of what you think of the political situation, that's simply the state of each nation's respective aircraft industry.
@Dennis The Menace Most people don't these days, you know - for reasons. Wonder why.
@SpruceMaroose yes I support Russians, you have any problem with that?
I was on the edge of my seat with this one... really enjoyed it. When he was lining up for runway and missed the approach angle it was clear that his sense of scale suddenly left him. The 737's nose dipped and he immediately pulled the controls up. I think he must have thought he was 10ft off the ground. Bringing a commercial jet in to land in real life when you are a newly qualified pilot and you have 140 souls on board must be terrifying even with all the support tech and an experienced co-pilot sat next to you. I have the utmost respect for these guys.
*_"Bringing a commercial jet in to land in real life when you are a newly qualified pilot and you have 140 souls on board must be terrifying even with all the support tech and an experienced co-pilot sat next to you."_* - I understand the sentiment here, but in practice it's not really any different from learning to drive a car. Most people are sufficiently confident (even if that confidence is misplaced) by the time they get their driver's licence. Likewise, that confidence is there by the time you get your pilot's licence, and the likes of the CAA make sure to the best of their ability that such confidence is not misplaced, through rigorous training. (Disclaimer: not a pilot, but was into flight simulators for quite a while.)
Petter should start a series where he tries to coach Clip-Sharers to do the same thing that you two have done. Thoroughly enjoyed that video! Did not expect a duet from you two!
Actually cool idea
I volunteer for this! (I'm a private pilot, so I'd have an advantage.)
"Standby, flying" whilst it appears (and is) funny, shows surprisingly good airmanship from Tom. Flying the aircraft is should always be the number one priority. It sounds obvious, but when you have ATC calling you, alarms or notifications going off, and perhaps most worryingly - no idea where you are - it can be difficult to focus on keeping the plane in the air.
Tom has made a living from going through his bucket list. Respect.
@Yarrow Bedwin So Tom is making a living from going through others bucket lists as well? :D
Fly safe
it was like 26 minutes only or less.
@Mr.Legend it's called editing and sorry to point it out to you but he doesn't land the plane, maybe try watching the video
The video was cut too much and a lot of things were adjusted by cutting the video. It is never possible for a passenger to land the plane by giving a remote command.
I love how Tom kept forgetting it's a simulator and genuinely went into a panic at times. You can hear how loud his voice becomes at times.
And trying not to swear 😂
I love the "Airplane!" "we're all counting on you..." line. Surely, you can't be serious!
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
I am serious.. and don't call me shirley
Ya went right over Toms head
I was desperate for someone to make an Airplane! joke, and Petter did not disappoint me.
I've been in several realistic simulators and a few motion sims, and I always love the "flair" the programmers throw into it with the "Red screen" when you crash. Really "scares" you no matter how many times you see it. The realism is amazing, even for those of us which have done it a lot and been a part of developing sims. That means it works!
Kudos for that "I just want to with you both good luck, we're all counting on you" reference.
Sheer brilliance.
@Idiotic Productions I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
Surely you can’t be serious
Chuck Yeager once said “if you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing”.
So by that metric this was a good landing, but it’d be impressive if Tom crashed a simulator so badly he didn’t walk away.
... and the parts are roughly scattered along the runway.
another happy landing
And if you can use the aircraft again it was an excellent landing!
@Squillz Back when I played it, my favourite was that one Soviet WW2 plane that would flip onto its nose if you came in even slightly too fast, and then 90% of the time you'd still get the "Soft Landing" XP bonus.
@ray lxh higher, so high *ahh ahh ahh, ahh ahh ah ah*
I'm a flight instructor and I've flown a MAX sim once. It flew like a plane, but that only works if you know what you're doing kinda sorta so this was really fun to see! Way to go, Tom!
Where can you fly these sims? Is it available for the public ? If so how much ?
where do you work
I'm really impressed with Pettier's tone and guidance: clear, practical, assured, but also dynamic and in the moment. It's cool how an expert can create a detailed mental model of what's going on, even when they're miles away!
As a 737 autopilot myself. I can say you did a great job!
"I just want to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you" was the perfect reference for Petter to make at that moment
My favourite part was how calm Petter was talking whilst looking at a map showing you waltzing above the Irish Sea.
The only reason that this even remotely worked, is Tom's communication skills. I've seen very few people control their communication so well in stressful situations as Tom does.
@Speedy Tech Guides That's is his job
@Cloudman Isnt Petter a licensed trainer... ?
@Cloudman It's okay. We won't miss you. Toodles 👍
@Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis Most people speak less clearly, and that's not counting emergency situations. And that includes most actual pilots as well.
His voice is painfully annoying - surprised mentour didn’t give up
I've been working for CAE for a few years as an engineer and its amazing to see how much people enjoy them while we are so used to them :D
This is incredibly interesting. I've always heard that with newer planes you wouldn't even have to take the stick to ever land and that seems to be very true, at least in worst case scenarios
That was amazing, I was at the edge of my seat the entire video, very very well done, glad that Its you doing the piloting because you're quite a smart fellow! and good at communicating! keep it up :)
I love how they use military-like phrasing, it makes it feel so much more real
Just finished training a new guy at our refinery, and so much of that training was about just getting the basics right, and allowing the more advanced stuff to come later on the job. Note, it was a full 3 months training for the position, and in my own experience, still 1 year on the job to get fully experienced. Anyway, I'm so going to show him this, so he knows whatever mistakes he makes, he isn't gonna land a 737 on the taxiway. No shade on the guy making the attempt, he did as good as most could be expected.
I like how Tom didn't even mention that he literally flew a plane blind for a little bit.
@Bacon Wizard I don't like your profile picture
@Kevin imagine unironically using the word Karen
@#1 guy said your mom when i stuck it down the wrong pfp
@Gideon McKinlay oh damn
As a 747 passenger I must say you did a great job 👍
That was great. I really enjoyed watching that. I think you did great trying to land an airliner with no one else in the cockpit to lighten the load. Remember, if autopilot is a crew member, you were down two.
The autopilot made the landing look easy vs the attempt to land manually, Mentourpilot staying calm and staying on point show why training is important.
As a frequent flier passanger, I can confirm that the landing was better than expected
Haha how fun... as a flight simmer we all dream for this opportunity (but probably really wouldn't want to be in it...) Love Mentour Pilot's videos too... thanks guys!
"if you clicked on this thinking that someone had miraculously given an idiot an actual jumbo jet to land.. no"
The genuine blunt explanation is why we love you Tom.
@vee_g0rilla cry me a river🎵🎼
this genuinely is one of the most amazing things about Tom, he has such a specific energy that differs from every other Clip-Sharer, like, he's remarkably good at identifying our emotions lmao
It's not that hard bro. If you focus on flying, and less on being a systems engineer, it's not hard.
@Mike Doragh i totally thought it was gonna be jumbo
That! ...... and the fact that a 737 isn't a Jumbo anyway! (That would be a 747! ) ;)
I like the way he handles encouragement. He's a good teacher
0:12: I’m only ~10 seconds in, and I already really enjoy Petter’s sincere confirmation nods/shakes to punctuate Tom’s commentary, followed by beaming smiles 😃 In my head canon this happened spontaneously and I will not entertain the idea of this being planned 🙉 …I’ll get back to actually watching the video now 😊
Ahhhhhhhhhh, so sad you weren't able to get that second landing! I think you did just about as good as any regular civilian could. Thanks for the great content!
If there's one thing I've learned from watching aviation channels (74 Gear, in particular), it's to, "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate," and Tom did that spectacularly 21:12
This had me on the edge of my seat! Great video!
The amount of stress I experienced even though this is a video of a simulation is astonishing
I have to say I don't even mind this sponsorship way. It was straight to the point, honest and didn't intrude much. Thank you
The video was cut too much and a lot of things were adjusted by cutting the video. It is never possible for a passenger to land the plane by giving a remote command.
Ublock origin and sponsorblock. Literally two of the best plugins. No pointless shilling to me for things I don't want.
@Tarakivu also a youtube vanced user i see
@Brighteyes Seven that was I thought too when I saw it. No need to make it sound like a chore.
Sponsorblock caught it so I had to go back and watch it. I wish I could whitelist ads like this.
As a pilot, I really enjoyed this. Not bad with the 737 with no experience!!
Awesome, two of my favorite Clip-Sharers. Is this the old “can a pilot talk a non-pilot down for a successful landing” scenario?
Damnn whoever created the autopilot is genius. Having the plane to just do stuff automatically it’s crazy! Damnnn
I never would have thought seeing Mentour Pilot and Tom Scott collabing! Tom Scott, Mentour Pilot. You too are my favourite Clip-Sharers. Just how chill, informative, and lovely your videos are! :)
Such a nice surprise to see you together with Petter! I've been following him for years. And kudos for making it that far without the autopilot. That's not an easy task!
Not just without A/P, but seemingly without the FDs
As a pilot this is hilarious to watch. Absolutely loved it.
If it has an engine it is not real flying. Bloody fnc (fuel to noise converters). 😏
@AZ Card Guy I think that's the better way around for it to be. As a passenger you wouldn't want to hear your pilots saying "It was a lot easier in the simulator" moments before attempting to land your flight :)
@Minimus Max So what if he does? He can still proudly call himself a pilot, and every single airline pilot also started flying in a small single-engine aircraft. They just moved on to drive the bus as well. Once you have tasted the freedom of flight, you are a pilot.
I bet you fly a cessna and go around talking to airline pilots like you're equal
@MasterYoshitaka
And at the place where I went it’s 440 NOK for half an hour in a two-person simulator, so while it’s more expensive than most half-hour entertainments, it’s hardly prohibitively so.
I just finished my helicopter training and I really appreciated the effort there Tom.
With all my system and aviation knowledge I don't think I would have faired much better with manual controls ^^
Hi Tom. I have spend many years flying in sim, including a very realistic PMDG simulator for the 737. I friend of mine is a training captain like Petter and he gave me the chance to have a go in an identical simulator to that one.....but with me doing everything, from starting the aircraft (electrics, hydraulics, engines) to taxiing, take off and landing and you are right - it is incredible how utterly believeable it is.
These things look like they are easier to land than a small private plane. Kudos! And Tom did a nice job. One would hope that at least the senior Flight Attendants get familiarized with this procedure. All good wishes.
Love Petter! A pilots perspective on plane disasters
The more I see these great clips of flying and crashes the more I believe it's pure luck that the planes have such a good safety record :)
I'm actually really impressed by this. Not just being able to follow the instructions - the "Standby, flying" as others have pointed out was absolutely perfect. Getting the priorities straight.
Tom also communicated really well by the end. Clear and concise messages. He did include a lot of information that wasn't all that important at the time, but he didn't know that. What information he did communicate, he communicated efficiently.
That's better than some private pilots I hear on the radio ;)
I'm sure Tom have heard "aviate, navigate, communicate" before. :-)
i loved how often he did a readback to confirm the instuctions "descend to 4000 ft" "descending to 4000" etc it makes me really want to try it
I have to say I don't even mind this sponsorship way. It was straight to the point, honest and didn't intrude much. Thank you
Petter is an AMAZING instructor! I have always wanted to fly (not in an emergency situation) and can imagine he has taught many. Thank you both for this wonderful video!
omg these simulators looks fantastic! very realistic. i would looooove to try it :)
OMG IM subbed to this guy, his videos are extremely informative to geeks like me who are fascinated by airplanes. Love this!! ❤
I once had an amazing experience in the full motion flight sim as a simmer and although I didn't nail it, the instructor was quite impressed with my manual landing. Smooth and dead center. I had a little trouble with steering on the ground though. I'd love to do that again but this time in a real 737 simulator!
Tom, next time: GO AROUND and try again hahaha!
This guy does a great job explaining everything.
Tom’s “stand by, flying” had me chuckling. Even with him panicking it’s a perfect demonstration of Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. That said that landing attempt should really have been a go around. Great collab, nice work Tom!
@Ken T No, Tom probably had a case of Get There-itis
I too wished to see a go-around, but really the point had been made -- manual approach and landing is a balancing act that's overwhelming to the uninitiated, even when conditions and the plane are forgiving.
I subscribed to you, I really like your playlists you’ve made
If he was a trained pilot, I would agree. But go-arounds are very complicated maneuvers. For a trained pilot, it's a skill that's practiced and rehearsed enough that it should be a non-issue. But for a non-pilot to attempt one with automation off, the upward pitch change due to thrust added would most likely lead straight into a stall, and a crash from an even higher altitude, possibly outside of the airport perimeter.
If there were planes on the taxiway, that would probably be a different story, but if there were planes there he probably wouldn't have tried to land on it.
@Nigmin I don't think most pilots would describe 10:00 as a go around. I certainly wouldn't. He hadn't even started descending yet. A go around is a very specific maneuver, usually low to the ground (
Did the simulation provide a video of your crash? Would have been good to see how badly you impacted the runway.
I work at Moog, the primary flight control contractor for the project. We just had a meeting today with the developers (now chiefs and heads of the software dept) of the Boeing 737 control laws. Absolutely mind blowing engineering. Great video!
hear,hear
Remember: You can always abort landing, go around and try it again. Don't force it unless it's engine failure or you are in a glider.
Nice in-panic-communication from both: clear, good tempo, read back...
Even outside of an aeroplane the pilot sounds like a pilot speaking to the passengers
What you have to do with someone like this, is have him fly much further out and turn back again towards the runway to give him a very very long final he can align to. That gives him much more time to bring the aircraft into a proper position..
21:09 Tom actually exhibits one of the key principles of flying: Aviate, (then) Navigate, (then) Communicate.
Priority 1 is always flying your plane safely
Priority 2 is knowing where you’re going
Priority 3 is communicating
@Mr.Legend as are you, thank you for not spaming my inbox.
Aye thinking the same
@Yildryn you are completely wrong
@Zyphe 🏴 you are completely wrong
@Zyphe 🏴 You don't know anything. you are talking nonsense.
Damn i always knew auto-pilot was a thing as this vague concept, but i did not know it could handle this much, thats so incredibly cool, and weirdly makes me trust airplanes that bit more
Thanks for doing it without the autopilot. Landing a plane with all the bells and whistles like a 737MAX that can land itself is one thing, but showing how much more difficult it is to land a plane without all the aides shows how much training really is required and how skillful some pilots are.
I love that you’re keeping your videos so well paced, not stretching anything into unnecessary length! And awesome content!
I worked at CAE who makes the simulator Tom is in for almost 10 years, what a blast.
I'm so jealous of an experience like this! Looks so fun.
Cannot begin to express how much joy i felt in seeing tom silently yelling about not knowing what he's supposed to be look at
@yeti feti Probably Petter's biggest mistake here; otherwise he explained everything nicely but it's hard not to call a thing what it's called and instead use a term general public would call it for the sake of the novice pilot. 🙂
"What's a glare shield????"
These flight sim videos better be building up to "Tom Scott lands a real aircraft using a computer brain interface"
Oddly enough he's now the most experienced pilot for frontier
I would watch this as a weekly tv show. Land with no autopilot and win $10,000!
Interesting that he didn't mention to avoid pressing on the top of the rudder pedals when trying to stay on the centre line, which would disable the braking in the autopilot!
He then would have had to quickly explain proper braking! 😊
Great video, quite the experience!
I just crack up watching this, I'm a flight instructor so I see the exact same stuff everyday haha and i've been through it all so I get that feeling of stress you're going through.
11:39 PETTER: “I just want to tell you good luck, we’re all counting on you!” 🤣👍✈️
Can we get a heart monitor for Tom on videos like this? I would love to see his heartrate on different aspects such as approach to landing.
Great idea, though Tom's heart rate reads straight from his face :)
Yes!!
That's so cool, I love this. I'd love to have a go of this myself. I have MS Flight Simulator, but it would be so good to do it with the motion sim too.
This looks like a ton of fun to do, I wish I can do a simulation like this on day.
This looks like so much fun haha. Though I probably would panic like Tom did and probably have crashed much worse!
Fascinating! I get that they can simulate banking, pitch, and climb….but how on earth do they simulate speed? I’m honestly baffled. Thanks for this amazing collab; so nice to see Mentour Pilot Petter! 🛩 👨🏼✈️
I’d imagine it’s a mix of tilt and a bit of mind trickery. With Tom seeing the movement plus feeling a slight bit I feel like he would be tricked into feeling like he’s actually moving
To the extent i understand this: accseliration is simulated by tilting backwards, deceleration by tilting forwards. The ear isn't good at differentiating and its been mentioned in several of the crash videos on mentour pilot.
There's no need to simulate speed, only changes in speed. I presume there is a slight bias on the cage's movement to slowly move it back to center when there isn't simulated movement.
Loved the "Good luck, and we're all counting on you." (He should have said it twice).
For those who've seen Joe Hanson's similar video: yep, we filmed the same idea at about the same time, and he got his video out much earlier! I met Joe a few weeks ago, gave him a heads up, and we're all good.
Tom you killed 120 pac. But they'll come back alive.
@Peter Pan Too long
Why is this not on the main channel?
Tom! Be kinder to yourself. You don't call other people idiots (to their face ;)) why would you call yourself an idiot?
Sure….
If I ever get to Dublin, this will be top of my list to go to. I find it so incredibly cool but also because they allowed Tom to make this awesome video for us to enjoy.
Tom is now qualified to fly a Spirit Airlines flight
This reminds me of the ITV show “The Krypton Factor” in which in one round they had to land a plane, and it certainly wasn’t this complicated when they did it.
it wouldve been unconfutable but that wouldnt result in death, that was a good save honestly, would probs have some gear damage though. Good job Tom
I just love the idea of someone thinking Tom Scott actually tried to land a 737.
Every time he said "that's normal" I felt like he could have been lying just to keep Tom from falling apart in a panic.
Pilots are trained to never panic about anything. Even when they're fukd. Many of them will try to fix the problem until they crash. They never stop trying. Listening to cockpit recordings of crashes really gives you an understanding of how much these Pilots remain calm. They are conditioned to never give up. And even during stimulation training they are forbidden from playing around with it. They have to give your all no matter what.
Tbh all of the things that Petter said "that's normal" about really are entirely normal things to happen when flying airliners, from the autopilot making pitch & heading maneuvers to the auto-trim to the various alarms and call-outs in the cabin. But to someone like Tom who doesn't know about all of these things, this huge, complicated machine just doing things all on its own seemingly unprompted can be quite the terrifying experience!
@NCOT Technology the ground does come quickly. Usually in a 737 doing 140ish knots you have between -700 and -800 ft per minute on final
Its like code for "of course [that] is happening because you dont know what youre doing!"
@tim J Considering it's a Bristishman wearing a Red Shirt who never flew a plane. It's going about as well as could be expected.
No one is commenting that Tom went from being downwind to suddenly being on the localizer with the glide slope captured?! I was very interested in seeing Peter talk Tom through the steps of programming the ILS or FMS.
I was absolutely terrified just watching it. Well done for keeping your cool!
Love how he thinks it is turning "heavily" :D It is turning just the same as they always do :D please do more aviation stuff, this was great!
In the last 20 seconds, Tom going "I'm not above the runway by the way, I'm going to land on the taxiway" and the guy just going "............ ok." 🤣
What a Wonderful Pairing! Tom Scott & Mentour Pilot's Petter. I cant wait to see how difficult this is for novice.
It is super cool how mentour pilot is super chill and has time to explain stuff to tom, but tom is panicking because he forgets that it is just a simulator!
@Vigilant Cosmic Penguin absolutely. the one thing that will scare someone who's trying to do something hard even more than the actual danger... is sounding panicked as the person telling them what to do.
It's something I learned in military training, if you want the other guy to stay calm, be calm yourself.
If the scenario happened in real life, I think it'd be ideal for the air traffic control operator to remain calm like that.
@Caleb Crow yup it definitely was Kelsey who mentioned that. Another great aviation youtuber.
As for Petter, it's literally his job to explain things to people in the pilot's seat (and he's great at it). Though I imagine they usually aren't panicking as much as Tom was :D
Ironically enough, that's how it's meant to be. I think it was 74Gear who once described getting in a situation in a simulator where he gave up, and got chewed out by the instructor because that violates "never stop flying the aircraft."
"Good luck, we're all counting on you." Is a reference to "Airplane!" for those of you too young to know the film. That's why Tom was laughing so hard.
"I just want to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you". What a lovely touch.