agreed. Gliding in a 777 takes a man with balls of steel

nice anim!~
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:36, archived)

Especially when you're only given a few seconds notice and the ground is coming up awfully fast.
The fact that some of the passengers thought it was just a bumpy landing is quite amazing.
( Colonel Boris beer is small here, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:39, archived)

Yes
but it's not as if he volunteered.

His other choice was death, so it's hardly a surprise that he did what he was trained to do instead.

/cynic blog
( finnbar the occasional acid flashback, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:40, archived)

Hmm.
But he could have panicked. If this had been one of a lot of other airlines with less emphasis on training and we'd be having silences at football matches, etc.
( Colonel Boris beer is small here, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:43, archived)

^
now shut up Finnbar and put the kettle on
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:46, archived)

Coffee!
(please)
( Colonel Boris beer is small here, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

nearly forgot
woo!
( finnbar the occasional acid flashback, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:48, archived)

Lack of cafeine means me go bed now.
night night!
( Colonel Boris beer is small here, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:54, archived)

You read my mind.
*puts kettle on*
*goes back to laying new floor*
( finnbar the occasional acid flashback, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

For all we know he screamed like a girl and shat himself.

Still, if that's what it takes to get it down safely, I take my hypothetical hat off to him.
:D
( finnbar the occasional acid flashback, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:46, archived)

You haven't lived until you've flown Lao Airlines.
And if you've flown Lao Airlines, don't take it for granted that you'll live.

I was sat next to an extremely nervous girl from New York, who had spent days telling me how much she hated flying. The first thing I did was read the safety card, which told me about the life-jacket under the seat.

I decided not to tell her that there were no life-jackets under the seats.
( The Hedgehog From Hell 's days are numbered, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

"His other choice was death"
...or cake.
(Gyrate is watching you masturbate, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 23:59, archived)

if you've got to bounce a Boeing...
... might I suggest practising somewhere a bit safer?


(one of only 2 FPs I ever made, back when I was oh so young...)
( stereoroid yes, I'm a-Twit-ter, same name, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:53, archived)

How long did that take?!?!
have a 'woo'

( Colonel Boris beer is small here, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:56, archived)

took longer to optimise than to make
and it's still 300kB (sorry). It's made up of MS FS screenshots.
( stereoroid yes, I'm a-Twit-ter, same name, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 23:00, archived)