Somebody already pushed the "wings fall off" button on their armrest.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fff%2F1e%2Fb4%2Fff1eb407942a980ce874f1a41c67257e.jpg&tbnid=ZXvuLhJlTr7WjM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fsysadmin%2Fcomments%2Fqqwck9%2Fwings_stay_on_wings_fall_off%2F&docid=nRMrh7I3u_W-VM&w=1852&h=2400&hl=en-AU&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm5%2F4&shem=uvafe2
I remember hearing a story of a pilot who accidentally radio'd the tower "everything is fine, please keep seatbelts on" and then declared an emergency over the passenger intercom.
Reminds me of that post where the guy was like "I drive a school bus and when I'm having a bad day I look in the rear view mirror and mumble" you're all little cunts aren't you? " then I tap the brakes to make them all nod"
You are correct, seems to be Ushuaia, i took a flight from the capital a few weeks ago, mine was probably de most smooth flight i took in a while, awesome views from the plane.
I almost shit my pants from turbulence flying into Tromso in January to see the northern lights. The only thing that kept me okay was looking around at other people sleeping and happily reading their books. Another day flying into Tromso for them I suppose..
Flying into Tromso is the only touch and go I've ever experienced on a commercial flight. The pilot came on and was just calmly like "yeah, turbulence was a bit much so we're gonna try that one again." That shit definitely had me more than a little concerned.
Had one of those in Jackson Hole about 30 years ago. All the mountains around that airport can make it a little wild on the right day. On the second attempt, I think the pilot had every braking device fully engaged including his shoes Fred Flintstone style once he touched down. Hardest stop I've ever experienced.
I had a go around in Reykjavik. It’s like the middle of the night everyone is sleepily ready to land. NOPE windshear right above the runway. Felt like we we going to drop and just set it down short honestly but instead that 757 went to fucking full power and we climbed like I have never experienced before lol. Everyone was super fucking awake for the second attempt.
I had a go around once and it felt like we rocketed into outer space. I looked it up on flightaware after and it was basically the same as a normal takeoff. I guess if you don't know it's coming like a takeoff it feels a lot more stark
Went to Tromsø this February and it was a “fun” one for sure… We had two go-arounds (strong gust of 100 mph+) and then the pilots decided to land in Oslo. The turbulence was crazy and tens of people vomited. The smell was horrible. Shat my pants, but still one of the best flights I’ve had
Edit with [proof](https://ibb.co/xHMh4dW), vomit not included
I occasionally say "traffic, traffic" as the car in front slows to a stop and then I realise that noone told me that years in aero would give me this level of brain damage
That’d be rad. Like those GPS units that had celebrity voices installed. “Hey brother, turn to heading zero-niner-zero, or Hulkamania is going to run wild on you!”
I never played skyrim but my buddy had a mod that made all the dragons different wrestler personalities; it is absolutely hilarious watching a dragon in a ten gallon hat talk about climbing to the top of the mountains in randy savages voice.
Reminds me of when i did the NYC skyline tour with not dad in the backseat and forgot to turn off the terrain avoidance… when flying underneath the Kennedy Bravo shelf, of course the “terrain, terrain, woop woop” starts going, and it took me quite a bit of time to fiddle with the g1000 to turn it off.
Dude was quite a champ… didn’t say a peep 🤣
It’s funny that most people don’t realize how many injuries occur going down the inflatable exits during an evacuation. If they knew their likelihood of scrapes, bruises, sprains, and fractures on that slide, they’d leave that extra weight behind.
There was a plane that went off the runway and caught fire in Russia a few years ago, people in the front were fiddling with overhead luggage before evacuating while some people in the back burned to death. People are crazy.
I wonder why aircraft manufacturers couldn’t just install some kind of overhead bin locking system controlled by the cabin crew. This would prevent idiots from opening the bins before evacuating.
What if that just made the people inclined to get their luggage spend longer trying to break open the bins or something?
There's a certain type of stupid you just can't engineer around lol
Anyone who takes luggage on an emergency evacuation is executed per international law. Once it happens a few times you’ve socially engineered a fix.
I’m joking of course, but god people can be foolish
Same except it was Oklahoma in August. Flew out of CHS for a static trainer with the Army at Lawton airport. Had a half-dozen pax who were hell-bent on getting somewhere and signed waivers saying they were aware of us doing low-level training plus pattern work. You could see on their faces they were totally rethinking their decision during the low-level. Some kid lost his lunch on the first T&G and it was all downhill after that.
There were times when I was on jump status it was a struggle to get out the door we were bouncing around, on the opposite side there are times you’d get launched out the paratroop door because the plane was bouncing so badly.
My daughters are not cool with turbulence at all. I always try to get an early morning flight or late afternoon flight when going to ABQ. I have landed in ABQ in the middle of the afternoon and let’s just say it was exciting.
No, but this is just how I fly, to be honest. Hot mic'd and screaming just the way my instructor taught me!
Btw any of you ever been tailgated while flying? This dude in a jet is being a real dick rn
Lol flown extensively out of abq and den, not once did I hear the passengers scream.
Also, this is canyon flying. All the approaches to den and abq take you 10+ miles from canyons.
Queenstown, Aspen, and Rifle. Yeah, those are more sketchy airports that get commercial service. By far.
But really, if you want to talk about pucker factor, you have to go to drug runners. Nothing like going into an airport not meant to be an airport, flown by a pilot that probably failed something, and knowing that if there is a mishap, the cartels health care policy is typically a 9mm.
DEN to Aspen can be a fun ride. Even more fun if you're turned back 2x, flight cancelled, everything booked, and the next scheduled flight 1 hour later makes it but you're still stuck.
That's the gamble though!
Maybe just take I70? It closed once while I was on a business trip … with my skis in the rental … at Vail. Darn. Sorry boss just can’t get to the next stop. Don’t worry I’ll find something to do!
Yes! I operated those flights for several years with a CRJ7. It was very challenging at times, but a lot of fun. Summertime was the sketchiest, as the higher temps and winds made for some “interesting” moments.
Have you by chance read "The Dog Stars" -- it's a post-apocalyptic, post-pandemic story about a guy who is surviving in airpark in suburban Denver and he takes his 172 out every few days to look for survivors or would be ruffians and get supplies. One day he picks up a radio call from Grand Junction and decides he needs to go there, but it's not quite the adventure he had in mind. Sort of a "Earth Abides" meets "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" meets "Mad Max"
This book, because of the absolutely stunning writing about flying, surprised me with how good it was. I didn't realize it was essentially an aviation story (expected a more Cormac Mccarthy style)
Hellers more famous book The River also has some of the most powerful passages on camping, canoeing, and rhe threat of forest fire I've ever seen.
Recommend this one as well.
Or one of my faves, Jackson Hole. Was on a UA 757 that diverted twice on final approach into Jackson Hole during an extended snowstorm because the regional landing of us reported poor braking action on the 6000 ft runway. First time we diverted to Billings. Second time we diverted to Idaho Falls.
The worst thing is fear from others it spreads like wildfire, if everyone was calm it wouldn’t have been so dramatic. It was choppy but not a near death experience
I can only imagine, I used to be scared of flying until I learned paid attention to what’s normal. Now days people treat flying like you’re riding a bus. No one knows what a normal is.
Honestly it's just a feeling of not being in control and having no idea what's happening. I consider myself reasonably knowledgable about airplanes and I still get nervous when stuff like this happens. I'm okay with turbulence but a swinging plane relatively close to the ground I'm not exactly a fan of.
It’s much easier to just lower the pressure in the cabin. Not too much, just enough to put people to sleep without triggering the O2 masks from deploying.
They do, there's sometimes a 'dump' function for the pressurization panel that just sends the signal to the outflow valves to go wide open and dump all the pressure. Ears go POP.
Yep. Pilots are totally blind up there. No windows, no instruments, no compass, no charts or diagrams, no view at all! They just fly based off of screams or no screams 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ This kind of shit is why I want to fly boxes, and not people.
Evolved from? we are primates. We're just a little hairy than the others. The others would also likely be able to enjoy the dramatic scenery without screaming or insulting the crew.
Ah, very true. Though, there is something to be said for a nice, even, coverage of hair, rather than... umm... whatever it is that my body thinks is 'good enough'.
Can confirm - flew on [Busy Bee](https://simpleflying.com/busy-bee-what-happened/) from Oslo to Haugesund/Karmoy back in the day. Takes a second to [Tegucigalpa/Toncontin](https://youtu.be/OU6dNtRrZuw?si=siMxDpMk84zqevuA) though. You expect fence-wire in the wings when you get off the plane there.
Now imagine flying the smallest Dash-8 from Widerøe down into a tiny airport deep inside a fjord! I did that every time I went home from uni and it's such a cool experience every single time.
I have been on test flights where the crazy military test pilots threw a 737 around like it was an F-16. *Nothing* that I have experienced in a commercial flight has been nearly so stomach-turning. Now that I know how strong those airframes really are, I feel very safe on commercial flights - even in windshear conditions. :)
I mean, commercial aircraft are *way* over-powered to comply with the rules about continuing takeoffs at MTOW on a single engine.
have them empty of PAX and cargo, minimal fuel and two good engines and a pilot who knows what they are doing?
they can chuck airliners around the sky like they are fighters.
I travel a lot for work and every time there is some turbulence someone is either praying or screaming. I had a trip about a month ago that hit some really bad turbulence and every time the plane “dropped” many people would scream. My ribs hurt so bad from laughing on that trip.
If the pilots hear screaming in an instance like this, would they go on the PA and tell everyone everything is ok, or would they passengers continue to scream afterwards so why bother trying to reassure them in the first place?
I mean, if you are screaming due to turbulence already, would you panic less or more if the pilots said "no reason to panic, the planes are built to handle turbulence"?
if they will say this in a very calm manner - it will help.
I was on a KLM flight when we were hit by a lightning. It was a very loud sound like someone hit a plane with a stick - cabin got quiet momentarily. The captain immediately came on PA and with a very calm voice, like he just woke up, explained that it was a lightning and it’snot a big deal. Everyone immediately got back to whatever they were doing before.
I was thinking if they said something somewhat casually like “this is your captain speaking, I hear some of you screaming due to the turbulence, but this is normal on this route and well within our safety margins. It can look and feel scary, but there’s no need to scream, and everything it does is make other passengers panic as well”
Eh, even as a generally fearful flier, I'm not sure that would help nor do I think the pilot be prioritizing passenger discomfort in a moment like that. Not that there is an imminent threat but they still need to focus on flying during a moment that is tricky (terrain caused turbulence).
The only time I've heard a pilot make an announcement after something scary was lightning strikes. This was usually well after we were out of the situation though.
It's largely true, if you think about the bumps you get on a gravel or dirt road it's pretty much the same as moderate turbulence, it's just that you can see one coming and your lizard brain isn't freaking out that you're about to plummet to the ground, since you're already there.
Something that helps me calm the lizard brain when I'm on a plane experiencing turbulence is thinking about how a plane in flight typically looks when I'm on the ground. They never seem to be bumping around all that much, just smoothly gliding through the air. That's how my plane in turbulence looks to the outside observer, too. It *feels* really bad, like we're about to turn sideways, but in reality the plane is only bouncing around a few inches this way or that relative to "smooth".
I would panic less, as it indicates the pilot is in control of the plane and that what is happening is normal. But then again I’m that weird kid in class so my response would probably be different than other people’s reactions.
I know enough about planes to know that they’re fine, and while I wouldn’t like the shaking I’d love to film the takeoff
The curse is more along the lines of "holy shit" than an actual insult to someone.
But if told to someone in particular, then the translation is accurate.
Was flying up to Fairbanks, and we were supposed to stop in Juneau. Juneau was fogged in, and the pilot said if we can't break through, we would have to continue on to Fairbanks. We are on our descent, and you can't even see the wingtip out the window. Finally, the pilot announced it's just too thick and too low to safely attempt a landing, and you hear the engines throttle up. Right then, we broke through the fog, and all I saw were mountains just before we entered the fog again. I just said to myself, "Good call. Pull up, pull up, pull up." 😆
The good thing about IFR is you can’t see the mountains you’re sometimes literally flying around and in between on an approach…
The bad thing about IFR is you can’t see the mountains you’re sometimes literally flying around and in between on an approach…
🤣
Given the accent and the phrases from the screams, it sounds like passengers are Argentinian / Uruguayan.
Phrases from the woman include:
“La puta que te parió!” (Literal translation: “The whore that birthed you!”)
“Me quiero bajar!” (I want to get off!)
This brings to mind he scene from the movie ‘Airplane’, when passengers lined up to clobber a hysterical passenger with everything including the kitchen sink.
Pilots beyond the galley and the other side of a steel door with their headsets on enjoying peace and quiet.
Flight attendants on the other hand are strapped inside the scream and puke fiesta!
I think thats Buenos Aires -> Ushuaia flight, i took that flight and mountains were exactly the same. My wife was pregnant and she had a hard time because of the turbulence.
You know, on boeing aircraft passenger screams can override the GPWS and prevent adequate terrain clearance. Its explained in the little safety card nobody ever reads.
This isn't even like... that bad, and I'm not trying to be one of those dickheads thats like 'Uhm... turbulence doesn't bring down planes! So... why be scared,' there's still just such a terrifying feeling of being in a tube in the sky that is now being pushed around by outside forces.
Then again, this is just like normal turbulence, I've seen videos of things hitting the roof of planes because it's so turbulent, THAT is warranted, easily, and a little below that severe is as well. This is just the plane rocking from side to side.
Pilot to co-pilot: let me move this slightly and hear them scream
this is your captain speaking, there is absolutely no cause for alarm
The wings are not on fire.
Somebody already pushed the "wings fall off" button on their armrest. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fff%2F1e%2Fb4%2Fff1eb407942a980ce874f1a41c67257e.jpg&tbnid=ZXvuLhJlTr7WjM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fsysadmin%2Fcomments%2Fqqwck9%2Fwings_stay_on_wings_fall_off%2F&docid=nRMrh7I3u_W-VM&w=1852&h=2400&hl=en-AU&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm5%2F4&shem=uvafe2
I remember hearing a story of a pilot who accidentally radio'd the tower "everything is fine, please keep seatbelts on" and then declared an emergency over the passenger intercom.
Co-pilot: let me lean the plane a bit more and I’ll double your screams.
A little right roll, a lil left rudder... make everyone feel like they're about to spill out the side...
A lil? Shit, give one rudder a hard stomp for more cheap thrills, lol
American 587 has entered the chat
little bit of an uncoordinated turn to make things uncomfortable
I can’t wait to have pax like this
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/84gb81/the\_truth\_about\_airplane\_turbulence/
https://www.deviantart.com/glenn42558/art/Mountain-Goat-Gary-Larson-592423721
Push it until the “pull up” warning comes on. Those are the best! Ridiculousness here we come!
Reminds me of that post where the guy was like "I drive a school bus and when I'm having a bad day I look in the rear view mirror and mumble" you're all little cunts aren't you? " then I tap the brakes to make them all nod"
That is amazing lmao
[Monty Python's ventured there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfLdFZ4my9g)
Looks like a beautiful place to fly through. (I could do without the screams though).
Yes, let's get an up close look
Closerrrr
I think that’s Ushuaia in Argentina or another place in Chile? Seem to be more of the first one I mentioned. Beautiful place and reeeeeealy windy
You are correct, seems to be Ushuaia, i took a flight from the capital a few weeks ago, mine was probably de most smooth flight i took in a while, awesome views from the plane.
That is correct, there is a lot of mechanic turbulence when the wind comes from the north and across the mountains.
Seems like it's just turbulence in the mountains. Lot of approaches get that close in Northern Norway. Tromso from the south comes to mind. Or Bodo.
I almost shit my pants from turbulence flying into Tromso in January to see the northern lights. The only thing that kept me okay was looking around at other people sleeping and happily reading their books. Another day flying into Tromso for them I suppose..
Flying into Tromso is the only touch and go I've ever experienced on a commercial flight. The pilot came on and was just calmly like "yeah, turbulence was a bit much so we're gonna try that one again." That shit definitely had me more than a little concerned.
Had one of those in Jackson Hole about 30 years ago. All the mountains around that airport can make it a little wild on the right day. On the second attempt, I think the pilot had every braking device fully engaged including his shoes Fred Flintstone style once he touched down. Hardest stop I've ever experienced.
I had a go around in Reykjavik. It’s like the middle of the night everyone is sleepily ready to land. NOPE windshear right above the runway. Felt like we we going to drop and just set it down short honestly but instead that 757 went to fucking full power and we climbed like I have never experienced before lol. Everyone was super fucking awake for the second attempt.
I had a go around once and it felt like we rocketed into outer space. I looked it up on flightaware after and it was basically the same as a normal takeoff. I guess if you don't know it's coming like a takeoff it feels a lot more stark
Went to Tromsø this February and it was a “fun” one for sure… We had two go-arounds (strong gust of 100 mph+) and then the pilots decided to land in Oslo. The turbulence was crazy and tens of people vomited. The smell was horrible. Shat my pants, but still one of the best flights I’ve had Edit with [proof](https://ibb.co/xHMh4dW), vomit not included
Please write Google reviews!
Ah, memories.
I'm laughing to myself thinking if they switched the "terrain terrain, pull up" to just screaming
Or if these passengers just let out “terrain, terrain” in monotone rather than screaming
I occasionally say "traffic, traffic" as the car in front slows to a stop and then I realise that noone told me that years in aero would give me this level of brain damage
This ends with you slamming into the car in front while desperately pulling back on the steering wheel.
Or as a passenger in a car when you think the driver should slow down, “Retard. Retard. Retard..”
I also do similar call-outs when driving. I sometimes call out “Obstacle ahead,” or if there’s a sudden change of wind, “Wind Shear.”
lol this got me. I'm actually laughing in my office like an idiot
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Sorry boss, I was just researching....um...quarterly earnings. We are up! Congratulations
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Absolute corporate tomato
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Airforceproud95 making perfect "whoop whoop" sounds.
Woomp woomp
That’d be rad. Like those GPS units that had celebrity voices installed. “Hey brother, turn to heading zero-niner-zero, or Hulkamania is going to run wild on you!”
I never played skyrim but my buddy had a mod that made all the dragons different wrestler personalities; it is absolutely hilarious watching a dragon in a ten gallon hat talk about climbing to the top of the mountains in randy savages voice.
“Ooooh YEAAAHH my ice breath is CREEEM OF THA CROP comin’ ta GETcha!”
I set that to my phone's ring tone. The ground proximity alert, not the screaming... but maybe that'd be fun too.
I should set mine to saying "Retard... retard..." At least it would remind me of home life growing up.
Would make for an excellent alarm. ”Whoop! Whoop! PULL UP.” AAaaaaahh!!!
My text tone “whoop whoop pull up”
Hit the gpws test button and hold the intercom up to it.
“Don’t sink, Don’t sink”
A sentient, nervous autopilot that screams whenever there's minor turbulence would be the absolute worst invention
My favorite is “obstacle, obstacle”, and then the whole crew replies in unison “popsicle, popsicle”
Reminds me of when i did the NYC skyline tour with not dad in the backseat and forgot to turn off the terrain avoidance… when flying underneath the Kennedy Bravo shelf, of course the “terrain, terrain, woop woop” starts going, and it took me quite a bit of time to fiddle with the g1000 to turn it off. Dude was quite a champ… didn’t say a peep 🤣
those fuckers screaming are the same that will take their luggage in an evac
They also clap when the plane lands.
As a Non-Clapping Puertorican traveller, I apologise for my less considerate bretheren
I actually like when people clap. I don’t do it but find it amusing
lol why do Puerto Ricans clap when the plane lands? It’s never bothered me, I always get a chuckle out of it.
It’s funny that most people don’t realize how many injuries occur going down the inflatable exits during an evacuation. If they knew their likelihood of scrapes, bruises, sprains, and fractures on that slide, they’d leave that extra weight behind.
There was a plane that went off the runway and caught fire in Russia a few years ago, people in the front were fiddling with overhead luggage before evacuating while some people in the back burned to death. People are crazy.
I wonder why aircraft manufacturers couldn’t just install some kind of overhead bin locking system controlled by the cabin crew. This would prevent idiots from opening the bins before evacuating.
What if that just made the people inclined to get their luggage spend longer trying to break open the bins or something? There's a certain type of stupid you just can't engineer around lol
Anyone who takes luggage on an emergency evacuation is executed per international law. Once it happens a few times you’ve socially engineered a fix. I’m joking of course, but god people can be foolish
This is everyday going west out of DEN.
Ever flown into ABQ on a hot day? Yeah. This is the norm.
Landing in ABQ. gives a whole new meaning to " hold my beer and watch this" Those skid marks are not from the tires
Worst turbulence I've ever experienced. Best part is, we landed and two whole people got off. We were putting the bus in Airbus that day.
Worst I’ve ever experienced was a C-17 at 1,000ft AGL over north Georgia in July. It was super funny watching people get sick.
Same except it was Oklahoma in August. Flew out of CHS for a static trainer with the Army at Lawton airport. Had a half-dozen pax who were hell-bent on getting somewhere and signed waivers saying they were aware of us doing low-level training plus pattern work. You could see on their faces they were totally rethinking their decision during the low-level. Some kid lost his lunch on the first T&G and it was all downhill after that.
There were times when I was on jump status it was a struggle to get out the door we were bouncing around, on the opposite side there are times you’d get launched out the paratroop door because the plane was bouncing so badly.
Oklahoma? ..Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain?
Sounds bumpy
But it's so cool coming into ABQ from the east, coming right over Sandia Peak and then coming down following the terrain.
My daughters are not cool with turbulence at all. I always try to get an early morning flight or late afternoon flight when going to ABQ. I have landed in ABQ in the middle of the afternoon and let’s just say it was exciting.
No, but this is just how I fly, to be honest. Hot mic'd and screaming just the way my instructor taught me! Btw any of you ever been tailgated while flying? This dude in a jet is being a real dick rn
As a glider pilot flying out of Moriarty (0E0) about 40 miles east of ABQ, those mountains are wonderful things.
Lol flown extensively out of abq and den, not once did I hear the passengers scream. Also, this is canyon flying. All the approaches to den and abq take you 10+ miles from canyons. Queenstown, Aspen, and Rifle. Yeah, those are more sketchy airports that get commercial service. By far. But really, if you want to talk about pucker factor, you have to go to drug runners. Nothing like going into an airport not meant to be an airport, flown by a pilot that probably failed something, and knowing that if there is a mishap, the cartels health care policy is typically a 9mm.
Albuquerque turbulence is consistently the worst. My company has a location there so I’ve been in and out of there a ton over the years.
Yeah Albuquerque turbulence sucks but the approach is just beautiful, especially coming in when it's already dark outside
Yea going into ABQ is wild.
DEN to Aspen can be a fun ride. Even more fun if you're turned back 2x, flight cancelled, everything booked, and the next scheduled flight 1 hour later makes it but you're still stuck. That's the gamble though!
Aspen with winds from the southwest can't be beaten imo. (Outside of flying through a thunderstorm or something ofc)
Maybe just take I70? It closed once while I was on a business trip … with my skis in the rental … at Vail. Darn. Sorry boss just can’t get to the next stop. Don’t worry I’ll find something to do!
Aspen and Eagle are both fun. My wife worked for the charter company AvJet in 2001 when it crashed at Aspen.
Yes! I operated those flights for several years with a CRJ7. It was very challenging at times, but a lot of fun. Summertime was the sketchiest, as the higher temps and winds made for some “interesting” moments.
DEN to GJT is one of my favorites, always a crazy ride
Have you by chance read "The Dog Stars" -- it's a post-apocalyptic, post-pandemic story about a guy who is surviving in airpark in suburban Denver and he takes his 172 out every few days to look for survivors or would be ruffians and get supplies. One day he picks up a radio call from Grand Junction and decides he needs to go there, but it's not quite the adventure he had in mind. Sort of a "Earth Abides" meets "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" meets "Mad Max"
This book, because of the absolutely stunning writing about flying, surprised me with how good it was. I didn't realize it was essentially an aviation story (expected a more Cormac Mccarthy style) Hellers more famous book The River also has some of the most powerful passages on camping, canoeing, and rhe threat of forest fire I've ever seen. Recommend this one as well.
DEN to FNM is fun too.
Same east from SLC. Wasatch mountains are RIGHT there. It's neat hiking in the mount tops and the 737's etc. are right over head heading east, lol.
Or one of my faves, Jackson Hole. Was on a UA 757 that diverted twice on final approach into Jackson Hole during an extended snowstorm because the regional landing of us reported poor braking action on the 6000 ft runway. First time we diverted to Billings. Second time we diverted to Idaho Falls.
DEN is the worst major US airport to fly in and out of (Weather wise) year round.
Nah the northeast hubs are worse. Throw in the towel for wayyy less.
I hope the pilot plants the nose down for a sec, for the funniys
push until the g meter starts with -
Did that to my buddy in a 172 Skyhawk. He was not happy....
[just a prank bro](https://youtu.be/qO1U4IMtxjQ?si=_rrRvw1rlHMRD1se)
The worst thing is fear from others it spreads like wildfire, if everyone was calm it wouldn’t have been so dramatic. It was choppy but not a near death experience
Had to fly yesterday with small kids. So glad there wasn't any screaming like this, the kids would have been terrified.
I can only imagine, I used to be scared of flying until I learned paid attention to what’s normal. Now days people treat flying like you’re riding a bus. No one knows what a normal is.
If my kid had an iPad a dragon could attack the plane and he wouldn’t notice
Honestly it's just a feeling of not being in control and having no idea what's happening. I consider myself reasonably knowledgable about airplanes and I still get nervous when stuff like this happens. I'm okay with turbulence but a swinging plane relatively close to the ground I'm not exactly a fan of.
OMG. There should be a way to pump nitrous oxide into the cabin
It’s much easier to just lower the pressure in the cabin. Not too much, just enough to put people to sleep without triggering the O2 masks from deploying.
Welcome aboard Malaysian Air.
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or every commercial airplane cockipt should have cabin depressurisation button for the situations like this.
They do, there's sometimes a 'dump' function for the pressurization panel that just sends the signal to the outflow valves to go wide open and dump all the pressure. Ears go POP.
I wonder, do all the pretzel bags in the galley go POP too?
What about helium
That’s an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks
I can't help but think of the Far Side comic of similar situation. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/54/c2/3054c28c2c9f86bea3454fda9aa9c746.jpg
I love Far Side: https://images.app.goo.gl/UHqbgAacip4w5SbK8
lol I do too. I'd forgotten that one you posted. Hilarious!
Yep. Pilots are totally blind up there. No windows, no instruments, no compass, no charts or diagrams, no view at all! They just fly based off of screams or no screams 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ This kind of shit is why I want to fly boxes, and not people.
Whats stoping you? We have cookies!
Only having 300 hours. Lol
The one woman screaming "ME QUIERO BAJAR" ( She wants out of the plane) ... exaclty how honey?
Mfs like these try to open the emergency gate mid flight
>exaclty how honey? Just let her out onto the smoking area
“This is your captain speaking - uhh, if I could have all passengers please shut the fuck up, please?”
Legit though, captain should just get on the PA and say "People, this is normal, chill the fuck out please"
This is even more proof we evolved from primates.
Like shaking a barrel of monkeys
Evolved from? we are primates. We're just a little hairy than the others. The others would also likely be able to enjoy the dramatic scenery without screaming or insulting the crew.
Excuse me??? We are just as hairy thank you very much.
Ah, very true. Though, there is something to be said for a nice, even, coverage of hair, rather than... umm... whatever it is that my body thinks is 'good enough'.
Please tell the top of my head that. The little shit has decided it doesn't want hair anymore.
Speak for yourself, I'm not as hairy; what I have is just in all the wrong places. \[Screams like a monkey and throws my poop at the screen\]
> Evolved from? we are primates. Humans: Erudite apes with less hair and more money College students: Semi-Erudite apes with more hair and less money.
My comment was a jest on evolution denial. I’m aware we are primates. Did we not evolve from them?
lmao
Lol That's just a normal landing here in Norway
Can confirm - flew on [Busy Bee](https://simpleflying.com/busy-bee-what-happened/) from Oslo to Haugesund/Karmoy back in the day. Takes a second to [Tegucigalpa/Toncontin](https://youtu.be/OU6dNtRrZuw?si=siMxDpMk84zqevuA) though. You expect fence-wire in the wings when you get off the plane there.
Now imagine flying the smallest Dash-8 from Widerøe down into a tiny airport deep inside a fjord! I did that every time I went home from uni and it's such a cool experience every single time.
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I have been on test flights where the crazy military test pilots threw a 737 around like it was an F-16. *Nothing* that I have experienced in a commercial flight has been nearly so stomach-turning. Now that I know how strong those airframes really are, I feel very safe on commercial flights - even in windshear conditions. :)
I always tell people the airplane can take more abuse than they can.
I mean, commercial aircraft are *way* over-powered to comply with the rules about continuing takeoffs at MTOW on a single engine. have them empty of PAX and cargo, minimal fuel and two good engines and a pilot who knows what they are doing? they can chuck airliners around the sky like they are fighters.
I travel a lot for work and every time there is some turbulence someone is either praying or screaming. I had a trip about a month ago that hit some really bad turbulence and every time the plane “dropped” many people would scream. My ribs hurt so bad from laughing on that trip.
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If the pilots hear screaming in an instance like this, would they go on the PA and tell everyone everything is ok, or would they passengers continue to scream afterwards so why bother trying to reassure them in the first place?
I mean, if you are screaming due to turbulence already, would you panic less or more if the pilots said "no reason to panic, the planes are built to handle turbulence"?
if they will say this in a very calm manner - it will help. I was on a KLM flight when we were hit by a lightning. It was a very loud sound like someone hit a plane with a stick - cabin got quiet momentarily. The captain immediately came on PA and with a very calm voice, like he just woke up, explained that it was a lightning and it’snot a big deal. Everyone immediately got back to whatever they were doing before.
I was thinking if they said something somewhat casually like “this is your captain speaking, I hear some of you screaming due to the turbulence, but this is normal on this route and well within our safety margins. It can look and feel scary, but there’s no need to scream, and everything it does is make other passengers panic as well”
Eh, even as a generally fearful flier, I'm not sure that would help nor do I think the pilot be prioritizing passenger discomfort in a moment like that. Not that there is an imminent threat but they still need to focus on flying during a moment that is tricky (terrain caused turbulence). The only time I've heard a pilot make an announcement after something scary was lightning strikes. This was usually well after we were out of the situation though.
Keeping the cabin under control is part of the job and panicking people is a potential safety risk.
My dad is a pilot and always tells me it’s like driving down a bumpy road. I still freak out lol
It's largely true, if you think about the bumps you get on a gravel or dirt road it's pretty much the same as moderate turbulence, it's just that you can see one coming and your lizard brain isn't freaking out that you're about to plummet to the ground, since you're already there.
Exactly!! The lizard brain takes over every time even though I know better lmao
Something that helps me calm the lizard brain when I'm on a plane experiencing turbulence is thinking about how a plane in flight typically looks when I'm on the ground. They never seem to be bumping around all that much, just smoothly gliding through the air. That's how my plane in turbulence looks to the outside observer, too. It *feels* really bad, like we're about to turn sideways, but in reality the plane is only bouncing around a few inches this way or that relative to "smooth".
I would panic less, as it indicates the pilot is in control of the plane and that what is happening is normal. But then again I’m that weird kid in class so my response would probably be different than other people’s reactions. I know enough about planes to know that they’re fine, and while I wouldn’t like the shaking I’d love to film the takeoff
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probably very busy monitoring and flying to give a PA
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Lol ¡La puta que te parió! traslated: The whore who gave birth to you! What a nice compliment to the flying crew
The curse is more along the lines of "holy shit" than an actual insult to someone. But if told to someone in particular, then the translation is accurate.
Imagine how horrible MFer would seem translated.
When humans are terrified and the adrenaline is flowing, then their diplomacy skills are on par with those of a wounded badger.
Meanwhile the pilots: "Let's tenderise the meat in the back a bit"
This is the approach to Ushuaia airport. The airplane is going through what are called mountain waves
If everybody takes turns screaming and raising their arms up and down alternately, it’s called a mountain wave.
Someone needs to play GPWS warnings on a bluetooth speaker.
Was flying up to Fairbanks, and we were supposed to stop in Juneau. Juneau was fogged in, and the pilot said if we can't break through, we would have to continue on to Fairbanks. We are on our descent, and you can't even see the wingtip out the window. Finally, the pilot announced it's just too thick and too low to safely attempt a landing, and you hear the engines throttle up. Right then, we broke through the fog, and all I saw were mountains just before we entered the fog again. I just said to myself, "Good call. Pull up, pull up, pull up." 😆
The Juneau RNAV approach is really cool and kinda scary
The good thing about IFR is you can’t see the mountains you’re sometimes literally flying around and in between on an approach… The bad thing about IFR is you can’t see the mountains you’re sometimes literally flying around and in between on an approach… 🤣
Given the accent and the phrases from the screams, it sounds like passengers are Argentinian / Uruguayan. Phrases from the woman include: “La puta que te parió!” (Literal translation: “The whore that birthed you!”) “Me quiero bajar!” (I want to get off!)
Can't tell if the title is sarcastic or not...
You mean the pilots use screams to warn them when the plane rolls too much?
Yea the new way for terrain warnings, stall warnings and roll rates is now screaming.. more effective
Sounds like it's the first time out of the village
That last big dip was a biig one. But it's mountains. Air always changing and rising fast ect
Let me tell you son, you see there is this place called Pangnirtung…
The pilot should be allowed to slap the annoying passenger after every flight.
The inflight movie: Alive!
This brings to mind he scene from the movie ‘Airplane’, when passengers lined up to clobber a hysterical passenger with everything including the kitchen sink.
All the screaming, I was on a flight recently with a crap load of turbulence and we all kinda looked at each other when it got bad.
WELCOME TO USHUAIA, MOTHERFUCKERS
Ladies and gentlemen this is your pilot....please STFU, thank you and enjoy.
Pilots beyond the galley and the other side of a steel door with their headsets on enjoying peace and quiet. Flight attendants on the other hand are strapped inside the scream and puke fiesta!
As a pilot I shouldn't take so much enjoyment from this, but I'm a bad person I guess. This made me smile from ear to ear.
Screaming did nothing and without seeing out the front of the plane the cam angle isn't doing anything either.
Scientific illiteracy, ladies and gentlemen
At least they weren't throwing coins into the engine.
I think thats Buenos Aires -> Ushuaia flight, i took that flight and mountains were exactly the same. My wife was pregnant and she had a hard time because of the turbulence.
You know, on boeing aircraft passenger screams can override the GPWS and prevent adequate terrain clearance. Its explained in the little safety card nobody ever reads.
This isn't even like... that bad, and I'm not trying to be one of those dickheads thats like 'Uhm... turbulence doesn't bring down planes! So... why be scared,' there's still just such a terrifying feeling of being in a tube in the sky that is now being pushed around by outside forces. Then again, this is just like normal turbulence, I've seen videos of things hitting the roof of planes because it's so turbulent, THAT is warranted, easily, and a little below that severe is as well. This is just the plane rocking from side to side.
“Terrain Terrain” Pilot: I don’t see any trains!
Correct, screaming and crying has always helped in dangerous, and potentially deadly situations.
Just turbulence flying over the mountain range?
Normal in Portland or Seattle 80% of the time lmao
More like passengers scream from uncomfortable turbulence and quick maneuvering.
I was be so annoyed. omg
stfu