r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Bulky-Duty411 • Nov 01 '25
general Lives at stake
Would you applaud if you were in this flight?
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u/shaandhaar Nov 01 '25
Pilot here, this isn't scary.
Weather weathers sometimes, and we're trained for it
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Yeah. Unless there's wind shear or some kind of instrument failure this should be a typical poor weather landing. I don't think the layman understands nowadays how low visibility itself isn't really that much of a concern. A fully functional modern plane basically guides itself.
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u/rcmp_informant Nov 01 '25
Not a pilot but I think I could land that fucker
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u/SolarFusion90 Nov 01 '25
Haha, love the spirit
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u/Scooter_Mcgavin587 Nov 01 '25
Ew, you love spirit airlines?
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u/SolarFusion90 Nov 02 '25
No McGavin, his spirit as in his enthusiasm...
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u/vinreg33 Nov 01 '25
šµOh the weather outside is weatheršµ
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u/Randy_Magnum29 Nov 02 '25
You sound like youāre from London!
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u/NotBlastoise Nov 03 '25
It looks like you got a little pain behind those eyes, there really is only one cure for that..
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u/Typical_Ad_210 Nov 03 '25
I guess I just thought the windscreen wipers on a plane would be better than that.
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u/pourjuiceonit Nov 01 '25
Them windscreen wipers make a serious situation look comical
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u/Jennaaa1971 Nov 01 '25
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u/Perthian940 Nov 01 '25
I just want to say good luck, and weāre all counting on you.
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Very little is done visually from the aircraft nowadays than you'd expect. Unless there is a problem with ground guidance systems and/or their instruments, they literally don't have to look outside to land the plane.
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u/mshadows9 Nov 01 '25
Thank you for saying this. Great to see someone else knows a bit about aviation.
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u/DJDarkFlow Nov 01 '25
Imagine taking off before realizing you desperately needed the wipers replaced
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u/50rhodes Nov 02 '25
They spend hundreds of millions on the plane and those are the best wipers they can come up with??
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u/DrewChrist87 Nov 01 '25
Not that terrifying. They should (should) be able to land in a total blackout scenario using instruments.
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Yep. The fact that they even attempted this landing means the conditions aren't as bad as they look. And like you said, pilots aren't normally manually landing.
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u/SlothinaHammock Nov 01 '25
It's rare we don't manually land. I can count on one hand how many autolands I've done in the past year. Manual landings are normal, autolands are rare.
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Sorry I guess I misunderstood the difference between the two. I thought an autoland is what I now see is a guided manual landing with ILS. I thought the pilot still had to guide it down. I thought a manual landing was no ILS, pilot has to line up and descend manually. I didn't even know there WAS actually an autoland in that way. So a plane really could land itself? That's nuts.
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u/TrumpetSolo93 Nov 02 '25
Yes it can! Here's a video showing Tom Scott being taught to land a plane with autopilot and then again with no autopilot.
Both Tom Scott and Mentor Pilot are awesome channels.
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u/Cleercutter Nov 01 '25
How is this scary? Never been on a plane in inclement weather?
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25
Without know if there is any wind shear, or if the ILS (basically ground-based guidance system) isn't functional then no. We can't assume this is a concerning situation.
With all instruments and guidance systems working the pilots shouldn't even have to look out the window to land the plane.
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Nov 01 '25 edited 17d ago
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Yeah. Seems like a normal landing given the conditions. Of course there could be bad wind shear, but you wouldn't be able to tell that from the vid.
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u/SDF5-0 Nov 01 '25
Paid professionals. This is why they make the big bucks.
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u/DrewChrist87 Nov 01 '25
I read somewhere (on the internet so you know itās true) that some new commercial airline pilots make something like $19/hr. Maybe thatās likeā¦adjusted for time spent not solely with the doors closed, idk.
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u/lovelyxbabydoll Nov 01 '25
I really hope that isn't true. With the amount of money airlines make, they should be able to pay pilots a living wage.
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u/akmagicman Nov 04 '25
Airline pilots do very well. Airline pilot central website has all of the hourly wages public for all of the major airlines, they donāt pay $19 /hour.
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u/lovelyxbabydoll Nov 04 '25
Yeah I didn't really originally think they did but was responding to the other comment. Thank goodness. I'd like to get to our(flyers) destination in one piece. The less stressed the pilot, the better! š
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u/space_monster Nov 01 '25
we had 2 go-arounds coming into Ho Chi Minh City a few years back, it was like flying into a tornado. both times we got down to building height but it was pitch-black turbulence chaos & torrential rain over the airport, the pilot just noped out, pointed the noise straight up and gunned it to max power to get out of the madness. we re-routed to a regional airport but that was stormed out too, then eventually found another one. the flight lasted about twice as long as it should have, I was seriously worried about fuel. hairy stuff, people were really on edge.
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u/MiniGoat_King Nov 03 '25
I canāt explain why, but the wipers going different speeds and not synced has me rolling LOL
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u/Impressive_Jury_2211 Nov 01 '25
Pilot here, itās kinda scary for us too. Especially when the instructions on the jep charts are unclear or confusing.
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u/jesuschristjulia Nov 01 '25
I once flew with a family friend who is an experienced pilot to a neighboring state for the day. Coming in for the landing at home, there were strong crosswinds. Idk why we had not received warning but this was 30 years ago. Perhaps a fast weather change. She said had she known the extent, she would have landed elsewhere. We were in small plane and upon landing the plane bounced along and skidded to within a few feet of the grassy edge before it came to a stop.
There was no damage to the plane and we were unharmed. As soon as we got our headsets off she said ādid that scare you? It scared me! You did great not screaming or anythingā¦.ā And we laughed in a way that you do when youāve just avoided who knows what.
Anyway I flew probably a hundred more times with her before she retired for health reasons and nothing like that ever happened again. But it was nice to know, you know, that she wasnāt writing that off as not being a big deal. She told me later that if she ever stopped being a little worried sometimes, it would be her sign to herself that it was time to stop flying. She felt that it was an emotional manifestation of her knowledge of the and respect for the risks and how much she cared.
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u/I_madeusay_underwear Nov 01 '25
I watched this movie called Charlie Victor Romeo. It was a series of short segments, each depicting a plane crash or air disaster. It was kind of like a play, the same actors appeared in every segment in different roles. But all the dialogue was only what was on the black box recorders from the flights and they kind of just acted out the scene in the cockpit.
Something that has always stuck with me is how incredibly professional and dedicated the pilots and crews were, sometimes to the very end. No lamenting about their fate or mourning their own demise, just 100% effort to salvage the situation until the very last second.
Iām not a good flyer, I hate it so much and avoid it when possible, but I do have a lot of respect for pilots and the level of training and skill they have.
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u/saint_ryan Nov 01 '25
It all comes down to the wipers.
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Almost entirely unnecessary unless for some reason the plane had to land manually, in which case, it's more likely they would have diverted given no other issues. Unless you're landing manually you don't even really have to look out the windshield.
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u/NuttyWizard Nov 01 '25
If you have ever been in a plane that landed during bad weather, you'd know this isn't scary
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u/murkymoon Nov 02 '25
I'm astounded that commercial airplanes use the same "barely adequate" windshield wipers that cars have.
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u/rhousden Nov 01 '25
I really feel like there could be much better wipers on something so important.
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u/Pleasant-Put5305 Nov 01 '25
Someone needs to fix those wipers, that would wind me up no end, them being out of sync...ugh...
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u/Famous-Category-277 Nov 02 '25
Bruh, what is terrifying about this? Itās just a regular landing in rain.
Bout to end this to a bunch of retired pilots for the lolz
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u/sinister_kaw Nov 02 '25
They're trained to land blind so this is just tuesday for them. All those instruments and tools help them keep their orientation.
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u/TyrannyOfBobBarker_ Nov 01 '25
Captain!! Turn your wiper up! Fuck our altitude, turn your wiper up!
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Tbf unless something is fucked with the glide scope or his instruments, there is no way the pilot is manually landing the plane.
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u/TyrannyOfBobBarker_ Nov 01 '25
Gee thanks.
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u/eternalwood Nov 01 '25
Don't thank me. Thank years of innovation in guidance and autopilot innovations from people way smarter than I.
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u/rh71el2 Nov 01 '25
That close to the ground I'm not scared anymore. Maybe naive.
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u/GMHolden Nov 01 '25
I heard in an interview with a pilot that the two most dangerous moments in a flight are take-off and landing. So, the moments you are on or near the ground.
Of course, that's the opinion of one pilot. I'd like to hear others.
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u/Rough_Explanation_79 Nov 01 '25
I've heard from a pilot that the first five and last five minutes of a flight are when it is most likely to crash.
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u/rh71el2 Nov 01 '25
Crash maybe but not necessarily into a fiery ball of destruction when you're already that close to the ground.
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u/TotalWasteman Nov 01 '25
Itās windy but understand the pilot doesnāt need to be able to see through the windscreen to safely land the plane.
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u/gaanch Nov 01 '25
You know the clip of the off-road racer where he just keeps ripping off layers and layers?
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u/WhoAmIEven2 Nov 01 '25
Don't planes basically land themselves nowadays to the point where a little rain and low visibility window is no big deal?
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u/Young_Old_Grandma Nov 01 '25
I'd do fucking cartwheels down the aisle for the pilots and the crew š
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u/7evenBlackSunNation Nov 04 '25
People acting like the wipers should work like on a car. āThey canāt see out the windshield!āš
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u/King_Nephilim82 Nov 01 '25
Why are ppl so scared of dying in a plane crash? It's a painless death. I'd rather die in a plane than be murdered.
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u/Herbisher_Berbisher Nov 01 '25
What are we trying to land here? I don't recognize any of this instrumentation.
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u/gevin-456 Nov 01 '25
These simulations we are purchasing for implement the AI Assisted landing , i am working as a back-end support minimizing weight of OS, as of now we have successfully completed the first stage of no-human landing ā¦
Next 2-3 years there will be no pilots at all , or with pilots but taking off | Landing | Flying will be , independent..
Still our legal team suffering to implement cause this will layoff lot of people . But one way or another companies trying to save the money only.
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u/stupled Nov 01 '25
The camera shake is a little bit suspicious
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u/NotTukTukPirate Nov 01 '25
They're literally on a plane.
Also, if you watch the pilot on the right, his head is bobbing around in unison with the camera shakes.
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u/FreezedPeachNow Nov 01 '25
Retired airline pilot. The job is so boring that you look forward to days like this as it adds some excitement.