How to fly a real Boeing 737-800 after 1 month

[Blue_Tires]

Evidently there's this "Normal-guy-tries-to-work-extraordinary-jobs" Reality TV show in Belgium...Except unlike the stuff we see in the USA, it's actually good...

http://www.een.be/programmas/tomtesterom

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=NL_EN&a=http%3a%2f%2fnl.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fTomtesterom

[hunter]

1. OMG. Do not want to do that...

... absolutely amazing.

[hunter]

2. I need to kick this again.

Learning to fly a 737 in a month, take off and landing, with no previous flight training is pretty damned intense.

Imagine the stress of your first driving test multiplied by 100,000.

Training like this would usually only happen in world wars or invasions of hostile space aliens.

My least favorite nightmares are where it's up to me to save the world and I can't remember the math. Worse than going to an important public speaking event and discovering I'd forgotten to wear clothes. I can deal with the naked part, but forgetting the math??? Horrors.

[RebelOne]

3. I'd love to do it. I learned to fly small planes

many years ago. And flying them was a real thrill. That would be the ultimate thrill.

[hunter]

4. Whatching his first landings was frightening.

I have great respect for his instructor who knew the exact limits, where it was time to take over.

The most intense learning is in the mistakes.

[Blue_Tires]

5. Agreed...

All in all it's a fascinating show...

[RebelOne]

6. Yes, landings are pretty scary even in a small plane.

But the takeoffs and landings gave me adrenalin rushes. When once you get in the air, it is smooth sailing.