Worst Place to be a Pilot - C4

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• Eagle9a Posts: 20,067

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  19/08/14 - 21:35 #2

  That was just...Jeeezus
  
  Those guys must be insane!

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• jonm01 Posts: 598

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  19/08/14 - 21:36 #3

  Mental.

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• newda898 Posts: 5,465

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  19/08/14 - 21:37 #4

  At least he was rewarded with some top totty once he landed. I wondered where the nudity was going to be from in a programme like this.

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• notin Posts: 1,496

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  19/08/14 - 21:38 #5

  Sorry if there has been a thread about this before(can't see one)
  
  Anyway
  
  This is fascinating, one of the pilots tonight said he left school at 16, worked as a chef for a while and then decided this wasn't for him and then became a pilot.....how? The program never went on to explain this remarkable turn around of how he managed this especially as he was still only 25.

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 21:38 #6

  It's jawdropping TV!
  
  The New Zealander testing out the new airstrip :o and flying there visually because there are no co-ordinates doublé

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• ianradioian Posts: 74,865

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  19/08/14 - 21:41 #7

  Cannibals !!

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• ianradioian Posts: 74,865

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  19/08/14 - 21:42 #8

  Quite open about it

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• 1fab Posts: 20,052

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  19/08/14 - 21:44 #9

  The passengers are pretty brave too.

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• Jenny_Sawyer Posts: 12,858

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  19/08/14 - 21:49 #10

  Wouldn't helicopters be more suitable?

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• notin Posts: 1,496

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  19/08/14 - 21:49 #11

  Oops I've just posted a thread on this cos I didn't see this one
  
  Sorry
  
  Madness, so interesting. My question:
  
  The 25yr old pilot who said he left school at 16, was a chef for a while then decided to become a pilot....how did he do this?

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 21:50 #12

  1fab wrote: »

  The passengers are pretty brave too.

  
  I think that might be a case of ignorance is bliss!
  
  These young pilots are amazing. I think they probably have the same qualities as the young pilots who took off in the first planes.

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 21:52 #13

  Jenny_Sawyer wrote: »

  Wouldn't helicopters be more suitable?

  
  Good question.
  
  Maybe operationally too expensive?

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• Jenny_Sawyer Posts: 12,858

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  19/08/14 - 21:53 #14

  It's a shame for wannabe pilots that it's such a difficult profession to get in to, but then maybe good for us passengers that we know that whoever's flying us off on our hols is dedicated.

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• notin Posts: 1,496

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  19/08/14 - 21:53 #15

  Here we go, now we see some training.
  
  They are brave and perhaps naive and oblivious to the dangers.....oh to be young!

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• Jenny_Sawyer Posts: 12,858

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  19/08/14 - 21:54 #16

  That guy who's dad was cannibalised but stayed on there is bloody loony.:o

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• Randysback Posts: 3,404

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  19/08/14 - 21:59 #17

  Another program with dramatic music to give us the illusion what they`re doing is Reeeeealllly dangerous when in fact . . . . it isn`t

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 22:00 #18

  notin wrote: »

  Here we go, now we see some training.
  
  They are brave and perhaps naive and oblivious to the dangers.....oh to be young!

  
  I don't think they're oblivious to the dangers but it's so mountainous that if something goes wrong there's little they can do.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 0

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  19/08/14 - 22:00 #19

  Have they said what the pay is ?

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 22:05 #20

  rhumble wrote: »

  Have they said what the pay is ?

  
  No they haven't. Whatever it is they'd have to pay me treble to be a passenger.
  
  The pilots are doing it to up their flying hours.

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• curmy Posts: 4,725

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  19/08/14 - 22:06 #21

  It looks a nicer experience than Ryanair

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  19/08/14 - 22:12 #22

  curmy wrote: »

  It looks a nicer experience than Ryanair

  
  Good point. I've never flown them - their reputation puts me off.
  
  I'd like to hear more about Susi in future programmes.

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• Randysback Posts: 3,404

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  19/08/14 - 22:42 #23

  owllover wrote: »

  Good point. I've never flown them - their reputation puts me off.
  
  I'd like to hear more about Susi in future programmes.

  
  I`ve flown RyanAir, EasyJet, Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Jet2. In my experience RyanAir are no worse than any of the others. In fact the worst was Thomas Cook and Monarch
  
  At least with RyanAir you pay a bit less and it`s normally a short flight

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• Prince Monalulu Posts: 35,900

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  19/08/14 - 23:07 #24

  owllover wrote: »

  I don't think they're oblivious to the dangers but it's so mountainous that if something goes wrong there's little they can do.

  
  Catching this on +1.
  If it goes wrong it's probably game over, very little room for error.
  The alternative to game over probably isn't too pleasant either, in terrible pain, miles away from medical help for who knows how long.

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• Smiley433 Posts: 7,894

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  19/08/14 - 23:09 #25

  Reminds me a bit of Bush Pilots which was on Dave a year or so ago.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 3,451

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  19/08/14 - 23:34 #26

  I found this really insightful. Reminds me of all those tribes and communities that lkive off the land. Amazing that they take guns on planes as a matter of course! I would also love to know what happened to the chickens!!!

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