You have to think when you have a malfunction. Do you have no flight controls, go to the desert and land directly into the wind because you have no runways and can do what ever you want. No flaps, land at Edwards because it is long. Mine was a positive bomb threat to go off at 2500 ft going into LAX. I said I can't make it to Reno with our fuel so asked what was Edwards elevation. I saw our cabin was at 120 ft so said disregard, we are landing at LAX. I loved those movies which I thought of when told we would blow up at 2500 ft but they went to Denver. I loved flying airliners because every day was different. You could tangle with ATC, flight attendants, passengers and agents and weather and still have a good day. It was the best job of my life and made friends with all agents at every airport, especially TGU, my favorite. No regrets.