Originally Posted by CherokeeDriver
FBW. the reality is the 'plane needs to hit severe weather or have some unusual manipulation before any unbuckled person is in any real danger....
You should have been on the aircraft I was supposed to operate on the other day then....brand new F/O.....smashed the damn thing onto the ground and as a consequence the aircraft had to be grounded because of an unforseen "heavy landing"....
And have you ever seen the pictures of SkyService 767 (leased from MyTravel if I am not wrong) it "landed" in what we would call a normal situation and the aircraft has been written off!!!!! You never know what's going to happen. I fly day in and out and don't want to risk more than I have to! I never take things for granted. Also I had my first rejected take off about a month ago, wouldn't have liked to be standing around then, I promise you. The adrenalin was still in my system after hours.