Canada -
So the easy answer is "well, that depends ..." The actions for any situation takes the collective resources of a crew's lifetime of education & experience to do the right thing, timely, and in the correct sequence.
Thank you so much - really - for a comforting answer.
As SLF these days, flying is a very impersonal experience. You put your ass on an aircraft which may or may not have been maintained to the maker's specs, and most of the time, you never even see the captain or first officer - they're usually already in their chairs and the cockpit door is closed.
The first time I flew commercial was on a B72-2, landing in San Diego - a rough, fast landing since there was some miscommunication between the controllers and the crew.
Even so, the crew had the time to inform us that we would be "landing real fast now," so we knew what to expect. Fast in, down hard, no hard feelings. Stuff came out of the overheads when they popped open, but it wasn't an emergency of any sort.
The lack of communication these days, combined with the fact that sometimes things REALLY go bad makes for a horrible environment.
You sort of expect something like air travel to get better, but it hasn't - it's gotten worse, at least from the perspective of knowing what's going on.
But - your reply lets me know that there are at least a few folks out there still paying attention.
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