Like little boys and girls why can't we just play sometimes
In the sim when said Instructor was talking me through the technique, we
were playing.......... The scene was set....I was the moustached hero airplane repossesor
, tasked herocially with the recovery of some fine bizjet by a banking corporation from some tinpot dictator who had decreed that both ignitors be removed and taken from one of the engines. My trusty FO (who'd already had the incap tap on the shoulder) had been........"left at home for this one" as it was far too dangerous........
Of course I managed to get it off just as the sand and gravel runway dipped into the ocean in true "A-Team" fashion, the instructor was tapping his pen against the back of my seat to simulate the small arms fire......
And then the noise of the motion coming off and the health and safety beeping of the gantry coming down sort of spoiled the moment
Right im off to find the wifes mascara to see what I look like with a moustache......