COULD you land a passenger jet (if you ONLY hold a PPL)???

[Sir Herbert Gussett]

Originally Posted by Bearcat F8F

They don't cart it around airshows. The airshow where I flew on it was in Zhukovskiy in Moscow and it was there so the president could go and check it out the day before. It is permanently based there. And and I don't know the name for these sims, but it's one of those that you can train a pilot from scratch and the 1st flight on the real aircraft would be a commercial flight in the right seat.

Surely even the Russians aren't doing this? Unless by "real aircraft" you mean something that isn't a Cessna or Cherokee!

Why are you so adamant that you'll be able to successfully hand-fly a jet to a landing in an emergency situation if your only hours are in a PA28? I wouldn't be that confident handflying a 747 or 777 under pressure to a landing with no prior flying experience on either type, and I've flown 757s and 767s! Yes I'd probably manage it but I've flown jets before .... you haven't so you more than likely wouldn't stand a chance!