Anyone who went into this movie without reading reviews before hand and thinking its all about planes and flying is well misinformed. Overall a loooong movie, but a good story about someones addiction to alcohol and the typical events of an alcoholics life (family loss, drinking while at work, lying to cover up your problem etc), regardless of profession.
While the flying parts were entertaining (for the record I am a working GA pilot studying atpls hence no understanding of the sequence flown etc etc) they are just that, entertaining. If you think that life as a street racer is like the fast and the furious you belong in the same padded room. Pilots get painted into to what ever image Hollywood feels will rate the best at the time. Would this movie really get any viewers if it was about a steal mill worker??? I think not.
Its just a movie, relax. Your next ex-wife isn't basing anything off of this
Ps. Top Gun did worse for our image anyway lol.