Sweaty Palms?
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Sweaty Palms?
I was outside the office just now have a quick puff watching a BA 744 line himself up for landing at LHR and I thought: do you pilots ever get sweaty palms/racing pulse when you're putting the thing on the ground? Or taking off for that matter?
Intrigued.
Duncan
Intrigued.
Duncan
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Can't speak for people who fly big jets, but as somebody who flies little aeroplanes - yes.
Or at least I have been known in adverse conditions to get moderately stressed before and during a landing. Alternatively if I feel like that before a take-off, I generally don't bother and go away and think about what's worrying me. (Except of-course before a test, in which case everybody's nervous before take-off except the examiner).
As a wise man once said - take-offs are always optional, landings are usually mandatory.
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Or at least I have been known in adverse conditions to get moderately stressed before and during a landing. Alternatively if I feel like that before a take-off, I generally don't bother and go away and think about what's worrying me. (Except of-course before a test, in which case everybody's nervous before take-off except the examiner).
As a wise man once said - take-offs are always optional, landings are usually mandatory.
G
