Easy on British TV 9th May odd event.
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The German Training Captain early on in last nights episode seemed a little abrupt with the F/O on his first trip - certainly very different to the one conducting base training and the other one on the first line trip for the same cadet. I didn't see all of the first series but I think this puts Easy in a better light based on the couple of episodes I saw last year.
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Reality!
Can't help but notice that in the various comments and criticism of the program, there are few comments about the young lady's training landings and her first time with pax aboard. Fresh in the memorys of some mayhaps?
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Misleading
Far too touchy-feely, I opine. The smiles and looks of uncertainty on the young FO's faces were not representative of the job, which is by and large a serious one. It's clearly an editing issue, with excerpts carefully chosen and Stephen Fry's jolly voice commentating.
It just doesn't feel real to me. More a puff for easyJet.
It just doesn't feel real to me. More a puff for easyJet.
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Indeed racedo, as the image below of Veldhuyzen van Zanten published in a KLM advertisement shortly before the Tenerife disaster demonstrates.
A lot of it's pretty badly mixed and edited. Just landed at Keflavik or Rome yet there is the old scrap DC-9 on Gatwick's south side just outside the window. Still what can we expect it's entertainment not (as somebody said above) Discovery or National Geographic Channel.
easy to start yelling at the telly after a couple of red wines.
easy to start yelling at the telly after a couple of red wines.
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As SLF interested in aviation I can't help but think some of the comments on here sound like my wife who when watching a film drives me mad with her frequent comments of "it isn't like that in the book!" If this was as detailed as some of you want most casual viewers (which most are!) wouldn't understand it and turn off quickly. The things I take from this are that pilots are human, care about their job and take it very seriously (you'd be surprised how that never occurs to many in the back!) and DO care about delays for which THEY are not responsible! (Again which might come as a shock to a few in the cheap seats. It is more about the people than the job and to be perfectly honest that's how I like it because if I understand the person/people at the sharp end as not so different from me I have much more sympathy with them when thing don't go according to plan. For anything else I watch dedicated cockpit videos.
She is a Captain, there is no such designation as a female captain.
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