747 low flyby

[drivez]

werido_salt good comment but although there is an element of risk involved in the fly-by, the airline would also realise that it is a free promotion of the airline, the thousands of people at the airshow and indeed on youtube see an exciting well performed piece of flying so therefore think of the airline as having good aircraft operated by well trained, skilled crews. And therefore they fly that airline because at the end of the day no matter how cheap the ticket if the airline flys old aircraft that fail often with poorly skilled pilots they don't fly with them.

[misd-agin]

IF they actually did the analysis of the relationship to their radar altimeter height vs. allowable bank angle it's not that bad.

IF they didn't they're dumb, and maybe got very lucky.

Any bank angle starts making it a completely different event, especially with long wingspan aircraft.

[Kerosine]

If they can't fly their way out of a paper bag what do they spend 2-3 years in flight school doing? There was me thinking they were learning to fly.

There's a difference between 'learning to fly' and this chap did. I think the comment about the paper bag is referring to how newly trained pilots may (apparently!) be too reliant on technology to fly the aircraft.

And therefore they fly that airline because at the end of the day no matter how cheap the ticket if the airline flys old aircraft that fail often with poorly skilled pilots they don't fly with them.

Being in a country with a well established regulatory body (CAA) I can't imagine safety is a concern of the average consumer, I'm sure people will almost always go for the cheapest knowing they all meet minimum safety standards.

[PPRuNe Pop]

I think this has gone as far as it can go.

Thanks for your inputs.

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