You've seen the movies where both pilots of a jet become incapacitated and it falls to a hapless passenger to land a huge airliner (i/e: Airport 1975, Airplane, Executive Decision), trying to save the day. But what if that average joe happened to hold a private pilot's license? Do the 'little guys' know enough about flying airplanes in order to land the big iron safely in an emergency? What if a passenger has no flying experience whatsoever, could anyone do it if they were 'talked down'?

 

 

Here's one similar incident where this actually happened...

 

 

You author getting checked out in his Cherokee at Griffiss...

 

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