Even a fully limbed up pilot could randomly pass out or have a heart attack at any moment. YOU ARE NEVER SAFE.
I read the news today oh boy! Page 1,650
So is the safest option not to have a pilot at all.
Quote: sootyj @ 16th August 2014, 5:50 PM BSTSo is the safest option not to have a pilot at all.
No. Walk. But look out for any planes that might fall out of the sky.
Quote: sootyj @ 16th August 2014, 5:50 PM BSTSo is the safest option not to have a pilot at all.
Quote: Chappers @ 16th August 2014, 5:52 PM BSTNo. Walk. But look out for any planes that might fall out of the sky.
What if an escaped monkey attacks you, they're quite rare at 30,000 feet
So only 100 crashes since 2007 and 9 this year then.
That figure must be very comforting to Germans
Quote: Chappers @ 16th August 2014, 5:40 PM BSTPilot nearly crashes because his artificial arm came off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28778728
Apparently he's not the only one with an artificial arm and there are some with artificial legs.
Gives you faith when flying. Would it be discriminatory to ask if your pilot had the full complement of limbs?
Dudley Moore would get a job there.
I guess it all started with a bloke called Douglas Bader.
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Here's one for Lofthouse:
So it looks like the human race has about 800 years to get off Earth and colonise somewhere else.
Quote: billwill @ 16th August 2014, 6:42 PM BSTI guess it all started with a bloke called Douglas Bader.
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Here's one for Lofthouse:
So it looks like the human race has about 800 years to get off Earth and colonise somewhere else.
Yes - but he had no passengers!
Quote: zooo @ 16th August 2014, 5:46 PM BSTEven a fully limbed up pilot could randomly pass out or have a heart attack at any moment. YOU ARE NEVER SAFE.
With you stop that! I'm gearing up to fly for the first time in 8 years. Not by choice.
If you vote against independence Alex Salmond may not fire you over the border by catapault.
Quote: keewik @ 16th August 2014, 7:20 PM BSTWith you stop that! I'm gearing up to fly for the first time in 8 years. Not by choice.
Aw, soz. You will be fine!
Where are you going?
Duh Zooo
up obviously
Quote: zooo @ 16th August 2014, 7:33 PM BSTAw, soz. You will be fine!
Where are you going?
Just Exeter but that is equivalent to the moon as far as I'm concerned.
Quote: sootyj @ 16th August 2014, 7:30 PM BSTIf you vote against independence Alex Salmond may not fire you over the border by catapault.
Oh but he will.
Quote: keewik @ 16th August 2014, 8:32 PM BSTJust Exeter but that is equivalent to the moon as far as I'm concerned.
Ah, at least the flight will be short.