Have you ever talked about Flight Simulator with your wife?
The conversation for me? Goes something like this:
She comes home late from work...I ignore her, cause I'm on Final into 'FIMP' and I don't know this airport...
Me: Sorry Pumpkin, I didn't mean to ignore you when you came home, but I was on a difficult and tricky approach in Africa...
She: Geez, It's only a game!
Me: If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...It is NOT a game! It's an Aircraft Flight Simulation! Even El Al trains their pilots on it. Even the Australian Air Force uses it!
She: Uh-Huh...ok.
Pause...
Me: Hey, Sweetie! I think if anything happened to the Pilot and Co-Pilot? I think I could actually land a 747-400!
She: Uh-Huh, sure...And what could possibly happen to the Pilot AND the Co-Pilot at the same time?
Me: Well, you know how we fly to France on Air France? What if they served those Champignons you like but they were from America, and they were accidentally ToadStools?!?
She: Well, then...like in the movies? They would ask if anyone on-board could fly an airplane.
Me: Yeah, but like in the Movies? It's always someone who has only flown a Piper-Cub! They don't know anything about the FMC, Flight Management Computers and stuff! They haven't landed a PMDG 747-400 a thousand times!
She: Well, ok, then you can help the REAL Pilot, ok?
Me: But, I know way more about the 747 than he does!
As long as the airport has ILS and isn't 'Nuked' or something? I could land it almost without using any controls but the computer! At least till it's on the ground...
She: Well, the Ground Personnel in the Tower would talk you thru it anyways...I'm sure you would do the best you could.
Me: Hmm, But, You KNOW that I hate it when you try and talk to me when I'm on Final...not sure I'd like some nut in the control tower bothering me too...Specially if he told me to do something that I KNOW the computer doesn't like!
She: You don't even hear me, when your landing! Totally Rude!
Me: Thats just Total Concentration! I have 357 people aboard!
She: It's just a Game!!
Me: Is Not!
Silence for a while...
Me: Hey! Did you know that Homeland Security tried firing bullets thru the side of an aircraft in flight? And, you know what?
She: What?
Me: It wasn't catastropic at all...not like in the movies.
She: A Bullet can go thru the side of an airplane?
Me: Well, yeah...It's just Plastic, Wires and Aluminum.
She: Thats terrible! They should make airplanes bullet-proof!
Me: Well, that would be kind of heavy, Sweetie...
She: Well...Couldn't they use like 'Flubber' or something?!?
Me: 'Flubber'?!?
Sheesh,
Flaps
The conversation for me? Goes something like this:
She comes home late from work...I ignore her, cause I'm on Final into 'FIMP' and I don't know this airport...
Me: Sorry Pumpkin, I didn't mean to ignore you when you came home, but I was on a difficult and tricky approach in Africa...
She: Geez, It's only a game!
Me: If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...It is NOT a game! It's an Aircraft Flight Simulation! Even El Al trains their pilots on it. Even the Australian Air Force uses it!
She: Uh-Huh...ok.
Pause...
Me: Hey, Sweetie! I think if anything happened to the Pilot and Co-Pilot? I think I could actually land a 747-400!
She: Uh-Huh, sure...And what could possibly happen to the Pilot AND the Co-Pilot at the same time?
Me: Well, you know how we fly to France on Air France? What if they served those Champignons you like but they were from America, and they were accidentally ToadStools?!?
She: Well, then...like in the movies? They would ask if anyone on-board could fly an airplane.
Me: Yeah, but like in the Movies? It's always someone who has only flown a Piper-Cub! They don't know anything about the FMC, Flight Management Computers and stuff! They haven't landed a PMDG 747-400 a thousand times!
She: Well, ok, then you can help the REAL Pilot, ok?
Me: But, I know way more about the 747 than he does!
As long as the airport has ILS and isn't 'Nuked' or something? I could land it almost without using any controls but the computer! At least till it's on the ground...
She: Well, the Ground Personnel in the Tower would talk you thru it anyways...I'm sure you would do the best you could.
Me: Hmm, But, You KNOW that I hate it when you try and talk to me when I'm on Final...not sure I'd like some nut in the control tower bothering me too...Specially if he told me to do something that I KNOW the computer doesn't like!
She: You don't even hear me, when your landing! Totally Rude!
Me: Thats just Total Concentration! I have 357 people aboard!
She: It's just a Game!!
Me: Is Not!
Silence for a while...
Me: Hey! Did you know that Homeland Security tried firing bullets thru the side of an aircraft in flight? And, you know what?
She: What?
Me: It wasn't catastropic at all...not like in the movies.
She: A Bullet can go thru the side of an airplane?
Me: Well, yeah...It's just Plastic, Wires and Aluminum.
She: Thats terrible! They should make airplanes bullet-proof!
Me: Well, that would be kind of heavy, Sweetie...
She: Well...Couldn't they use like 'Flubber' or something?!?
Me: 'Flubber'?!?
Sheesh,
Flaps
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