OK. since nobody has posted ANYWHERE! I'll have to do it.
and unlike the last one i posted, this one is true.
and a little scary.
One day a rookie pilot was ready to take off from the tarmac and the pilot supervising him decided to have a bit of fun at his expense.
so as the large passenger airliner climbed, the supervising pilot turned on the gust lock, a devise used only on the ground that locks the tail so that it doesn't blow around in high winds.
and so with the rookie pilot extremely confused as to why the plane wouldn't level out the supervising pilot thought that the joke Had gone far enough and released the gust lock.
bad idea
since the rookie didn't have any idea what was going on he had left the controls in an extreme position and with the release of the gust lock the airliner went into a nosedive.
and since the rookie and supervisor were NOT strapped in they both went flying.
and one of them hit the engine shut-off switch which turned out to be a good thing as it slowed down there descent. so that the co-pilot who WAS strapped in could level out the aircraft at about 300 feet from the ground and make an emergency landing at a nearby airport.
at first it was blamed on a systems malfunction, but the truth eventually got out about the ill conceived practical joke.
and the supervising pilot?
he was fired.
posted by Daniel
and unlike the last one i posted, this one is true.
and a little scary.
One day a rookie pilot was ready to take off from the tarmac and the pilot supervising him decided to have a bit of fun at his expense.
so as the large passenger airliner climbed, the supervising pilot turned on the gust lock, a devise used only on the ground that locks the tail so that it doesn't blow around in high winds.
and so with the rookie pilot extremely confused as to why the plane wouldn't level out the supervising pilot thought that the joke Had gone far enough and released the gust lock.
bad idea
since the rookie didn't have any idea what was going on he had left the controls in an extreme position and with the release of the gust lock the airliner went into a nosedive.
and since the rookie and supervisor were NOT strapped in they both went flying.
and one of them hit the engine shut-off switch which turned out to be a good thing as it slowed down there descent. so that the co-pilot who WAS strapped in could level out the aircraft at about 300 feet from the ground and make an emergency landing at a nearby airport.
at first it was blamed on a systems malfunction, but the truth eventually got out about the ill conceived practical joke.
and the supervising pilot?
he was fired.
posted by Daniel
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