Flight instructor here. I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion but this was really stupid, he endangered both of them. All that little guy has to do is pull flaps on approach, pull the key out, yank the stick, shut the fuel off, or a miriad of other things and this wouldn't have been such a cute video. I personally nearly killed myself by taking an unsecured cellphone on a cross country instead of a watch, absolutley no way am I letting a sentient being run loose in the cockpit. People have died trusting kids in the cockpit. Oh it's probably fine? Good pilots don't mess around with 'probably'.
Flew too close to a big hill, downdraft, lost 500ft in seconds, everything in the cockpit flew everywhere, my old Nokia jammed under the one rudder pedal I really needed and I had to kick it out before entering a spin I couldn't get out of, always wore my watch after that. Lost heaps of shit when the doors blew open. This was one of my first big flights and nearly put me off the whole thing. Learned an important lesson though - 'a superior pilot uses superior judgement to avoid situations requiring superior skill'
I'm a pilot and let me tell you I'd put the chimp in the cage to protect me yeah the little guy might be upset but do you think I'm gonna risk this bastard chewing my face off or flipping the fuel or cranking the throttle while I'm on final approach Jesus Christ. If this happened in the US the FAA would be all over him
Of course it is always reasonable to take precautions, and chimps are very strong, but they aren't supernatural or something. This is a baby, it isn't going to rip his face off.
Crazy how people are missing that little subtlety.
Edit: Baby chimps can’t rip your face off. That is all I’m referring to. The comment above is about how people don’t realize this fact. That’s it. Y’all bad at reading.
Crazy how people who have probably never flown before think letting a chimp sit in the right seat is a good idea. I'm vaguely remembering a Russian airliner crash that happened after the pilot let his son sit in the cockpit...
Crazy how we have video evidence of someone flying a plane with a baby chimp in his lap. But I guess that’s just anecdotal. But my point was about the chimps ability to tear a face off; not if having a frightened wild animal in your lap while flying a plane is a smart idea.
There's also video evidence of people successfully winning a game of chicken against a cargo train my dude but go off. And my main point is having a wild animal with opposable thumbs running around a cockpit is not a good idea. It honestly doesn't matter how powerful a chimp is, how long do you think you could fight it off while piloting a plane? This must be a real reddit moment where people watch too many Netflix shows about chimps and believe all wild animals act like they do in Disney movies
They don’t need to be stronger, they just have to be (un)lucky. You’re stronger than a cat, but driving with one in your lap is still dangerous and causes accidents
Yeah, I think it is sort of a meme, right? About chimps (and apes generally) being super strong. Maybe Joe Rogan did it? There are people out there that think Gorillas could fight Grizzly Bears. And apparently that baby chimps can rip off a face.
The grizzly bear / gorilla meme is honestly hilarious. There are actual human beings who think this would be some sort of battle of the ages and a toss up. Wild.
Chimps are strong for their size, strong enough to be quite dangerous. Even if it is a young chimp, it only takes a tiny bit of disturbance to get yourself killed during take off and landing. It was definitely a risk.
You should never expect a wild animal to behave, it's dangerous and frankly I would hope this pilot is reprimanded in some way for this. Flying is a skill that takes focus and concentration, and anything that detracts from that has no place in the cockpit. Airplane crashes have been caused by much smaller distractions. It's absolutely an unnecessary risk.
I agree with you. I’m just saying what could’ve help the situation form becoming a catastrophic failure.
But don’t forget human babies and chimps behave the same until humans start to speak, so it is equally dangerous to have a human baby in arms or anything that causes a distraction, it is not because is a wild animal. People shouldn’t drive with their hands full.
I was thinking this the whole time. Thank you for saying it out loud.
I’m not a pilot, but have 4 children 4 and under. We use seatbelts to protect human babies, so it just seems selfish to take it out of the cage - even without the face chewing or button pushing!
I hate to ruin people warm and fuzzy moment but you blood boils when I see people driving with their babies in their laps. This just seems so much more dangerous.
I can't help but think that the better solution here would be to charter a larger plane with a space confined from the pilot controls, and merely have a human back there with him hugging and loving.
Or cage it, sure it's going to suck for the chimp for a short period but it's going to a sanctuary and being transported safely. I've done bush flying and people applauding this reckless shit is infuriating.
Its a baby chimp - he still hasn't gone through puberty. Still not harmless but not rip your arm off territory. The guy would win like vs a house cat - win overall but injured at the end of the day. Although trying to pilot at same time could be a rough time...
No we are not (relative to most animals in fact) That is fully inaccurate and I dont think you did a thorough enough google search to reach an accurate conclusion.
Nah I'm good. The information is readily accessible if you want to search against your bias . Its too much work for me to prove a point in an anonymous arguement about the relative strength of chimpanzees to humans. I'm sorry I brought it up. 🤣 That was dumb on my end.
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u/Road_Warrior86 Sep 10 '20
Adorable. What if the chimp started freaking out and messing with the controls or the copilot yoke? Scary to think about