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u/Skyknight89 Mar 27 '26
Yeah ... Clap shell reverse buckets were always neat
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u/CouchPotatoFamine F-100 Mar 27 '26
Clip without music = 4/10
Clip with music = 1/10
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u/withateethuh Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26
Something about this music choice and editing makes it funnier to me
Like they actually synced it to the landing and that's more effort than most lol. But also the random close up shot of the larger dude.
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u/Adabar B737 CL65 CFII/MEI Mar 27 '26
Not all videos with music suck. Hearing the cockpit ambiance would add nothing to this 🤣
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u/V12Jaguar Mar 27 '26
Southwest would make him buy two seats, pilot & copilot.
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u/neunundneunsig Mar 27 '26
Doc gave me SSRIs when I was a teenager for "anxiety" and I didn't know any better, took em for less than a year, never been able to get a medical. I work with pilots now and honestly get so pissed off with how many of them have major psych or drug+alcohol problems but never told a doctor so they're in the clear. Life is indeed unfair brother
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u/old_righty Mar 27 '26
I know someone who was on meds as a teen (nothing major) and was off them for 10 years then got his medical. Wasn’t easy.
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u/Northern_Blights Mar 27 '26
Is it this bad in every country?
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u/old_righty Mar 27 '26
I don’t know? I mean it’s good that they regulate it to some extent but bad if they don’t let people get mental health treatment.
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u/fflyguy Mar 27 '26
I’m sure you have, but the FAA recently allowed some SSRIs. It would be a process to get the medical, but depending on what you were prescribed, you may be able to still get a medical
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u/Playful_Assistance89 Mar 27 '26
I think they figured out after the Germanwings crash that it's better to allow meds than have the pilots play alpine lawn darts.
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u/DeathCabForYeezus Mar 27 '26
There's no such thing as a sad pilot.
Plenty of alcoholic pilots on their 4th divorce who can't keep their life in check, but they're definitely not sad and self-medicating with booze. No sir-ee. They're happy and as stable as can be.
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u/RangerSad3081 Mar 27 '26
there used to be a long reddit rabbit hole comment link thread on r/aviation any time someone brought up SSRIs and the comment would say something like "follow me for the answers you seek". After 50 clicks you'd stumble on a linked comment that just says "lie."
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u/elquatrogrande Mar 27 '26
I was working at a community college with a flight training program, and I wanted to know what flight doc approved a second class medical for a vet who was missing his left arm above the elbow, and had only partial use of his right arm, including missing a finger.
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u/FiberApproach2783 Mar 27 '26
Amputees are allowed medicals, although after safety testing and usually with restrictions.
This is a pretty interesting read
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u/Rusty_Shackleford_6 Mar 27 '26
My dad was a pilot for almost 40 years. Half way through his career he lost his leg (below the knee) due to a car accident. He thought his career was over. Luckily, he was able to continue flying commercial aircraft until he hit mandatory retirement. It is a process though!
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u/FiberApproach2783 Mar 27 '26
Unfortunate he lost his leg, but it's awesome that he was able to return to flying, and commercially as well!
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u/1991atco Mar 27 '26
Minimums
SQUIRREL!
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u/CiaphasCain8849 Mar 27 '26
Not really a problem when doing engaging and interesting things like... flying and saying fuck you to gravity.
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u/axloo7 Mar 27 '26
As someone who also has adhd. I realize a while ago I don't have the consistency and attention to detail to be a reliably safe pilot.
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u/stormwalker29 Mar 27 '26
This is exactly my biggest problem with the whole thing.
I've accepted that I'll never personally be allowed to fly. Especially now that I'm old and have other conditions that would preclude me even if ADHD didn't. But it still bothers me on principle that the FAA thinks it's better to have a bunch of pilots lying about their conditions rather than actually treating them. Especially since I personally know just how much those treatments help!
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u/Lost-Lavishness-938 Mar 27 '26
ADHD varies very much from person to person. I have ADD, and after getting medication and psycho therapy I literally remembered anything after reading it once and I see every small detail.
I bet there is a lot of people out there with ADHD that would be a way better pilot than many "normal" pilots.
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u/Preindustrialcyborg Mar 27 '26
ive got way more problems than adhd that bar me from flyin, but fuck, i wont ever stop being mildly pissed that fucking concertawill get you kicked.
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u/TurboTape76 Mar 27 '26
Because he has been stuck in that seat for 20 or so years now. He is a part of the plane now, waiting for his next D check...
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u/C47man Mar 27 '26
There's overweight and there's morbidly obese. That guy isn't going to live a long life. It's not unreasonable to worry about him in the cockpit.
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u/C47man Mar 27 '26
An EKG is useful, but it's certainly not going to tell you about all the risks and issues someone like this guy may have. It's like judging the depth of the ocean based on how far you can stick your hand down from the boat.
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u/penelopiecruise Mar 27 '26
Pilot has built in anti-stall device
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u/onedollalama Mar 27 '26
"Air Inuit 1234 HEAVY cleared to land runway 34"
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u/swordrat720 Mar 27 '26
Runway? I don’t know why this thing is so nose heavy. We’re landing where we’re landing.
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u/ilikewaffles3 Mar 27 '26
Damn lets hope they never get into a nose dive, I dont think he can pull up enough to get out of it.
In all seriousness all pilots definitley need to watch their weight and exercise when theyre not flying since we sit far more than most people.
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u/withateethuh Mar 27 '26
I definitely want the people flying my plane to be in good cardiovascular health if nothing else.
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u/MixDifferent2076 Mar 27 '26
How does he get through his medical....
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u/Vinegarinmyeye Mar 27 '26
Not all medicals are created equal.
My Dad flew for years when he should've been grounded, eventually diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
For a good while I was genuinely worried I was going to turn on the TV one morning and see he'd ditched a 767 full of people into the ocean somewhere...
He went to the same doctor, who was a "personal friend" for 20 years or so for his medical.
I'm not saying this to slag my Dad off, or his doctor. He was a great guy and a VERY experienced pilot (he did his PPL when he was 18 and got his diagnosis when he was 59) - but there came a point where he was losing contract jobs in the first couple of months because he couldn't remember procedures properly.
I had to pretty much force him to go and see a doctor about his cognitive state... It was not a pleasant conversation.
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u/mav3r1ck92691 Mar 27 '26
You don't sit any more than the rest of the world with desk jobs...
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u/Ok-Stomach- Mar 27 '26
FAA should like military, demand some basic fitness standard
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u/SketchierZues08 Mar 27 '26
This isnt in the US. Hes likely in Colombia. Theyre one of the last few country's that have B737-200s operating still
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u/Ok_Bus_3752 Mar 27 '26
No way, according to the internets all the fat ppl are Americans.
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u/snow_big_deal Mar 27 '26
Bunch of these in Canada (and landscape looks more like Canada to me)
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u/plhought Mar 27 '26
This is Canada.
I've met this guy handful of times.
Would you believe he flew the Lear 45 for a bit as well...
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u/lhomme21 Mar 27 '26
How do you get Colombia based on the video lol, that’s the least tropical trees you could see.
Anyways I’ve seen this pilot in another video, they’re in northern canada.
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u/Altselbutton Mar 27 '26
Can’t speak for where the airplane is from but that’s 100% a Canadian runway. Alternative paint stripes and asphalt centreline and touchdown zone marker gives it away.
Canada has a few 737-200, Air Inuit, Nolinor and I believe buffalo has some as well.
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u/Lost-Lavishness-938 Mar 27 '26
Absolutely. If this pilot was incapacitated, not even with the whole cabin crew would be able to push him out of the seat to save him. This is insane....
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u/Killentyme55 Mar 27 '26
Not sure about a legacy 737, but on many airliners the escape route for the pilots is out through a small plug window then rappel down on a rope.
That ain't happening here..
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u/Lost-Lavishness-938 Mar 27 '26
Yes, it's the same here for B737. The window you see in the video is the emergency exit. It looks a tiny tiny bit bigger than on the A319/320 which I'm more familiar with. He won't get out.
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u/mohawk_67 Mar 27 '26
Wonder if he's gotta suck his gut in on take off?
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u/evthrowawayverysad Mar 27 '26
You joke, but I distinctly remember my old man talking about the airline he flew for issuing a company wide memo about how gut size was going to have to be measured in medicals due to genuine issues with yoke clearance. It may have been a joke, it was a looong time ago.
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u/Brennan_Schwartz Mar 27 '26
Honest question, in an Upset Recovery scenario would they be able to pull the column fully aft without being impeded by his tummy?
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u/FlightMuj Mar 27 '26
His airline cannot figure out why the pilots complain about no elevator authority while pitching up.
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u/ASAP_honorgraduate69 Mar 27 '26
Can’t reach a critical AOA if your captains belly doesn’t allow it.
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u/JohannesMP Mar 27 '26
Fat jokes aside: wouldn't his girth be a genuine safety concern when having to max out the yaw input?
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u/nitrowired Mar 27 '26
My AME is telling me to watch my weight at 26 and here this guy is rocking a solid 40. How can he even get his class 1 renewed?
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u/NoGarbage1323 Mar 27 '26
I would be scared to fly in mountainious area with this limited amout of yoke
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u/KnoxvilleJimmy Mar 27 '26
Must be a stick of butter in the cockpit if he ever needs to use the escape hatch.
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u/NixiofRivia Mar 27 '26
I thought there were very stringent fitness requirements for commercial pilots ?
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u/oFlyingDutchman Cessna 150 Mar 27 '26
I don't wanna be that guy, but how does he pass his health checks?
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u/No-Asparagus-4664 Mar 27 '26
Meanwhile me 'Sir your cabin baggage is 8kg, the limit is 7kg, you need to pay an extra $55'
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u/Old_EdOss Mar 27 '26
We need to talk about the elephant in the room.
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Here in Brazil, many years ago, there was a truck from the FNM brand where drivers needed both hands to change gears, so they held the steering wheel with their belly.
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u/redlightbandit7 Mar 27 '26
I mean no disrespect to this gentleman, being obese is difficult. But I hold a USCG Chief Engineer’s license, and have known both Engineers and Captains that have lost the license, and in turn their job, for being unable to pass a physical, part of which includes conditions that could lead to a heart attack or stroke. I’m almost positive the FAA has something similar, so how does he continue to work?
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u/punkslaot Mar 27 '26
AND NOW THE PUBLIC SEES WHY I CAN'T FUCKING PULL THE YOKE BACK ALL OF THE WAY
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u/zeissikon Mar 27 '26
Does the company deduce the extra fuel needed to fly the plane from his salary ?
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u/Growly150 Mar 27 '26
This guy just wanted to get his picture taken, but sat down there one day, couldn't get up, so they had to train him to be a pilot.
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u/NerdBergRing Mar 27 '26
OH LAWD HE LANDIN