Emma asked:


I know that the plane will crash if no one else is around to drive it. But if he does falls asleep will there be anyone there to take over, like an assistant or something. I was wondering because I recently read an article about a man falling asleep while driving an airplane and then crashing. And I’m scared because I’m going on an airplane soon and my flight leaves very early in the morning and I’m worried that the pilot might be tired.
Bub- So what happens if the computer system stops working or something?

Masshole asked:


I’m currently training for my instrument rating and would like to have a safety pilot to practice shooting some solo approaches. I’d also like to serve as a safety pilot myself for another pilot.

But, I read an article about safety pilots on Wikipedia, which says the safety pilot cannot log PIC time, only SIC time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_pilot (see the last paragraph under “Basic Principles”)

…is this true? I’ve learned to take everything on Wikipedia with a grain of salt and this particular article may have been written by some commercial pilot who didn’t know what the heck he was talking about.

I also was told by a CFI that airlines deduct SIC time during the pilot hiring process, which (if true) makes it a waste of time to serve as anybody’s safety pilot, doesn’t it?

Aaron A asked:


what is the right track to take? do i become a firefighter and then get certified as a pilot? or do i become a pilot first?

please help. im doing lots of research on this. thanks

Jordan S asked:


If you were a passenger on a Boeing 737….Would you want a pilot that has more flight time logged/more experience, or would you want a pilot with less experience/minimum flight time logged WITH a college degree in any field?

Here’s Tommy! AM asked:


I want to be a pilot when i am older but i want to know more of what it is like in the RAF, do you need 20/20 vision to be a pilot?

Chris S asked:


I plan to do rotc in college and i want to be a elicopter pilot as an officer. I’ve been told that the coast guard has great pilots, and the armys night stalkers are also amazing. I also heard that the coast guard pilot program is extremely hard to get into without experience, and to dothe army first then coast guard. Also how hard is the the training to be a night stalker? Thanks!!