Originally Posted by: manXcat

Mea culpa. I'm an serious attention to detail person Sascha. Although retired now, that's who you'd want up the pointy end watching those screens and dials and monitoring the flight director or in a mission critical emergency when things go pear shaped quickly when your life is on the line at 30,000+ feet in what effectively amounts to a pressurised Coke can with wings full of fuel.

My wife has been watching episode after episode of "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian channel. Sometimes I sit in. Wow! You're absolutely right. I want someone like you at the controls or I don't want to fly at all. I was trained as a surgeon and know all about taking people's lives into one's hands, but 200+ people at one time! You've got a set of big brass ones, my friend. No need for mea culpas.

Sascha