“Do you think you could get a plane in an emergency?” This is the question that several women ask your partner to Tiktok. Hand camera, some have fun filming the hidden camera, the answer always full of their loved ones.
Because in most cases, the answer is always the same: men are convinced that the machine can land without problems. And they do not hesitate to affirm it with confidence. “Yes, I played Flight simulator“, responds to one of them, without thinking about more than a few seconds.” My instinct makes me say that (…) you can trust me. “
“I think my intelligence allows it”
Video games are also an argument that often arises by questioning men about their ability to land a plane.
“Of course,” says another Internet user’s father. “I take the orders (…) I can land the plane. I open the orders and return cabin,” he continues in front of his disappointed daughter. His mother, on the other hand, will respond in the negative.
“I do,” replies another. “Just read an article, right?” He smiles at the young man, despite his girlfriend’s many doubts.
“Well, yes. Of course. I could have an landed plane. It is certain that there will be breaks. But the plane would land,” the former Secret Story Alexis candidate smiles. “Everything for the survival instinct,” he smiles.
And these Internet users are far from an exception. According to a Yougov survey in 2023, almost half of American men say they can put a plane safely in an emergency, with the help of air controllers. In women, the figure falls to 20%.
Given these answers, most Internet users seem offended. If some do not hesitate to remember that the profession requires several years of studies, others seem outraged by the ego and the excess confidence of certain men.
“Simply impossible”
However, aviation professionals are definitive: “For an average passenger, it is simply impossible,” says Gérard Feldzer, former line and president of Aviation Without Borders, with the Parisian. “What is certain is that if the passenger takes orders on his own, he is screwed,” adds Paul Dupuy, a line pilot on Air France since 2020.
In fact, between the many orders and the external parameters to take into account how the weather and communication with the control tower, it seems very unlikely that a passenger will succeed in carrying out the maneuver without having been formed.
And the pilots do not hesitate to put these Internet users a bit too sure of them in their place. “Pilot response:” They should already be able to contact and respond to the ATC (the air traffic control service, an editor’s note). “He studies nothing,” recalls an air host.
Another even filmed by landing a plane, to demonstrate to Internet users that he was able to do so.
Source: BFM TV
