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In the good old days when I used to regularly get flown to Japan, Europe and the US for work my brother who is a Check Captain for Qantas used to arrange a visit to the cockpit for me.
I can fly a lighty and have aerobatic experience but no way could I even begin to control a light twin safely let alone modern jet airliner without a lot of further training.
The comment all these flight crews made to me was that when a non flyer sat in with them, inevitably the comment 'you don't seem to be doing much' was blurted out by the visitor to the cockpit.
The same ignorance is rife in the media as well as the general public.
Sensationalist ignorant comments in the same way do not add anything to safety.
I would far prefer Peter Ward to be flying the aircraft I am on and the engineers looking after the flight systems. Not the other way around.
Only careful evaluation of scientific evidence by everybody in the industry can improve things.
The mindless claims being made about the LHC are another example of ignorant twits commenting outside their area of expertise.
Bert
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