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'Very calm' pilot makes successful wheels-up emergency landing
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Definitely not a Ryanair pilot
Suspiciously absent is cockpit footage of said “calm” pilot which would probably tell a different story. Great landing, no doubt, but assuming the demeanor of the PIC is a bit much.
You think he would be panicking?
It’s a gear up landing. It’s hardly even dangerous, when sone properly. Which this was.
Training wins again.
The old rule: "Fly the plane as far into the accident as you can". And when you have to land on the belly, make it a landing as normal as possible.
Most stressful part of the whole thing is doing the fucking paperwork after
The fact that 14 people completely missed your Reddit handle. Which explains your hyper critical comment. You're right though only sites deal in absolutes