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ZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Flight school pilot jumps to his death midair, leaving 22-year-old student to land plane

abc7chicago.com

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Flight school pilot jumps to his death midair, leaving 22-year-old student to land plane

abc7chicago.com

ZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself.
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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    Okay, this was a tragedy for the instructor, and traumatic for the student.

    Now that we’ve established that, can we acknowledge that this situation is comedy gold?

    Is she that bad a student, or that bad a conversationalist? I admit, I’ve had moments when I’ve wanted to throw myself out of a moving car, if it would end the conversation I’m having.

    Can you imagine her radio call to the tower? “Um, yeah, he just…jumped. No, no parachute, just gone…Um, how do I get down from here?” “Well, today is the day you learn to land.”

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      In my head this a Bob Newhart stand up bit.

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    She’s probably traumatized but I hope one day she can work through it enough to see how fucking badass she is for doing this

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    https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRJIJwBDMS2dQDMokMeObg-nAFq52Kxd6NUdAZ1NqU8faR5XhaOz7NO1hA&s=10

    • hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app
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      Okay, this is like 10x funnier because of the “watch this”, its something Id do

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    Well that’s one way to win an argument about whether the student is ready for landing or not.

    • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
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      He literally told her that much. Something along the lines of “you’re ready, you know what to do”… And off.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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      The instructor decided he was ready for a solo landing of his own.

      • justsomeguy@lemmy.world
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        First one on the ground wins!

  • iamthetot@piefed.ca
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    Wow, I hope that young woman gets the help she needs.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      She had help, he jumped from the plane.

  • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
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    “I go left now, good luck everybody else.”

  • Loaf@sh.itjust.works
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    Ah, here is my “wtf moment” of the day. I’d been looking everywhere for it.

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    Well, did he land it?

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      My automatic assumption was that you were asking if he stuck the landing, but I’m guessing you had assumed the student was male.

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        Im referring to “the student” which is a “male word” I dont know how to call it exactly

        • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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          Huh? English doesn’t have grammatical gender. A “student” can be male, female, or non-binary.

          In this case, a quick look at the article would tell you that the student pilot is female and yes, she did land the plane.

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            What do you mean nonbinary?

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            The Studentesse™ landed the plane safely.

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      Yes, she did.

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      No, he jumped out of the aircraft, his student managed to land the plane despite her being in shock.

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        I mean, he also landed…just faster

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