[quote=Horton]Haha thats from people who "know everything about everything". The so called wazua experts@impunity So u reckon we sleep and wake up when we hear aural sounds?hahaha
some of these "arguments" are so ridiculous, people who have never been on a flightdeck of anything tell us tales like these. Lets stick to what we know and not "speculate"

Forgive them @Horton ignorance is bliss. It is not easy to sit on the controls of any airliner. Global failure rates for those training to qualify are high. At KQ itself failure rate is at 40%. For every 10 new pilots only 6 make it to the end. They should sit in the cockpit in a moonless night flying over the Congo with thunderstorm squal lines lighting up the whole airspace they see if the Autopilot will navigate around them or if the pilots will be asleep at the time.

Why would an experienced pilot flying a modern jetliner fly direct into thunderstorm over the Congo forest given that the onboard weather radar can see weather patterns 500km away with a whole 45 minutes for the pilot to change flight path to avoid the storm?

To me that would qualify to be a lazy pilot. A failure to be particular.

So you want us to get more bliss by sitting in the "terrifying" cockpit over the Congo forest in a moonless night?

Hahahahaha.

Even if the airliner should dive deeply due to unforseen storm, the the pilot should sit pretty with both hands off the controls and let the airliner correct itselt to the set altitude and flight path.

Should the autopilot disengage due to excessive thunderstorm you simply request to change the course, climb higher and press the damn autopilot button to engage once again.

Infact 95% of the flight time you dont even need to touch the control column, you just change the course by rotating than miniature knob, just like tuning the '80s pocket transitor radio.

By the way a matatu driver on the Mombasa road between Celtel and JKIA overpass is more worked up than you, seated pretty in that modern airliner kokopit.

@Impunity, are you a certified dreamliner welder?

, I seriously recomend @horton to borrow a secret from Miraa drivers of the potent of khat. The optimal dose to be taken during those moments of rare need to experience new vitality in that trade of boredomness will be mete to you pap.