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."
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OwOarchist@pawb.social · 26 pts · 46d
Well that's one way to win an argument about whether the student is ready for landing or not.
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 46d
He literally told her that much. Something along the lines of "you're ready, you know what to do"... And off.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 46d
The instructor decided he was ready for a solo landing of his own.
justsomeguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 46d
First one on the ground wins!
drkt@scribe.disroot.org · 24 pts · 46d
hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app · 18 pts · 46d
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 14 pts · 46d
Wow, I hope that young woman gets the help she needs.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 46d
She had help, he jumped from the plane.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 46d
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 · 2 pts · 45d
In my head this a Bob Newhart stand up bit.
cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 46d
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
Tangent5280@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 46d
"I go left now, good luck everybody else."
loaf@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 46d
Ah, here is my “wtf moment” of the day. I’d been looking everywhere for it.
hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 46d
nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 46d
Yes, she did.
NABDad@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 46d
My automatic assumption was that you were asking if he stuck the landing, but I'm guessing you had assumed the student was male.
hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app · -5 pts · 46d
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 46d
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.
zqps@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 46d
The Studentesse™ landed the plane safely.
hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app · 0 pts · 45d
stoy@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 46d
No, he jumped out of the aircraft, his student managed to land the plane despite her being in shock.
neo2478@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 45d
I mean, he also landed...just faster
loaf@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 46d