This is every phone call with my mother explaining how to print an email.

Dude in the glasses should never be allowed on a plane, just in case someone’s needed to land it..😂😂

henry struggling to understand how headings wrap back to 0 after 359 😂

Anyone else screaming at the screen "Henry noooo" ha ha. Well done guys, that was great fun to watch.

Flight simers would appreciate this opportunity sooooo much more! What a dream it would be.

Every flight sim nerd gonna be laughing at this 😂

God i hope im never on a place in an emergency with Henry on board

The girl in the video needs to get a pilots licence, she was so calm.

6:01 every pilot watching's heart rate went up

Fortunately the pilots were able to set up the approach in the MCDU before they keeled over, great job by all 4 of you. Next video is Autopilot off at 1000 ft 😀

This clearly shows the absolutely incredible technology that is present in these planes. Apart from the incredible stress, this is what it takes.

I would love to do this (in the simulator obviously) I'm a keen flight sim enthusiast. I love flying the study level Fenix A320. I have spent tonnes of hours learning how to set up the aircraft from cold and dark and can (fairly) confidently fly entire flights. Fun fact: when you pull out those knobs, it's changing that setting from 'managed mode' to 'selected mode'. The latter is you telling the aircraft's FMGC (flight management guidance computer) to override the pre programmed information and tell what the autopilot to do manually.

I was a US Navy air traffic controller from 78 to 86. Last four years at NAS Whidbey Island. I was helping a friend from the Public Affairs office with a group of 10 Canadian commercial airline pilots. I took them to the A6 carrier landing simulator and arranged for each of them to get three passes at the deck. Zero sea state, daytime for two passes, nighttime for 1. One pilot managed to trap one time during daylight. This story is in no way a knock on these skilled pilots, it’s a testament to the extreme difficulty of carrier ops. Also, I mention they were Canadian only to show they had zero experience with US Navy flight ops (obviously).

What annoys me is when people act like they know stuff and then mess it up worse than expected

Fantastic video, Sunny, Matt and Henry great job and Mark you can be my wingman any time😂. Martin and Andy an absolutely brilliant production bravo.

i literally cried when the last one touched down after making a critical mistake.

That raised my heart rate! Brilliant! 😃

Absolutely amazing video guys. Awesome production too, was hooked from start to finish 😁👍🏻👍🏻

I like how the guy has concluded he might be twisting the wrong knob, but he just keeps twisting announcing that he’s twisting it as though that won’t have catastrophic consequences lol

What an awesome video!! Loved every minute of it

What a ride this was. Nooo Henry 😅 lol. Fantastic content guys.

Loved this so much haha I'm impressed!!

Henry sounding like a goddamn robot

Absolutely brilliant. 👍🏻

They would never even figure out how to communicate with the tower to begin with

As a flight simmer with about a million hours, i'm always waiting for the moment to be called to the cockpit lol

To be fair, the auto land system landed the sim. Put them in a C172 trainer.

Fantastic watch! Thank you!

Awesome video! I would love to know how the passengers would react if they had to establish radio contact first without help from the crew.

Great pilot directing the newbie! Fascinating video, thanks!

Imagine this but on IFR conditions, mountainous terrain, no auto land. I think results would be a bit different hahaha. Great video!

I like how they always do these tests on airbuses because they’re so automated and easy normal civilians would have hell on a boeing aircraft like the 737😭😭

beautiful! i love this!!

Most passengers would not be able to figure out how to operate the radios to contact air traffic control. They would have no idea what frequency to call, and it could take a long time before they could contact anyone for assistance.

Our PMDG 737 flight simulators give you a realistic ability to do this for sure. I was fortunate enough to be able to experience one of these real simulators and the aircraft can indeed practically and realistically land itself given the right inputs and button pushes. Good instruction is definitely necessary and the technology is so advanced these days. Great job and video! Watch some of the flight simmers on UKposts handle some of these sim aircraft. (Myself Included) VERY REALISTIC and close enough to the real thing for you to get at least the general idea of some of the skills and knowledge necessary to be a real pilot. Real Pilots are amazing, hard working, very knowledgeable and trained in so many things us sim guys DON'T ever do and get all of us safely and reliably around the world. Say THANK YOU to the next real pilot you have the opportunity to encounter, and I hope to see you on one of my flight sims!

I would love to try this

This was great, but in 99.9% of cases the plane will crash unless SOMEONE knows how to initially contact ATC in the first place. I wouldn't have a clue tbh, and I've spent years playing sims, just on a surface level. I'm 70% sure I could land the plane, 60% sure I would destroy the undercarriage, 40% sure I'd kill someone and 100% sure I'd f**k it up regardless.

That last guy trollin’ on 100%

Sunny was so calm and collected. She looked like she'd done that a dozen times

Brilliant !

This is on my bucket list. Would love to do it.

love this

I just want to wish you good luck. We’re all counting on you!

Amazing video! Loved it.

This is why I will always volunteer myself, even with my disability and reduced clarity in my speech. It is essential in critical situations that we adhere to 3 way repeat and read back. If you're into football this is why during the infamous Liverpool v Tottenham game at the beginning of the 23/24 season, Simon Hooper the on field referee and VAR Darren England got it so wrong, none of them, partly due to poor PGMOL protocols, confirmed what was actually happening, nether of them stated what was being checked, or repeated/questioned what was being checked, there was a lot of "yes mate's" said while both assumed they were talking about the same thing when in fact it was the complete opposite. It's worth listening to the dialogue even if you're not into football to understand the importance communication and repeating information so all parties know they are on the same page. This is why Henry struggled throughout, yes or affirmative alone has no meaning, nor did it give Cpt Mark any feedback so he could've been in a better position to correct or aid Henry, and for Mark, he should have worded it so retarder was earlier in the landing dialogue, "when you hear retarder, and only when you hear, these are the controls you operate...", I think with Matt and Sunny the instructions must've been clearer, but if Henry had done a read back before his actions, despite the radio interference, the potential problematic error, depending on the airport approach could've been avoided. I do think it really matters who the assistant is though, they need to be calming, personable and have clarity with giving instructions. Anyone who has given family members tech support over the phone knows the struggle, I always ask do you see this, what did you just do, especially when I'm getting no feedback, so I can keep track of the steps taken. Every person training to help land a plane should have to do "family member remote tech assistance", if they can survive that ordeal, they'll be fine helping a rando land a plane haha.

Absolutely amazing video guys 👍

Even knowing youre in a simulator that would be so intense. Its actually pretty cool these planes do so much stuff themselves and by just setting altitude and coords rather than going gung ho on the yoke.

Great watch

I guess the real question is how fast ATC can connect the passenger with a pilot with expertise in the exact model of plane they're flying. Cause while the guy in the video is good, you're not always going to have someone that well-prepped for the situation immediately on hand.

good video will try that sim

Nice from control! Bit funny scenarios and very demonstrative (y)

As someone who has a bit of experience with flight sims and a pretty good knowledge of navigation and controls. I think I would be able to land a plane if I had to. It probably wouldn’t be a pretty landing but I believe I would be able to do it. Although if I had zero knowledge, I don’t think I’d be able to do it.

Brilliant

I was lucky enough to use an F15 simulator when I was stationed at SJAFB in North Carolina. The person running the simulator had me attempt landing several times and I crashed every single time. It's a lot harder than it sounds.

Henry needs to be kicked out of the cockpit 😂

Excellent,!

Loved this hilarious

❤❤❤❤ super excited 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤ Great job love ....

Oh wow... Very original idea.

Gotta make it authentic and use the aircraft's radios! You've got them wearing the headset and everything, but using a dinky little hand-held walkie-talkie.

Great video I would just love a crack at that!

Maybe if possible, set a tougher challenge for 3 other would-be pilots,.. except on a twin-engined aircraft (e.g. 737 or A320),. when one engine is 50% down on power; see if they can land it.

The calmest passenger ever!

Guy in the glasses wanted to save that gallon of fuel

Yeah, but, to key up the mic is usually a button left on the joystick. Not sure where it is on an airliner. Not sure what frequency it dial to, or where the dial is for the radio. Why aren't things labeled more obviously?

That projector wash-out was awful once it was "night" outside. Should've switched the camera's settings so the light wouldn't've been needed.

6:10 ATC says: put altitude to 4000 ft. Man with glasses: It says -2900, -3000, -4000 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆. I'm dying out of laughter 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣. No one should ever let him pilot a plane ever! He first of all: turns off the autopilot by pressing the rudder peddles, then doesn't know how to press AP1 to turn auto pilot back on. Then when atc tells him to bring down altitude to 4,000 and they tell him which stick it is on the dashboard he some how 😆😆 press the other one and has it on -800, -1500, -2500 🤣🤣🤣🤣. OMG! I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Now imagine Henry driving a car…… omg.

You already removed the hardest part - well 2nd hardest part after getting IN to the cockpit: dialing in the correct frequency and actually have someone to talk to.

OMG I want to do this so bad! The A320 is one of my favorites in MSFS.

EZ I do this every day in the sim.. tho I wish I didn't have to configure the MCDU every time.

Henry is acting professionally and did not land bad but pulling the trust back at 100 ft before the ground another level

The guy without hat could not follow instructions in a simulator, imagine with the added panic of a real emergency. However, it would have helped if he was told what the controls he was asked to act on were for and what the outcome of his action was expected to be. For example clearly explain that pulling the thrust levers all the way back reverse the thrust, push the plane backward.

it is briliant...

Cool they done well.

United's pilot training program.

this was amazing, ah such a beautiful content, have to say that the woman was so relaxed it's fabulous.😄🍃

...there's always one... I dont want that guy in the glasses anywhere near me 😂

They should make a game out of this like "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes".

It's the little room with pilots in it, but that's not important now

this test lacks the real life stress levels in an actual situation

You should compare someone with only car license vs someone with multi licence and some extra papers for excavator, combine harvester or something.

Henry's problem was just that at the end he continuosly pressed the talk button on the walkie-talkie so he couln't hear the other person speaking. Other than that, I think he followed the instructions very good.

Man in the hat was cool, calm, and collected.

Approach phase activated? What about FMGC setup for the type of approach? And what about RMP talking to ATC? I know these are like test to prove that normal people can land the a320 but in reality its really difficult. If you have experience playing flying simulators then its possible

😂 as a flight simmer i cna relate this was me when i started

Why does this aircraft sim, not have intercom?

As a sim a320 pilot this is my dream :)

I would love to do this

Where do I sign up for

I just knew that the dude in glasses was going to drop them 4000 feet in less than a minute and then I can't believe that bird still made it after he reduced thrust that far out. Imagine that being an actual situation I'm sure they would have all been a lot more anxious. I know I would be.

Dude in glasses should not be allowed out in public for the safety of humanity.

As a pilot in USA i was told by the FAA at a meeting right after 9/12 to identify myself as a pilot when checking in for a flight so they can make a note in thr passenger manifest in the event of an emergency. Obviously i would not be type rated in the a/c i am a passenger on, but i would be able to manually fly the aircraft in IFR conditions and understand ATC communications.

For those of you that seem to be confused, modern sims are now so good, they could absolutely train a laymen to take off, navigate and set up auto land with zero actual flight experience. We’re not talking fighter pilots here. Commercial is absolutely doable.

is there one in edmonton for youth passengers where we can learn to land planes?

Como um piloto de helicóptero e instrutor de voo, posso dizer que a moça foi muito bem. Soube cumprir as instruções de forma muito objetiva. Sobre o cara de óculos, não posso dizer o mesmo hahaha

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If the automation makes it that easy, I would expect a flight attendant to jump in that seat before a random passenger.

Meanwhile, flight sim pilots are gonna be like, can I just get atc heading to next waypoint please. We are finishing the flight.

How wholesome