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to not overshoot the target 150 miles.
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To not fall asleep!
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Fly the plane?
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fuel up before departure
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Watch the instrument panel once in a while not to overshoot the flying route....
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How to fly the plane was my first though. That would lead to a real rough time. *diggin out the owners manuel* LOL +5
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pressurize the cabin
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kiss the stewardess :p +5
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Tell us how bad the weather will be when we get to the UK.
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take the emergency telesponder. it tells the search party where the telesponder is located.
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Lower the undercarriage when landing.
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Put on his pants in the morning.
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get some sleep the day before.
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The challenges inherent in getting a 162,000-pound aircraft off the ground and landing it safely are pretty obvious to most observers. But at cruising altitude, above 10,000 feet, pilots face a different critical challenge: staying focused. Two Northwest Airlines pilots lost their licenses Tuesday after they missed their destination by 150 miles because they weren't paying attention to their instruments or air traffic controllers. No one was hurt in the incident last week, but the Federal Aviation Administration called Capt. Timothy B. Cheney and first officer Richard I. Cole "extremely reckless" and said they put the public in danger. When cruising over great distances, "it's very easy to be distracted because there's not a whole lot going on," said Emilio Corsetti III, a 30-year commercial pilot with American Airlines who has written numerous magazine articles about aviation. An airliner's entire flight can be programmed; once that program is activated, "the plane will fly to its destination without any input from the pilot at all," he said. Cheney and Cole told investigators they lost track of time while using their personal laptop computers to look at new airline scheduling software related to Northwest's merger with Delta Air Lines. They were piloting the Airbus A320 from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, a flight that should take 3 hours and 42 minutes. Kelly Robbennolt 801-787-6398 kellyrobbennolt@gmail.com
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Stay awake?!?
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No drinks for 24 hours before the journey.
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Land the plane. +4
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Lower the flaps, lower the landing gear, and ease back on the throttle. : )
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I dunno, keithold. Satisfy his wife? ;-)
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fill 'er up :)
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Look at his instruments once in a while, avoiding overshooting intended destination.
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Fly past the airport where the plane is supposed to land. +4
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Put the wheels down when landing
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sober up
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