are your pilots ever scared when they're
flying you I'll explain it all coming up
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hey seven floor crew welcome back if you
don't know me my name is Kelsey I'm a
747 pilot my channel seven four gear is
all about aviation today I'm here in
downtown Seattle Washington and this is
the view from my hotel room today I know
a lot of people are scared to fly and
the question often asked is are you ever
scared as a pilot to be flying people
and I'm gonna explain to you why I'm not
scared when I'm the pilot flying but I'm
going to explain one of my biggest fears
in aviation let's get into it
now one thing I'm always interested in
is from the people who are scared to fly
in the comments section below let me
know what types of things scare you
because I hear everything from the
takeoff to the landing or the whole
flight or just the in-flight portion
when you're high in the air I'm freaking
out right now
and I'm always kind of curious to what
people say so in the comments section
below let me know what makes you nervous
while you're flying that is besides of
course if Tom Hanks is your pilot
because historically his flying career
has not gone so well at the root of a
lot of people's fear about flying is
they don't really understand what's
going on like how is this washing
machine with wings taking off that
weighs hundreds of thousands of pounds
and then once it gets in the air and
starts bouncing around in your head
you're thinking you want to call the
pilot and be like what's going on right
now but I really applaud you if you're
here watching these videos because you
are nervous about aviation you want to
learn more about it because the reality
is it's very hard to live in today's
society without getting on an aircraft
as a pilot I have advantages over
passenger because of the length of time
that I get learning the systems of the
aircraft that I'm on we spend months
going over all the different systems of
the aircraft so I understand how
redundant and safe the aircraft is on
the other side as a passenger you're
getting a quick two minute video on how
the seatbelt works how to put the oxygen
mask on and how to use your life vest in
the case of a water landing and
hopefully in the event that you in
accident you've heard that safety
briefing enough times that you're able
to remain completely calm and say
something really cool when you jump out
of the plane and into the ocean like
as a pilot when I'm flying I can see the
weather in front of us what's around us
I can see all the instrumentation on the
flight deck so I know with certainty the
aircraft is safe and everything that's
going on as a passenger in the back you
can only assume that I'm up there doing
my job maybe you just want to fly the
plane yourself well good luck pressing
takeoff then autopilot then link
something that's very important for you
to understand if aviation and flying is
something that does really concern you
is safety as always always always a
number-one priority of every airline
pilot there's an old saying that we get
taught early in flight school which is
there are old pilots there are bold
pilots but there are no old bold pilots
essentially what that means is don't put
the aircraft to the limits that could
cause an accident because the reality is
sooner or later if you are continually
doing those things you're gonna have an
accident and you're not gonna be flying
planes anymore and another thing to
remember is again since safety is the
number one priority of all Airlines
pilots are given the rights to supersede
our bosses if we don't feel something is
safe enough to fly we can tell our
bosses hey we don't feel comfortable
taking this plane and the planes not
gonna take off they're not the boss of
me
so you can always feel assured that if
the pilots are on the plane taking off
that they feel confident enough that the
plane can safely make it to its
destination so am i scared is your pilot
to fly you know we can test it on the
aircraft systems and like I said earlier
we know all about what's going on with
the aircraft so we're always gonna put
safety as a number-one priority now the
thing that does concern me is something
you'll probably never run into and it's
an onboard fire and I'm not talking
about a cellphone catching on fire or
somebody putting something in the oven
for 20 minutes when it should have only
been 10 minutes and now it's smoking
don't ask me how I know and I'm not even
talking about an engine being caught on
fire because that's something that we
trained for a lot so we know exactly
what to do in those scenarios what I'm
talking about is as a cargo pilot I will
fly some Freight that will never go on a
passenger plane as many of you know I
fly passengers on the 747 but I also do
flying with cargo only and that's
because there are some pieces of Freight
that can't go on passenger planes now
that stuff could be a entire Plane full
of brand-new cellphones it's happened in
the past where
cargo freight has caught on fire and
when something of that size catches on
fire you really only have a couple of
minutes to get on the ground safely it's
something that we often brief when we're
flying cargo in the event of a fire
immediately on takeoff this is gonna be
our plan and again like I said Safety's
always our number-one priority so we
talked about if this happens this is
what we're gonna do and we all agree
that this is going to be the safest
action to get back on the ground and
again I'm not trying to add to your fear
of flying because most of you will never
ride on a cargo plan something that we
almost never talk about is how we avoid
planes in flight if you want to
understand how we avoid planes when
we're flying high in the sky I explain
it right here I look forward to hearing
from you until then keep the blue side
up