Tik Tok roast there's four scary things about planes pilots won't tell you coming up
hey 74 crew welcome back if you don't know me my name is kelsey i'm a 747 pilot my channel
74 gear is all about aviation a few weeks ago i put out a video roasting these Tik Tokers that
were putting out information of what to do in emergencies while you're flying what's funny is
that several other influencers started picking up that content and just straight regurgitating it
without doing any research of their own and then i noticed in the comments section there you all that
watched my video started roasting them about how incorrect they were that was funny however based
on the amount of views that those Tik Tokers videos originally got i think it's pretty safe
to say that there's going to be some people if they are ever in a plane crash that will
be dragging themselves out by their hands because their legs are broken the teeth are in the back of
their throat and they have a projectile on their head luckily that won't be you if you see a Tik
Tok saying dumb things or you don't know if it's done just tag me in the comments or send it to my
instagram and maybe you'll be on here let's get into it are planes with four engines safer than
those with two statistically speaking yes if one fails above an ocean you have more than one backup
however plane ninjas nowadays are much safer than they used to be in the 90s today jet engines are
so safe that a quad jet has a higher chance of a failure than a twin jet so this is coming from the
genius who earlier told you to descend to 4 000 feet into a mountain and then use your cell phone
to call for help so he's taken the fact that these engines are more reliable now than they used to be
which is true and spun it around to make it something that's scary the technological
advances they've made over the last 20 30 years in aviation the research and development they've done
have made planes and engines significantly safer than they used to be so that part of his video is
true but then he says this that a quadjet has a higher chance of a failure than a twin jet first
if you don't want to sound stupid don't ever call that planet quadjet nobody calls it a quadjet they
do call a twin engine plane a two engine plane they will call it a twin but you will never hear
a four engine plane called a quad jet by anybody and then he says you have a higher likelihood
of having an engine failure on a quadjet than a twin-engine aircraft that's like saying you have
a higher likelihood of having a flat tire when you're driving a car versus a motorcycle because
you have four tires or saying you have a higher likelihood of losing a game when you play four
instead of two because you're playing four so yeah the likelihood of losing your engine is higher
because there are more engines so he's taking this fact and spinning it around in a way to
confuse people to make it seem like this scary likelihood of something happening because you
have four engines instead of two makes no sense a 747 flies fine on just three engines it's really
not a big deal and even a two engine jet or a twin jet can fly fine on one engine there's all kinds
of safety protocols when you're crossing the ocean that they have to follow that we don't because we
have four engines so if we lose an engine while we're crossing the ocean it's not a big deal
if they lose an engine they have a certain route that they're following to make sure that they're
close enough to be able to land at an airport so there's different protocols they have when
they only have two engines so the scenario that he's saying okay you got four engines
and you have a higher likelihood of adding an engine failure is really just to induce fear
because people think losing an engine is this big big problem it's not we train for it all the time
so the only useful part of his video is the part where he says that there's been an advancement
in the safety of these engines since the 90s that part is true so you may wonder why would a person
spend so much effort spreading false and incorrect information and things like that to scare people
maybe it's because that he's trying to make an account big enough to sell it for two thousand
dollars so he can get paid and he doesn't care if anybody's scared or freaked out
about aviation as a result of it there's four scary things about planes pilots won't tell you
between 43 and 54 percent of pilots have admitted to falling asleep at the controls 33 of them then
stated that they woke up to find their co-pilot asleep too some airlines are flying with less than
recommended fuel levels in an effort to save money and finally passengers who sit more than five rows
from an exit have greatly reduced chances from evacuating a plane during an emergency
when he says this part i was like what between 43 and 54 of pilots have admitted to falling asleep
at the controls i've seen it mentioned in the past about pilots falling asleep and while there
are a few cases that have been reported and pilots falling asleep and both pilots falling asleep it's
pretty rare but then when they're mentioning this survey i'm thinking i've never gotten a survey of
any kind about this so i decided to do what these tick talkers don't do and do some research here's
what i found out a pilot union sent out a survey to 500 pilots after their country had passed the
law basically allowing for an extremely long work day for pilots so now if you're only surveying
500 pilots that's a very small group i don't know these people were hand selected but it is possible
having a union in charge of doing a survey of a small group of possibly hand selected pilots when
they're trying to prove their point about long workdays clearly doesn't make it into bobby's
tick tock video it's very easy to skew survey numbers when you pick from a very small group to
answer the question now is do pilots fall asleep or go to sleep when they're flying the answer
is yes it depends on the country though different countries have different rules of what you can do
and when you can sleep what i've heard over the years especially when you're doing a long-haul
flight over the ocean at night there's nobody to talk to for hours and hours and everything is very
separated and regulated on speed and things like that so there's really nobody to talk to
or nothing to do for hours so in that scenario you might have one pilot say to the other pilot
hey i'm tired can you give me 20 minutes then that lets the other pilot know hey i need to stay awake
no matter what and the other pilot will catch 20 minutes a power nap anybody who's had a power nap
knows you can feel super refreshed afterwards now again different countries are different
some allow that some don't but there is a possibility that that guy falls asleep yes and
is it possible the other person falls asleep it is possible but typically in that scenario where you
tell the other guy i need 20 minutes well you can muster it up to stay away for 20 minutes knowing
that the other person is asleep so is there a lot of plane crashes that's been going on because
both pilots have fallen asleep no so when i'm in the back riding as a passenger over a long flight
over the ocean am i ever thinking i wonder if those guys are sleeping up there no that doesn't
concern me at all what would concern me is what he says here some airlines are flying with less
than recommended fuel levels in an effort to save money it would only concern me though if
it was true which is not again bobby failed to do his homework dang it bobby here is the thing
every country has rules that's mandated by their country as far as for what the fuel requirements
are there is no recommendation there's a legal requirement that every airline is required to have
flying somewhere now the rules are different depending on the type of flying they're doing
if you're doing a long flight across the ocean to a different country and blah blah blah there
are requirements if you're doing a domestic flight there are requirements if you're doing a flight in
a plane without the passengers and it's just you and there and it's the middle of the daytime there
are different requirements so there are a lot of different requirements we're not going to get into
but there there is a requirement legally that you're required to do it's not a recommendation
and the other thing to keep in mind is that the pilots like me when we have all the information
on what the weather where we're going what the winds are going to be all that information then
we have the right and the ability to say we need more gas so at the end of the day the pilots make
the decision and realize that you as a passenger that are riding back there the pilots are there
with you we don't have ejection sheets there are no parachutes for us so as we get on the plane and
we know hey we're going to fly to this place we know that we're going to need enough gas to get
there time to wait maybe some weather needs to go or maybe we need to go to a different airport
we're planning and thinking about all those things so there is a requirement that you're
legally required to have and it's true if you were to haul around a bunch of extra gas unnecessarily
it is a waste and the airlines will not let you haul an unlimited amount of gas across the ocean
if you don't need it because it's a huge waste of money but there is no just recommendation there's
a legal requirement which you're required to have so this whole thing about flying below that
is not legal and would never happen have pilots taken too little gas and ran out of gas we call it
fuel starvation has that occurred absolutely but typically it doesn't happen with your airliners
so me as an airline pilot when i'm factoring in how much fuel i'm going to take i'm not factoring
in costs typically in my experience when i've seen planes run out of gas besides some crazy
malfunction or something like that when i've seen planes run out of gas it's typically
because those people involved are also involved in the cost of things they're trying to keep
as much money in their pocket as they can as an airline pilot that doesn't factor in at all we
don't ever think okay i don't want to take too much gas because this is going to come out of
my pocketbook all we care about is safety we want to get there safely and that's all we're
concerned about and it's set up like that as a reason the airline's never going to say to you
no no you can't do that that's not safe unless you were doing something ridiculous saying like i want
to fly there and then once i get there i want to have an extra five hours of gas once i get there
they're not going to do that but they don't care if you want to take a little bit of extra gas
more than they originally allocated to you as long as you can justify your reasoning behind it they
don't care now let's talk about this last thing that he said the passengers who sit more than five
rows from an exit have greatly reduced chances from evacuating a plane during an emergency
i get the logic about wanting to sit next to an exit row the thing that most people don't know
is that manufacturers are required to show that they can get everyone off including the crew off
of a plane in 90 seconds now granted these people are trained to do this so they're not grabbing
their overhead bags and picking up their backpack these people are trained and getting off a plane
as quickly as possible but 90 seconds is very fast now i realize they don't look as reliable
of a source of factual information because i haven't figured out this overlay where these
heart emojis fly around my head but let me pull up this piece of information from the faa website
this is straight off the faa the operator must show that the aircraft emergency equipment and
emergency procedures allow the evacuation of the aircraft at full seating capacity including
crew members in 90 seconds or less again i'm sure these are trained people and they're getting off
the plane in 90 seconds it will be slower with a bunch of untrained people i agree but really
the only thought you should be having when you're getting onto a plane and you're picking your seat
the only thought you should have is do i want to sit next to the window so i can take pictures out
the window for the gram or do i want to sit in the aisle so i can get up and go pee whenever i want
those are the only two things that i factor in when i'm choosing my seat so if it works for me
it'll probably work for you here's the only way to survive a plane crash when booking your flight
try to get a seat in the exit row or within five seats from it people in those seats have
the highest survival rates wear pants in a long sleeve shirt made of non-flammable material like
cotton or denim and sturdy shoes you want clothes that don't restrict movement but also protect you
against flames and flying debris bring a smoke hood or a wet cloth in a plastic bag most people
survive impact but die of smoke inhalation if you don't have these breathe through your clothes
when boring the plane count the seats between you and the nearest front and rear emergency exit
so if it gets smoky you could feel your way to safety when instructed brace yourself by putting
your feet on the ground crossing your arms on the seat in front of you and lowering your head remain
that way until you come to a complete stop then by crouching so you still get some air leave the
plane and get away as far as possible so finally someone that had some logical things to say
and there was one thing on here though that was maybe the weirdest thing i've heard so far of
all of these videos and that's this bring a smokehood or a wet cloth in a plastic bag
if you're gonna fly around and be so scared about the potential risk of being in a crash that you're
gonna fly around with a smoke hood or a plastic bag that you can put water in in the event and all
that stuff that he was talking about that's just crazy that would be like if you had a jaws of life
that you kept in your car that had an adapter for your cigarette lighter that you could use that for
power in the event that you're in a car crash but still lied that you could use the jaws of life to
get yourself out that would be the equivalent of that makes no sense you have a very limited amount
of space that you can carry obviously there's restrictions down how heavy your bag can be and
how big your bag can be if you're carrying it on don't waste the space with something like
a smoke hood for the event that you could be in a plane crash that's a waste because if you are
in a plane crash you're not gonna have time to be getting up in the overhead getting your smoke hood
out and if you have a smoke hood out in your lap through the whole flight people are going to think
you're a total weirdo but i did like the part here where he talks about the shoes and sturdy shoes
you want clothes that don't restrict movement but also protect you against flames and flying debris
if you want to be safe and this is something that if you really are concerned about being
safe the best thing that you can do is wear some sturdy shoes and always wear them through takeoff
and landing you always want to wear those shoes because if you do have to get off the plane let's
say an engine explodes on the takeoff rule which has happened engine explodes that means there's
engine all over the runway there and you're going to maybe get out if there's fire or things like
that you're going to get off of that plane on the runway and there's going to be stuff and debris
all over the place so you're going to want to exit that aircraft quickly and you're not going to want
to be stepping on hot pieces of metal or who knows what out there when you're jumping off the wing
or sliding off the slide you're not going to be jumping onto things so the amount of people that
i see when they get on the planes and before the plane is even pushed back before the doors even
close have taken their shoes and socks off and are disgustingly sitting there with their bare
feet next to me i'm thinking that is the worst idea i've ever seen you don't necessarily need
these pilgrim shoes that that they're showing right here but if you want to be safe keep your
shoes on until we at least get to the cruise portion of the flight so if you want to be safe
leave your shoes and socks on the entire flight i do so you can do it as well and if you are going
to take your shoes off at least be wearing socks the amount of hairy men's feet that i've seen is
way more than i've ever ever wanted to see frank this isn't only fans nobody wants to see your feet
i've had people sending me this type of clip for years and someone even told me that one of the
manufacturers had a patent on it but there's a big flaw in it one i'm guessing the only people that
are able to eject these passengers are the pilots so at the same time that we're ejecting you we are
also killing ourselves because the plane now is going to be totally messed up on the weight
and the balance and while you as a passenger are falling into hopefully an unpopulated area we're
now into a crazy emergency tumble and hoping that we don't hit a city with these jet wings that are
now full of fuel and possibly on fire if you would consider the amount of weight that would be added
to make this even remotely possible it would reduce the amount of bags reduce the amount of
passengers be taken and it's just not very likely it also doesn't factor in the possibility of a
malfunction so there you are in your seed reclined back one or two inches as you're cruising across
the ocean and then there's a malfunction and now your your plane shoots off you see the rest of
the plane fly off and there you are floating down in the middle of the sea over the atlantic in the
middle of december and you're thinking oh this is great so now there's this malfunction your
plane's flying fine but now you've been ejected from your plane so now the pilots are dead and
you're sitting in the middle of the ocean in rough weather waiting for a rescue ship to come and get
you no now parachutes are practical on small single-engine maybe two or four-seater aircraft
for something like that i can see parachutes are a practical thing but for something like this on a
commercial airliner it's just not very practical i wouldn't want to be there riding in the back
thinking okay i hope something doesn't happen where i get ejected because that would honestly
make me more nervous than being in the middle of the ocean and having an engine failure that
would make me nervous but not nearly as bad as the possibility of a malfunction where i get ejected
from the plane that would make me a lot more nervous so someone with my limited brain capacity
can pick apart all these different problems i can only imagine what an engineer with a big brain can
do to see all the potential problems that i didn't even consider if you want to see me roasting some
of the original tick-tockers that told people how to survive a plane crash check out this video here
and if you want to see some pilots dealing with air traffic control and having it not go well at
all check out this video up here i look forward to hearing from you until then keep the blue side up