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3rd September 2010, 10:58 AM
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BBC Documentary "Jet Jockeys" on Youtube
Hi all
Stumbled across this old documentary on Youtube. It's very captivating and felt others will be interested if they've yet to see it. It's uploaded in 5x 10 minute parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ri4_DcfD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6UGb9Uu5D4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYHZzCtNX1k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhiIjxpzr1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5D3wr7txFU IMHO, it's a well produced documentary for its time, however my only point of contention was the massive cringe factor when listening to the Sydney Air Traffic Controller shoot off the mouth against highly paid Airline Pilots  Enjoy! 
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3rd September 2010, 02:41 PM
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great doco , thanks , having flown this route with BA a couple of times , it's good to see it from the crew's point of view , .. sounds like the Sydney ATC guy never fulfilled his dreams of becoming a pilot ,
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4th September 2010, 07:43 PM
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that doco was brilliant, I loved the whole formal way that the pilots and FAs interacted and after just reading Chesley Sullenberger's book, where he took his own sangas to work for lunch, it was great to see the silver service BA dinner and breakfast for the flight crew in those days.
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5th September 2010, 10:15 AM
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Was great viewing those videos Maikha. cheers for posting the links.
I just loved the way the flight engineer was wolfing down his food like there was no tomorrow. Not to mention the captain at breakfast: "Well stuff the bloody pikelets, just give me my cornflakes!" 
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6th September 2010, 03:46 PM
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Brilliant find and great series! My Dad had this taped on VHS somewhere but it was incomplete (ended just after landing in Bangkok). Glad to have seen the rest, including Mr Sourpuss-Air-Traffic-Controller!
Love the Landor livery too  Thanks for sharing, Dan
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8th September 2010, 02:03 PM
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Also, check out this satirical BBC comedy on YouTube about airline pilots. Seems like its losely taken off the BBC Airline documentary! Its a great laugh if you have time to see it!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SwECTyXaA4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp6ryKn0v5o Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4LLPWRac0Y
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#9
9th September 2010, 09:44 AM
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Rich, I watched those videos yesterday after seeing them in the "related videos" section while re-watching the Jet Jockeys videos. I was also going to post them here, but looks like you beat me to it. Great minds think alike
 I love it how the "captain" gets cut later on in the video (i think part 3 from memory): "Right that's it, shutup and listen to me! This is quite ridiculous, this is my aircraft, it is not going to crash ok!" And plus, you got to love the "instant decisions" to not be personally identified Also, some might also find the following quite interesting viewing. It recounts the non-stop flight record set by the 777 (Malaysia Airlines) when it entered into service. (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8LdkkQn5x0 (part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PniW...eature=related (part 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO11D...eature=related
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9th September 2010, 10:15 AM
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