hahaha, what I find funny though is how some people think that flying a bigger jet would be extremely hard/impossible. The systems in those airplanes are soooooooooooooo complex and there's sooooo much to know about them, and by no means am I saying that I could ever understand those airplanes w/ my knowledge now, but it's still a plane, you know? and they kinda fly similar to most other planes too...I'd think. I don't think if we forget to press a button or something, the plane is gonna go down in flames, lol. I'm pretty sure one of us GA pilots could land a jet. Maybe damage it, yes...but still be able to fly it 234520439582093489 better than any other non-pilot could ever do.
I don't want to sound cocky at all (and please don't see it that way as I'm probably the most humble person you'll ever meet)...but United let us fly their 757 sims when we visited them and I did a couple of landings in the full motion sim and greased it in both occasions. The United captain that was w/ us in the sim was surprised to see it, but in all honesty, I didn't feel like the sim felt much different than regular good'ol flying. I was a private pilot only back then...
...and yes, I know that sims are not the real deal, and that the environment you'd find yourself in should it be a real emergency wouldn't help it either, but I think most of us here could safely land a big jet without bursting the jet into flames on landing...
