Pilot: _"I'm gonna crash!"_ ATC: _"Negative. That procedure is not approved. Climb and maintain ..."_

"say last known position" "THE SKY... IM IN THE GOD DAMNED SKY!"

Fun fact. That pilot who was yelling “MADAY MADAY MADAY!!!!!” He survived and he actually called the control tower and thanked them for saving his life.

As an electrician in the mining industry all miners are strongly encouraged to turn in "Near misses". Basically we discuss these in daily safety meetings each and every morning. By talking about something dumb you might have done that nearly got you or someone else hurt everyone becomes more aware of situational awareness or doing the right thing. No one is ever reprimanded for bringing a near miss to the table. It's a great safety practice I think all industries should implement TBH.

"Are you ready for departure?" "Yes, we're just completing some checks..." "Then you are not ready for departure, you f-ing bell end."

You know you've been a great pilot when you're so awesome the controller wants to talk to you on the phone!

I was instructing back in the late 70s into late 80s. My first “start to finish” student was a quick learner, but pretty full of himself and way over confident. After we had completed the minimum simulated instrument time, he commented, “I just don’t see what’s so hard about this instrument stuff-I think it’s easy.” Up to that time, it had all been under the hood, never for real. On his long dual cross country, I suspected that the weather was going to come through and give us a chance for some “for real”. We departed Casper to return to Laramie on an IFR flight plan, and soon after crossing over Casper Mountain, we started hitting a few clouds and then got pretty well socked in, other than a few glimpses of the ground below. I noticed that instead of concentrating on the instruments, he was often looking out the side window and the ground, which was barely visible through the clouds. Then the airplane went into a left bank and began to lose altitude, so I tapped his shoulder and then the instruments, and he quickly recovered. Guessing what would happen, I contacted Denver Center, asked for a block altitude, and told them this was a training flight and not to be surprised if there were big excursions in altitude and heading. I should mention-this was before headsets became ubiquitous, so my side of the conversation couldn’t be heard by my student as I spoke into the hand mic. So we flew along for another few minutes and then the airplane again banked left and started to descend. This time I let it go until we’d done a 180° reversal and lost perhaps 500-600’ before I caught his attention again. It took him longer, but he did recover the airplane and returned on course and altitude. Then he said, “I don’t understand what is happening!” I told him that he wasn’t maintaining his instrument scan-in fact, he was hardly looking at the instruments at all, and that he must concentrate solely on the instruments and not look outside. This time, he managed to keep us under control for another 5 or 6 minutes. Although the cabin of the 172 was cool (it was winter), he was sweating profusely. Finally he said that he just couldn’t take it any longer, and asked me to take over. I did, and we flew until we came out of the clouds, where I had him take over and complete the flight to Laramie. After we were on the ground, I asked him what he thought would have happened, if I hadn’t caught his attention about his loss of control. Succinctly, he said, “we would have died.”

Just thought to make some of you feel better , the pilot N9815L did survive. Here is a QUOTE from the Flight Club Owner, "This incident occurred at my flight club, with my favorite airplane (N9815L) just before I flew her coast to coast back in june of 2003. I met the pilot upon his return from this trip, and talked to him about it. He was on a XC flight to Kansas (from Wisconsin) to see his family. My impression is that he was a bit fatigued, and didn't notice the weather deteriorating around him. He made an all - to - common mistake, made by many new pilots, continuing a VFR flight into IMC. He was disoriented, and had spent no time in actual imc (like most new private pilots.) Once he calmed the panic, his rudimentary instrument training combined with atc radar vectors put him back on track. "

Kudos to the air traffic controller for staying calm and calming the panicked pilot down enough to follow instructions. I work as an emergency call-handler and when someone calls in that amount of distress the adrenaline surge is unreal. He almost definitely saved the pilot’s life that day and probably just went about his work for the rest of the shift as if nothing had happened. Well done that man!

I was actually quite shocked by the panicked pilot. Generally when hear ATC of emergency situations I am impressed by how calm everyone seems, to the point when I hear someone acting panicked it seems out of place.

I feel you on that disoriented feeling. I'm not a pilot, I'm a scuba instructor, and the first time you dive in blue water, which means you basically loose all your reference points, it is very freaky! You have to rely on looking at your compass and depth gage to keep your orientation. That poor pilot, but the controller was awesome.

A note on the N9815L call: that was the old Flight Services group, not a direct ATC. Knowing that pilot fairly well, I can 100% tell everyone he thought he was out of options. He had done all the aviating and navigating he could. He was, at that point, communicating more as a last ditch effort for help, and to give Fort Dodge & Pella, a heads up to where he was ending up. He is still a pilot, actually continuing his journey later that day. Works in a very high stress, level headed job, 18-20 years after. It’s hard to listen to that call, knowing him and his normal demeanor. He learned a valuable lesson. He agrees he made a HUGE mistake, and hopes all pilots can listen to that and hopefully not replicate his stupidity. Drop the ego and keep self preservation.

Kelsi you need to get a ATC to do a collab so they can give their take and tell people what they are doing in the background during these situations. Pull some vids like this one and both give your take would be cool and informative.

That "I'm going to crash" audio is chilling. I think you are right that the controller saved his life. The instruction that he gave him is the absolutely most basic thing to do, and that was probably about as much detail as the guy could absorb in that crisis. I hope the pilot bought the guy a steak dinner after that!2

I enjoy your sense of humour. Commercial pilots really are a different breed. Amazing people.

I'm an Air Force Air Traffic Controller and I enjoy watching your breakdowns, keep up what you do for our country and for the education/entertainment you provide on your free time. Much love from the other side of the radio 😁😁😁

I'm glad you included the clip of the guy demonstrating him releasing the yoke and the plane returning to level - it's really amazing to see it in action.

Every Flight Instructor should take their students to the local tower to meet the controllers. Putting a face to the voice on the radio really helps improve the students comms and makes it less intimidating asking for help if they ever need help. Back in my day, the ATC guys were very laid back and love talking to student pilots (ATC guys get brownie points used for promotions/bonus for doing this). The one time I had an issue the controllers were amazing.

As to the instructor with the "bad attitude", there's some background that Kelsey could not be aware of. This particular controller had a long history of unnecessarily chastising pilots for entering his airspace on handoffs from approach and the adjoining class D, which I had experienced myself. Since this incident he has been less unpleasant. We have also come to appreciate him as many so cal pilots have told me that they avoid our airport because of the unfriendly controllers, so our wait times are minimized.

As much as I fly, whether it's commercial or small planes, I feel more secure knowing that there are pilots like you that are responsible for us! Thank you

I remember when my instructor told me to shut my eyes and just keep the plane straight and level. I didn't cheat and I was 100% certain I was straight and level, until about 90 seconds later I opened my eyes and we had lost 1000s of ft of altitude and were sharply banked over. A good exercise in how dangerous it is to fly into clouds without an instrument rating. Glad that guy was OK.

I just love Kelsey. He explains things so clearly, without lecturing but offering his experience and never judging when he doesn't have all the info. As a student pilot he's so helpful and knowledgeable.

I learned a valuable lesson during my basic instrument instruction. I had those foggles on and I wanted to ensure I did it right so I forced myself to not look out the window. I was fortunate in that I love reading and I read about disorientation effects while IFR flying and I read a lot about how people react to mentally prepared myself. My instructor had me do a series of initial banks and sure enough, after a couple turns, I "felt" that I was still in a hard bank despite my instruments saying I was straight and level. I chose to ignore the physical sensation and did not fixate on any one instrument, I am not sure which one I would have fixated on as you need all your basic instruments like the attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, and turn coordinator to "fly right". My instructor verbally guided us all the way back to the airport and I only "cheated" just before we landed when the glare of the runway lights lit up the cockpit and I glanced up because we were flying at night. I did not do it myself of course. I give credit to my instructor and the FAA reports about errors others made that I initially learned from. Thankfully we now have these wonderful KZfaq videos that really go into depth on theses topics and I am sure help countless new pilots.

I’m not a pilot or a pilot in training. I’m an astrophysics undergrad and found the channel through Leon Lush. I’ve learnt so much, this is honestly an amazing service you’re providing

I thought the panic transmission was someone fooling around. Glad he survived, well done to the controller.

A someone prone to panic attacks, I can feel 9815L pilot's brain just going blank. This ATC is an angel

As the mother of a 5 year old who thinks of every possible element of bedtime one thing at a time to delay actually going to sleep, I completely understand the emotion that last ATC must have been feeling 🤣

My 23 year old is flying c-130’s. I’ve watched her being video recorded. I’m amazed and impressed with all flying!! Pilots and ATC are pretty dang smart and courageous 👍✈️

Some years ago, I flew around Houston doing traffic reports for various radio stations. All of our pilots were also instructors, so most of the time, I was given control of the aircraft, right after buckling up. Our Cessna was N8KE, and one day, we were granted access into controlled airspace by IAH ATC, to proceed north over I-45, but watch for a heavy inbound that would be crossing in front of us. The AA pilot called a missed approach, even though we had a visual on him, and stayed way more than 2 miles away from him, turning left and allowing him to land. Almost immediately, ATC ordered us to land at Hooks airport in Tomball, and we were given a number to call, just like this video. I was scared senseless, and my pilot instructor was Indian, and just knew he was done for. I called and spoke to the tower. The controller asked me if I had a visual on the AA aircraft at all times, and I answered “yes sir”. He asked if we kept a safe distance from the the craft, to which I responded “yes sir, and we had already started to go behind the heavy, when we heard him call the missed approach. We stayed well clear of that aircraft “. The controller asked if I was training, and I said “yes sir. Am I in trouble?”. The controller said said no, that the AA pilot had done this before. He thanked me for the report, and wished me well, and hung up. Honestly, I had to hit restroom, before going up again, this really scared me. Not the other aircraft, but getting told to land and call the tower. It truly was like being sent to the principals office, for the first time. For what it is worth, I worked for Royale Airlines years before this incident, so I knew about aircraft safety, and at the time, I had over 24 hours of flight time in my logbook. Still, being told to land and call is not an experience I care to repeat!!

That mayday audio literally brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. I'm a student pilot and have much love and respect for what ATC does for us.

Jeez hearing the guy panic. There's a lot happening and sometimes people get overwhelmed. Glad he was okay.

I’ve heard that young guy’s Mayday call so many times, and I know he survived without crashing, but it still brings tears to my eyes, every time.

I love your talking about flying in IFR when you aren't trained on it. While taking flying lessons, my instructor fly through clouds for the first time and it was not at all what I expected. It reminded me of The Matrix where Morpheus had Neo in the construct and it is nothing but white. We were in the clouds for a few minutes and I thought everything was going fine but I got fixated on the airspeed indicator. It was acting, weird. I told my instructor the that and he answers, "Look at ALL your instruments." I thought I was flying straight and level but was far from it. Then my instructor took over and righted us and explained that was exactly what happened to John F Kennedy Jr. I count that as one of my best, most beneficial lessons.

I have exactly one half hour flight experience many years ago in one of those Cesna "so you wanna be a pilot" promotions they offered. One thing I vividly remember the instructor (Charlie) telling me was "If you ever get into a jam, just let go of the controls. The plane (Cesna 152) will straighten up. It wants to fly itself." I never flew again after that, but that instruction has stuck with me all these years.

I sound like a grandma when I tell my husband I'm gonna watch some videos like these. I say "I wanna listen to my stories." 🤣🤣 I'm 25.

This continues to be my favourite series. Keep up the great work. I always feel I learn so much. While also being entertained. Thanks for your continued contributions.

Legend has it British Airways is still finishing up their final checks on RW 34

I’ve been an instructor for 21 years and I’m pretty confident a student pilot isn’t subject to prosecution or action when following the directives of the instructor. A student pilot isn’t subject to oversight action until they are acting as pilot in command…I.e. solo work.

i cant believe your content is for free .. its a true gift for pilots who are starting their career im not one of them but i can still notice

15:00 One of my fondest memories from Instrument flight training was my first flight in actual IMC, flying into Palomar, CA. Completely in the clouds shooting the ILS and coming out of the clouds with a tight but comfortable margin before Decision Height. That was the most amazing site and adrenaline rush seeing the runway lights and making the landing.

As a student I actually loved going under the hood and recovering from unusual attitudes. I was on a solo cross country flight and flew into clouds. I almost crapped my pants. Took a deep breath and did a standard rate 180 turn to get out of the clouds. Hard to believe how different it is when it's for real vs. practicing with an instructor next to you,

The average time to survive for a non-instrument rated pilot inadvertently flying into clouds is 78 seconds. It is something that was seared into my brain. My first class in flight school was nothing but watching dramatized horrific crash studies lol

I’m not sure how exactly I ended up here, prior to today, I never really put any thought into the world of aviation. And I definitely never once searched KZfaq for anything aviation related. But today this video showed up in my recommend videos. So I watched it, and then I watched another video of yours, and then another. Lol! You make interesting content buddy!! for real, I subscribed today and I’m looking forward to the next video!

I've never been given a number to call, but I did get literally called into the "principal's office." After I had parked, they sent their "limousine" (a 6-seat golf-cart) out to the flight line, and took me to the tower. It was pretty neat; I got to talk to the controllers, see the radar room, and learned a lot about what goes on up there. Turns out, my instructor had called and asked them to hold me there while he was en route (with another student) to meet me there. I wasn't in trouble at all, it was just a request by my instructor coupled with a slow day at the airport. (Not one aircraft took off or landed, the whole time I was there, until the instructor arrived.)

I can totally relate to getting disoriented in the clouds. We were hiking in foggy conditions and convinced we were going the right way. It was a very sinking feeling when we looked at the GPS and found we were off route. Yes visual references aid a great deal.

I was an arcade rat as a teen in the 80s... back when the only video games you COULD play were in arcades and you had better have a pocket filled with quarters. Even though those games were incredibly low-tech compared to today's games, when I was taking flying lessons after graduation, IFR was so simple for the exact reason you said: They felt like I was just playing a video game. I never completed my flight school but did log many hours. That being said, what everyone else in my class (all six of us in ground school) struggled with, I took to like stink on poo. Instrument flying is easier to me than trigonometry* * I became a mechanical engineer... trigonometry is something I can do in my sleep... instrument flying is easier than that. All thanks to those "wasted" hours playing video games!

"Prepare to copy a phone number". In police work that is the equivalent of "respond 10-19 for the watch commander". Yeah you're getting called into the principals office.

I am not a pilot, but I love your videos and how you explain everything. You seems to know what you talk about. I would never be afraid of flying in your plane, with you as a captain.

Wow, that scared pilot was so freaked out I thought it was a prank call for a bit. Thanks for the explanation Kelsey! I'll always just be a passenger but have learned so much from you :)

I once had one of those ground-fixated controllers at a Delta. We were coming in from the opposite side of the traffic pattern at the time. We got communication and he told us to report 3 mile and come in for left base (everybody else was right base for that runway). At time to report, he was in an extended conversation with someone on the ground rapid-firing question and response. Meanwhile we were coming up face to face with a V22. The instructor made the call to just turn to the runway since we were at that point anyway, and finally got the call in. The controller was quite irked, but what could we do? At least he wasn't combative though. We just took our chewing out and went to parking.

That Irish ATC was having exactly NONE of that Sassenach's nonsense. :D

Youvare so right. My very first solo approach in the soup down to 400 above minimums put reality into my head. The realization that there was not an instructor in the right seat watching me for mistakes was a sobering thing

One of the most common single engine aircraft is the Cessna with wings above the fuselage. They have positive static stability, meaning that if you let go of the controls they will tend to return to stable flight.

Thanks Kelsey for these great ATC videos, keep them coming!

Back in the 80-00’s my mom worked on the B-2 program. During one of their early flight tests, things didn’t go so well when she was on the flight deck (think flat spin) as an engineer, not a pilot. The flying wing design to stay in the air is nearly completely dependent on its sophisticated control systems, and did test flights with chaser planes (you know because they are invisible to radar and all). Luckily her test pilots were top notch and I still have my mom today. Those test pilots are crazy brave! It’s also why flight tests are done over the desert near the flat desert lake bed. Lots of room to land in whatever way they need to.

The comparison to a video game when flying IFR makes sense. I remember my second grade class did a field trip to the local NAS and during it, they let each of us try to takeoff and land the simulator they had. It had all the instruments and moved around, but had nothing as far as visual flying. Out of the entire class, I was the only one to successfully takeoff and land. It really did have those gaming vibes (other then the thing moving around which was crazy fun). I believe that is where my love of flying and eventually space came from. I do wish I had pursued it.

One of the tricks I've learned from my instructor when ATC was not responding (after 4th call ) is to ask for a radio check.

As a former air traffic controller, I can tell you that squawking 7700 makes the primary target on the RADAR scope flash. Your transponder code is the secondary target.

So horrifying; I couldn’t even imagine. Maybe he was spatially disoriented. I’m not a pilot but I’ve heard it is a very real and potentially deadly phenomenon that can happen literally in a matter of seconds. I wonder if the pilot will learn from the experience and get to continue in his aviation career or if this will be forever on his record and he’s done. And yes, kudos to the controller for his professionalism.

I remember the first time I had my boat in the fog. Couldn't see a hundred feet in any direction. All I had to follow was my GPS and radar. I had a hard time trusting what they were telling me to do. Radar showed a cargo ship, and it *felt* like I was going right towards it, even though I wasn't. It was hard to keep my mind from steering the boat where it wanted to go, and not where my electronics were telling me to go. I can only imagine how much worse it would be in a plane adding in that third dimension.

Listening to the guy that was having major problems and verbalizing that he’s rolling is one of the scariest transmissions I’ve heard. I literally got that sick feeling in my stomach listening to the broadcast.

Spatial disorientation. Scary stuff. I managed to give myself a fright, no jokes, sitting in my living room. I was flying through wispy stuff and had a video running on a second monitor. Looked at the video for a minute then, back to the game to see I had gone IMC. Brain complete lost it I could have sworn I was in a 90 degree left bank and had to stop myself from grabbing the yoke and yanking it right. Looked at the artificial horizon and realised I was perfectly level. Felt really silly. But am amazed I could trick my brain so easily sat in a computer chair. That pilot was lucky to have a controller on his side to reset him.

Pilot : I'm in complete IFR!!! ATC: Land and have a pen ready to take down a phone number.

There exists the clip of the phone call to the tower from when Harrison Ford landed on the taxiway. And THAT was miles better attitude than what this guy in the first clip showcased.

The terror in that mans voice made my hair stand up. Wow! Glad he made it. Kudos the Air Traffic Controller, saved his life.

"I am ready now but just give me a few more minutes and I'll be more ready".

Legend has it that to this day the BA flight is still doing its checklists on the runway

Bug smashers!! Lol my dad was a RAF pilot during WWII, and flew small planes as long as he could. I grew up at an airfield/farm hanging out and flying with my dad. I really enjoying your channel!

With that attitude, instructor was giving ATC the proverbial finger...In my humble opinion 😌. You are such a nice guy, always giving the benefit of the doubt, Kelsey

Sunday hangovers with Kelsey. Last night was rough. This channel always makes me feel better. 😁

Love your videos Kelsey. Very informative and very funny. Keep up the good work.

As a pilot that trained in Phoenix az with pretty much no substantial weather at any time until after my instrument checkride my first time entering actual imc compared to foggles was definitely a different experience. Really good way to kick you back to the basics and not overtaking things

That controller was on it man, awesome work…my dad taught me to fly, was a Navy test pilot, he got vertigo in an A-4M in a formation penetration turn, in the dark, over the water…said that as he entered the left turn on lead’s starboard wing, he looked back over his shoulder for a moment looking for the lights back on shore, when he swung his head back to lead he said the whole world started rolling violently right and that it took all of his training not to push the stick left towards his flight leader…he immediately went on the gauges, gently rolled right away from lead and went lost wingman, neutralized the stick, got leveled out and was able to recover. Unusual attitude/vertigo training was a big deal with him ever since, always remember his lesson, “neutralize the controls, ignore your ears and trust your instruments, keep flying the airplane”

Wow, that mayday call was intense. I'm working on an A&P- I hope I never put someone in a situation where they feel that kind of fear.

I like how in the last clip the controller's accent keeps intensifying the more she's told to standby.

I knew someone who recently crashed their private Cessna. There hasn't been any official report on the crash yet, but he didn't survive. I can't imagine how terrifying that must be if you're flying alone

I "volunteered" for the draft in 1972. I was at Ft. Belvoir, VA for AIT. With a fair amount of time on my hands I decided to get a pilot's license. My instruction was out of DCA which back in 1972 was open to such flying. When I got orders to go overseas on short notice my instructor decided that I was ready to be tested and right there and then he started looking around for someone to do my check flight. Captain John Ben with United Airlines (and also a check pilot) happened by coincidence to be in the tower. He offered to do the deed. He made me stay under the hood for much longer than I was used to and in circumstances that I was not at all accustomed to. He really put me through the paces. When we finally landed I couldn't get out of the plane. My legs were like jelly and my heart was beating a mile a minute. He took my log book and simply wrote "Passed, Captain John Ben". My instructor came out to the plane and talked with me for a few minutes while the nausea wore off and life went on. It was interesting learning to fly in controlled space. I later flew with the base flight club in Germany. Cherokee, $5/hr - wet. I gave up flying a few years later in Southern California because there were just too many "not so good" pilots in the air and it was anything but relaxing. I follow your site and Mentour and am fascinated by all things aviation. BUT...I almost broke into a sweat hearing this guy. It has been about 30 minutes and I'm still a little nauseated from just hearing that fear. God Bless that controller.

Always enjoy your videos. I was lucky enough to fly in a simulator a number of years ago and a friend was at the controls. The plane was all over the place and my friend could not get to straight and level. I asked, "What do planes do?" The panicked reply was "What!" I said, "What do planes do?" "They fly!" was the response. I said, "Right, now take your hands off the wheel.", and everything went smooth. I learned early to never try to over-control.

The "let go of the stick, push forward and pull back gently' was news to me and that cut in video of what happens is amazing. What an awesome controller.

This is such a great video. Great vid 74 Gear, really enjoyed your breakdown on this! SUBSCRIBED 🎉🍺

When you were talking about getting under the cloud deck, it reminded me of when I was getting my instrument ticket, 40 years ago, I was lucky enough to have been able to do almost 90% of my flights in actual IFR conditions. It's a good feeling when you do an approach where it's below minimums, knowing you'll have to go missed, and just before going missed you see the numbers go under the aircraft.

We're moving into our new studio today and listening along to this 🙂

I am really impressed by so many people how when the heat is on or you're having disagreements with people, you can stay so level headed and calm, express yourself, listen to what was said and have a fairly respectful conversation. It'd be kinda' fun to see Kelsey rattled by something, just for a change, but videos like this are really a good influence.

I like your sign off "Keep the blue side up". Reminds me of what we would say to each other as firefighters battling a wildfire: "Put the wet stuff on the red stuff."

I remember the first time I flew into a cloud (IFR training), I had a very strong sense that I was dangerously nose up. Trusting the gauges was a great lesson. BTW, there after, I still always got that sensation but learned to disregard it.

In January of 1982, about one month after getting my private pilot license, I made a series of stupid mistakes and almost got my family killed. My Cessna 172 got into a graveyard spiral at 147 mph before I realized what had happened. I had inadvertently gotten into a cloud, made a 180 degree turn to get out of it, and had gotten into the spiral almost immediately. I relatively quickly used the instruments to correct the airplane's attitude and got the speed back to the normal 100 mph cruising speed. We got out of the cloud rather quickly and continued the flight. By remaining outwardly calm I never let my wife know how close I had gone to killing all of us. It was completely my fault, and I was lucky to keep us from dying that day. Ever since that day I've relived that experience and frequently thought about how my stupidity almost got us all killed.

That's the one thing I dread to hear from ATC, "Oh, and I have a a number for you to call when ready to copy". That's the equivalent feeling of when you know you were speeding, and then out of nowhere you suddenly see very bright red/blue lights flashing behind you...

Sqwuaking 7700 will cause an aural alarm as well as visual alarm on every radar scope. Anyone in an adjoining sector / tower will be able to see the A/C in distress. It will help us quickly identify the A/C and provide immediate assistance. It shows up on radar as a flashing 7700 data block usually with a red EM meaning emergency. Thanks for all you do for aviation.

I can’t remember if it was FAA or AOPA who did it, but when I was doing my private pilot training I listened to a podcast on spin awareness. That “I’m gonna crash!” audio was the intro. It’s chilling no matter how many times I hear it.

During my flight training in the states I was practicing my stall recovery solo and got myself into a spin. Fortunately during my PPL training in Australia they teach spin recovery early on and so I gathered myself after the adrenaline rush and recovered the aircraft. They do or atleast did not teach this during your training for FAA PPL, and had I not learnt a bit of flying before heading to the states I might not be here today. There was a story only months prior of an instructor and student in the same state (Florida) that died after getting themselves in a spin. I completed my FAA PPL, EASA IR & CPL, and having flown under 3 different sets of regulators I can confirm that FAA standards are so poor compared to the rest of the world.

i'm absolutely terrified of dying in a plane crash but your videos make me feel better!! I watch a lot of air disasters and people are like "why would you do that if you're so scared??" and it's because they usually explain how they improved planes/regulations after crashes. it's comforting to know exactly how & why things happen. i've often heard that the landing is the most dangerous part of the flight, but that's when i'm least nervous. i'm scared of a plane taking off and suddenly nose diving or something. when i choose seats i usually choose the ones near where the attendants sit-- i like being able to watch them when i'm nervous. most recently i was on the brink of tears because of bad turbulence but i could see the flight attendant was playing wordscapes on his phone, which is the same game i usually play on planes, lol. i was like "ok this dude really is unfazed". anyway love your content!!!

I was a skydiver for 15 years and I remember a day where an older skydiver said he almost cutaway a perfect parachute cause he got vertigo and had to fight the urge to cutaway and that story saved me one day.. I had pulled my chute very high and ended up in thick clouds. When you are very high under parachute, you generally spin circles to dive down faster and just to play around... and I spun myself for sooo long I got extremely dizzy and so I stopped spinning but in my mind it completely felt like the paparachute continued to spin n I began to reach for my cutaway handle but looked at my altitude n I was still super high up so I decided to inspect the chute for a while and looking up I realized it looked as if it was perfectly stable but in my mind it felt as if I was still spiraling luckily I had enough time and that story came to my mind so I waited and sure enough once I could see the ground again the dizziness or vertigo ended instantly and I was thankful I didn't chop a perfectly flying canopy.. but if you get vertigo and loose visual reference to the earth, it can be extremely dangerous

_Paraphrasing:_ *ATC:* "Are you ready to depart?" *Pilot:* "We're ready, just waiting on the cabin. No tea yet. It just takes about two minutes." *ATC:* "Then you're not ready, vacate the line." *Pilot:* "Look, we're ready, we just have to take a phone call." *ATC:* "No, you're not ready. Vacate. People are waiting --" *Pilot:* "Standby." *ATC:* "Are you _fully_ ready for departure?" *Pilot:* "Yes, we're ready, just finishing our checklist first." *ATC:* "That means you're not ready. I shouldn't have to tell you three times." *Pilot:* "Irish lass, we are _fully_ ready. We just have to complete the checklist before we are _completely_ ready to take off. If you stop talking, we'll finish." *ATC:* "Negative, ya damn Brit, vacate!" I was hoping for a "Vacate, full stop. I've got a number for you to call."

That controller absolutely saved his life. Remember people, not all hero's wear capes

No way I’d want to be in a CAR with that hysterical man.

For those interested, regarding the panicked pilot. There's a video on youtube containing the whole call, plus a later call by him for a weather report where they end up getting into what happened. If you search for 9815 lima it should be the first hit.

Yay! I was just bingeing some older Kelsey content awaiting the new one

The best advice I would give my students when prepping for their instrument check ride was, “When you are doing the Backcourse ILS, remember this: one peek is worth a thousand crosschecks.”

Not changing the still photo of the plane between that instructor with attitude and the mayday made me laugh for a second because I immediately thought, "Well, look who needs ATC now???" (Joking obviously because everybody wound up okay thankfully).

Sweet subtitles in the original video. "I'm midfield on downwind..." "Yeah uh continue brasswind then turn *bass* for 24, stay clear of the piccolos on treble and contact ground on A=440Hz."