Kelsey I love the fact that you will openly say "yeah I've made that mistake too," too many people would pretend/ignore their mistakes

5 yrs Air Force. 33 years major commercial experience. Retired now. Re: setting brakes. I've had multiple "oh sh-t moments" when after setting the brakes and looking down, you look up and the jetway moving into position gives you the sensation that you are moving. It does get your attention. And once in the Air Force, as a T-37 instructor, as we were about to stop while being marshalled, all of a sudden the airman who was directing us started running away. I stopped immediately and realized there were billows of black smoke pouring out of the right tailpipe. An oil line broke and was causing the smoke. I set the brakes and shutdown immediately and we both jumped over the front of the jet. Moving a plane on the ground can be a lot more stressful than flying at times!

14:27 Kelsey subtlety confirms his captain status. Congrats Kelsey.

What a great advice Kelsey. When the guy who’s helping you starts running away, you should stop. Just stop” 😂

Shout out to the engineers that built the landing gear on that A380.

I see 4 stripes on your epaulets, congratulations Captain Kelsey, you deserve it. 👍👍

12:10 Kelsey, if you ever happen to be in Frankfurt anytime soon: the visitor center in Terminal 1 has a video game where you can marshall an aircraft into position by using such wands (at least kind of). The game is thrown onto the wall by a projector to literally get the big picture. There is also a VR ride where you can ride on the baggage transport system with the seats moving in sync with the VR video.

That’s me quietly saying wow, whilst trying to be quiet, my followers enjoy my chilled out streams 😎✈️😁

I need to see Kelsey doing his light saber dance marshalling in a jet 🤣 Great video, Kels! Happy Sunday ❤

RE: Ground Crew Running Away - I saw an interview with a F-35 test pilot and he was one of the first to demonstrate the VTOL. He said as he was descending, he glanced at the crowd and no one was running,so he continued. 😂

"Oh gosh the ground crew is running... We better pick up the pace!" 😂

Aeronautical engineer here (but not a pilot) with a question because you've described this several times. In a crosswind, in order to keep a plane flying straight, you either need to be in a crab, or input cross-controls (left wing down in this case). But when you talk about taking out the crab in a large, 4-engine aircraft (e.g. 747 or A380), you need to keep the wings level, but you add some right rudder to straighten out the plane. This would point the nose down the runway, but would also start a skidding turn if you don't get the wheels down right away. Could it be the case that this pilot put in the right rudder, but kept floating, so he started to steer himself off centerline? Maybe the left rudder input was a last-ditch effort to keep him over the runway?

Thanks Captain, good to see you back on the Tube again. I know the world is good if I see you on a Sunday morning.

This episode brought back a vivid memory. I learned to fly in a Cessna 140 tail dragger and was taught by a former WWII B-17 bomber pilot. My first lesson involved learning rudder modulation just to taxi the aircraft. He taught me that I must master rudder modulation on taxi before ever attempting a landing. Learning that skill was pivotal in so many ways from cross wind landing to grass strip landings. It created a complex muscle memory necessary to develop the "touch" needed to handle a squirrely tail dragger in multiple situations. Thanks for your videos.

You said, if the marshaller is running away from you, stop. Reminds me of a T-shirt message, "Bomb Demolition Technician . . . if you see me running, follow as quickly as you can"

A bit more on the A380 landing: I've seen the SESMA (Special Event Search and Master Analysis) trace and spoken to the pilot flying at the time (a colleague) a gust hit at the wrong time, hence the float and was going outside of the touchdown zone. The pilot had already elected to go around and was using left rudder to stay on the paved surface (you can see the right wing gear was pretty much on the runway edge marking at the point of touchdown) and to prevent a drift further downwind. Was not a mistake, a deliberate act to stay on the runway and maintain the runway track.

Flies a 747, but wants to play with the light sabre glow sticks instead, lol.

I didn't notice the rudder change on the landing plane until you pointed it out. Thank you for your explanation of the consequences of that in this particular situation.

Kelsey keeping us all in suspense over his new additional stripe, not once has he said anything. But we all keep commenting about it. Kelsey it’s about time you announced it!! Be proud, we are and it’s not our achievement 🤣

Several years ago we were on an Alaska Air flight from PVR into SFO at 23:30 on a rainy NYE with a gusting 30+ degree crosswind. The pilot was crabbing the plane about 15-25 degrees from what I could guess from the runway lights. The wings were rocking pretty severely from the gusts and when the pilot straightened out the plane to touchdown on the slick runway, the wind suddenly died way back and the plane dropped about 10 feet and hit the runway HARD on the main gear. After the initial exclamatory noises from the passengers, applause broke out as just about everyone knew this was a very difficult landing….and were happy to be safely on the ground. The plane, with the same crew, was supposed to continue up the coast that night to Seattle and eventually Anchorage. As we were deplaning I heard a FA mutter to another, “Great, now we’re going to have to sit here for hours while they inspect the landing gear!”

Honey, wake up. Captain Kelsey posted again.

Well done. My family and I were on the A380 flight and it's great to better understand what happened. The winds were reportedly near gale force that afternoon and the approach quite bumpy. The second attempt at landing was still bumpy but otherwise uneventful. Also, several commenters above mentioned that the A380 was blown near the right runway edge at touchdown, which could also explain the use of the left rudder. Whatever happened, the pilots acted quickly and remained cool and collected. I suspect they were as grateful to get off that aircraft at the end of the day as we were.

Just flew home last night. Long story short, we were trying to land when the plane suddenly aborted the landing and ascended. The captain came over the intercom and stated there was a warning light and we needed to re-approach. People were stressing about this, but I wasn’t…thanks to Kelsey’s videos! Thank you, Kelsey, for demystifying flying for me. I was able to stay calm because of you!

You got promoted to Captain?!?? NICE JOB MAN!!! Congrats!!!

I've seen a Marshaller drop their wands on the ground and cross their arms because the flight deck wasn't paying attention. They were about to take out the jet bridge. You could hear the screaming up the jet bridge from the Lead about the importance of paying attention. Cap and FO came out into the gate area looking down at the floor and not making eye contact. The Station manager even showed up and chewed flight AND ground crews out. This was before everyone in the world had a camera phone...

10 years airforce. 8 years commercial. 10 years Nasa orbiter pilot. I too have made similar mistakes. Even at this level of flight, these rudimentary errors happens to the best of us.

Great to see 4 bars on the shirt. Good on ya! 😊

The collision videos (while using handlers) always surprise me, because while driving a vehicle I still look when directed by someone (or a signaling device) just to be certain I'm not going to hit someone or something. I've seen people wave traffic into all kinds of...stuff.

Yes! Your channel has really just made my flying anxiety go to zero. Thank you K!

I only fly a C152, but I ran into a situation a couple days ago where I had a crosswind and didn't keep my wing low into the wind. The wind pushed me off the edge of the runway, and my left gear dropped off the edge and clipped a runway light. Fortunately I was able to correct in a hurry, got the aircraft back off the ground and saved what could have been a really bad day. I practice, practice, practice so that when something happens, muscle memory takes over and saves the day. This crap happens and it helps to stay on top of training and practice so that you react properly the instant it happens. I love watching these videos and seeing all the different things that can happen, so that if and when it happens to me, I can react properly. Thanks Kelsey for posting this stuff!!

I’ll be watching this twice. First time through, I’m watching your facial expressions. Stay safe, Captain.

Kelsy, I flew into the old HK airport (Kai Tak) on a China Airlines 747 and in addition to the approach being scary the pilot did several right-left swings to the point I was sure he was going to perform a ground loop on the next set of swings and I'm sure you know a 747 doesn't do them well and end up in one piece. There was a retired former USAF member sitting by me, and his eyes were as big as saucers. I spoke with him after the seat belt sign was off, and he thought the same thing. I spoke to the flight attendant as we deplaned, and she said, "The runway was wet." Funnily enough, the pilot performed the same maneuver when we landed in Taipei but not as severe. Wet runway, yea, right!

At 11:11 the starboard marshaller squats because he appears to be trying to see the other side of the plane. He's probably thinking there is way too much room on his side, something is wrong. He then realizes it IS going wrong. After he stands up he starts signaling emergency stop. You can see him slapping the wands together. Along with giving directions to the pilot the lead marshaller is responsible for watching the "wing walkers" and relaying a stop signal. It appears the lead marshaller sees the impending impact and is giving a strong starboard with his wands instead of signaling stop. Then RUN!

Your theory about the A380 rudder inputs makes sense. Another one that came to mind in the first place is that because of the extended flare while keeping right rudder input and some degree of crab they found themselves drifting to the right, maybe due to a sudden gust, the pilot flying then tried to return to the centerlne by inputting left rudder, he overdid it, he then violently input right rudder making matters worse, the rest is history: go around. Regarding the National A330 hitting the pole, the marshalling act looked pretty disorganized, to say it in a polite way and my first thought was that this appeared to be taking place at a non first world airport, I googled it and bingo!: St. Kitts airport, Eastern Caribbean.

Love that you're open with your mistakes, makes me feel better when i have done a shity landing. Like im not alone, even the pros have done it

14:45 "Go ahead and stop moving forward." To non-native speakers: this doesn't mean what it sounds like... or maybe it does. 😃

That marshal starts running instead of signaling to stop. That was a total save himself and no one else type of move. Like Michael in that episode of The Office with the fire. LOL

1:32 Thanks for the diagram. I thought I always knew what those different parts were but now I really know!

You explaining the complexities of flying explains why pilots do what they do. Thank you.

Never a dull moment! Especially landing in strong, gusty crosswinds where suddenly, there can be a LOT of stuff happening all at once! Thanks for sharing.

Kelsey - I love your technical analysis of the landing, things that I would never perceive on my own. Thanks!

I always love Kelsey’s videos. As an aviation and flight sim enthusiast, there’s ALWAYS something to learn in every video, regardless of topic. I know we’re at a video every other week now. I actually formed my Sunday routine around the release of the videos. So today, my normal Sunday routine feels great!

So nice to see you on this! Great explanation of two situations. Appreciate your dissecting what’s going on. Thanks!

I love your honesty and humility! You ROCK! 🎉🎉

Thanks for keeping these Sunday videos going. It really is appreciated.

Great explanation of the two feet on the rudder scenario. When I land my little Cherokee in any significant crosswind I pretty much take the upwind foot completely off the rudder. Windsock points to which foot should be on the pedal. If I over correct I just back off the pressure and the aircraft "acts" as if I had pressed the opposite pedal. Taking the one rudder pedal out of the equation dramatically helps rudder modulation (In my 500 hour PPL experience anyway). Glad to see that process is transferable to much bigger aircraft.

So happy to see another video, hopefully things got sorted out🤞.

Another informative video, love them! Great vid!

Thank you. I love this type of video where you explain what has or hasn't happened. I like the fact you don't bad mouth individuals and give what may have happened.

I think people running away from you should be the universal sign to stop the plane

Great video Kelsey, thank you!

Good stuff as always. Thanks, Captian!

These videos give me a new found appreciation for all my commercial flights that went smoothly. I'm curious, if I wanted to thank the crew for keeping it textbook when I am disembarking, is there a simple way to say that other than "Thank you"? I just want them to know I appreciate their hard work getting me to where I need to be without incident. Thanks!

Yay!!! You’re back! Thanks Kelsey!!

Great vid! Thanks so much, K.

Love your KZfaq channel Kelsey. There are plenty of others but you put things across very well. Keep it up. Many thanks

I am not the expert here, but i think with the a380 landing when it first put in right rudder it started floating eather because they were carrying extra speed or got an extra windgust. When they were floating with the plane straightened out the plane got blown to the right side of the runway, that is why they put left rudder in to get the plane back to the centerline and not go off the runway. The best option would've been to do a goaround when they started to float and blown to the right side of the runway.

I know it's late, but congratz on your upgrade to Captain! That's incredible!

Mal wieder ein hammer video, danke.

You’re right it’s better to go around and be safe, then to take a chance

Kelsey with his faces while watching the vids 😂 On an actual note kelsey you're great

Congrats on Captain Kelsy

Hey captain Kelsey! I have been watching you since ever I was a student pilot I learned a lot from you and you was a great motivator throughout the years i wanted to thank you so much for all your help. Am so proud to see you with those 4 stripes😍

Very nice. It is especially nice to hear that these sorts of problems you also have had to deal with (although not as sever in your case).

I just noticed that you are captain now! Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈🎊

Sunday mornings are Coffee with Kelsie mornings. I love waking up to a new video to watch while fueling up for my day.

Amazing video. Really interesting seeing behind the scenes of flying. Look forward to more videos in the future.

I just wanted to thank you for your program. It has helped me to remain calm during my flights. I really appreciate it.

Still hoping that Kelsey, in a future video, tells us a bit about what changed after becoming a captain...😉

I disappointed 70 people all at once. Legend 😂

I love this channel. Keep up the brilliant work, Kelsey!

Nice to see you keep making videos captain. You're an asset to the space.

The problem with most of your videos is that I am focused on your facial expressions and forget to look at the video..

I think the Airbus pilot may have stabbed left rudder because, with the float and crosswind, once the nose was pointing down the runway it probably started drifting right. On top of that, the left wing started coming up. I think the right drift and right induced roll added up to make his brain scream "Go Left!" and he got a little cross-controlled in the stress.

As ever, nicely done Kelsey with the sympathetic, explanatory, non-condemning commentary. Good man.

You're a captain!!! I've watched your videos before and recently watched again and noticed some videos had a different number of bars on your shoulders. I had to check back and noticed the change just a couple months ago. Congrats! Your videos are always good.

Great explanation of first landing. Appreciate your knowledge and professionalism as well. You didn't bash the pilot and offered reasons why he did what he did and gave him credit for "saving it." Enjoy your videos. Keep it up!

I learned to fly in a Cessna 150 and a Navy trainer at the Mayport Naval Flying Club back in the early 70's. We almost always had a 15 mph+ crosswind coming off the ocean there. I know it's no comparison to a heavily-laden jet with 100+ passengers but with Mayport's military-jet-arrestor cables at both ends of the runway, it could be a real challenge. I soloed after 6 hrs and won both the precision bombing and landing contest but while touch-and-goes were always a really fun experience at least I was alone. I can't imagine being responsible for 100+ passengers. Must be very disconcerting for passengers to see they were perpendicular to the runway 50' off the ground.

Kelsey, I love your videos and I really enjoy learning so much with you! ✈🛩🛫🛬

Interesting. Really clear explanation.

I marshalled at JFK and the pilot Took a double take when he got close - saw that I was female and looked like he had a heart attack. 1995. Now it's common enough,they don't even second guess.

Don't you think that the pilot realized the plane was getting pushed to the right side or possible off the right side of the runway? So he corrected the only way he could...

Great rudder pedal advice Kelsey. I’ll consciously apply it on my next flight.

Nice touch n go, correct call.

Captain Kelsey, your assessment of difficult landing situations like this give me confidence in your skills as well as so many other experienced pilots out there. Landing an aircraft, especially one as large as an A-380 or a 747 is NOT trivial even for the most experienced pilots!!

Hi Kelsey. This is the first time that I saw your 4 stripes. Congratulations on becoming a captain!

Thanks Kelsey for another informative video. From Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

Well done, Kelsey! Congrats on that extra stripe, Captain!!! Wishing you many open blue skies ahead and tailwinds behind!!!

Look at precisely 0:35. The right white solid line is under engine No3, and the main gear is to the right of the centreline, on the unmarked grey concrete. The extended flare had a slight right bank all the time from 0:29 to 0:32 which amplified the right drift. The left boot of rudder was a vain attempt to hold it before the GA started.

I love how calm she is. Most reaction videos on KZfaq should be called "over reaction" videos because they're deliberately over acting just to get more views. Especially if it's a black dude pretending to like heavy metal music; making faces like Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone". It's refreshing to see an actual GENUINE reaction.

Brilliant! Thank you.

Wow, Kelsey, you gum solution when stressful is so simple and a really good idea.... using that!

Just noticed your Captain Bars - congrats Kelsey. Very cool.

In 2000, my family flew to Fuertiventura on an Airbus A321. Upon landing, the aircraft seemed to drop like a stone from several feet in the air. The landing was pretty hard, several passengers emitting less than happy noises! It had been the first flight my wife had taken in many years and she worried for the whole of the holiday about the return flight. Since then, she has flatly refused to travel by air!

If the marshal is running for cover...it's called a clue, to throw out the anchor. 74 Gear, your the best brother. Shalom

I love how Kelsey explains these videos in layman's terms! Another great video!

Great stuff Kelsey as usual. One question though.. Are you gonna make a video on how you got the 4 bars on your shoulders?? I would really like to know. As probably many others. Thanks.

Rather than pushing down on the right rudder let off the left, this helps me not over control.

Good information! Take care!

Excellent video Kelsey!😸