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Watch this A380 landing at SFO, and watch the pilot's reaction when he's told he's cleared to land visually on 28L, but to expect the ILS for 28R.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENe89j89tBA

What's up with that?

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I watched way more of that than I should have. It was way more interesting than I thought it would be.

I would love to be an airline captain.

PilotsEyeTV is a really really neat thing. They sell entire box sets of whole flights. It's pretty cool that the European airlines allow this amount of camera work in the cockpit:

http://pilotseye.tv/en/flightroutes/

If you really want to see something captivating, watch this clip of a Swiss A340 crew handling an overheating engine in-flight. It's incredibly well done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEf35NtlBLg

Wow, that Swiss A340 video was amazing. The pilots were just so chill. "Let's have some chocolate for the landing" LOL

Yeah, it kind of makes up for all the Romansh flying back and forth in that cockpit. =)

Reminds me how those "Simulator" games are so popular in Germany!

I'll hand it to the Germans. When they get into a hobby, they really get into it.

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