tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post2446205312148660667..comments2024-03-28T17:38:51.301-07:00Comments on Flight To Success: FLIGHTKarlene Petitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-47193978389452623452012-12-03T15:03:49.557-08:002012-12-03T15:03:49.557-08:00Imagine... What if...a pilot was sitting for 8 mon...Imagine... What if...a pilot was sitting for 8 months on reserve and not flying. What else could possibly go wrong when her 64 year-old captain has a heart attack at the moment when all hell breaks loose because of a malfunction? And then she is faced flying into the worst snow storm of the year,single pilot. Chilling. Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-16710119629376951532012-12-03T13:35:56.238-08:002012-12-03T13:35:56.238-08:00oooh, tell more, tell more!oooh, tell more, tell more!Bill Palmer: flybywirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774800444965197750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-37812597854822203052012-12-02T19:35:07.020-08:002012-12-02T19:35:07.020-08:00Yes, the plane flying upside down did suspend crit...Yes, the plane flying upside down did suspend critical thinking for most of the pilots. <br /><br />The interesting thing is they advertised this as an aviation film, but it really wasn't. Now...wait until you see book three in the series. Plotted a new one and it will be very realistic! <br /><br />Thanks for the comment. Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-83665441407289509662012-12-02T17:43:23.634-08:002012-12-02T17:43:23.634-08:00Very few movies with aviation themes since Airport...Very few movies with aviation themes since Airport, have been close to accurate. This is certainly no exception. Could AS261 have saved the day by flipping it over? Hardly.<br /><br />But when you compare it to the other stuff we temporarily suspend critical thinking on (ailens, Spiderman, flying metal suit, vampires, zombies, Hogwart's, time machines, the injury defying feats of every action movie), this is right in there. It's hard to make a case for "oh, that couldn't happen" when the public hasn't seen a movie that DOES hold to the laws of physics and nature since who-knows-when.<br />But it seems a lot better than this 1997 made-for-TV movie also with a tail issue: Final Descent <br /><br />Wherein: A passenger airplane is involved in a mid-air collision shortly after takeoff. The damage forces it to continue to climb higher and higher, which computer simulations indicate will rip the plane in two. While trying to get the plane safely back on the ground, the captain on the flight (played by Robert Urich) must deal with the airline inspector (who holds a grudge from a previous encounters), his feelings for the co-pilot (his girlfriend), and the manufacturer of the plane (whose recommendations for action are not ethically motivated - specifically move the old folks to the back of the plane and then turn off their oxygen, so everyone else has enough.).<br /><br /><br />Realistic aviation productions rarely seem to make it past the Discovery Channel. Bill Palmer: flybywirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774800444965197750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-79730247477349397052012-12-01T15:19:01.769-08:002012-12-01T15:19:01.769-08:00Thanks for your comment Kathy. I think so many peo...Thanks for your comment Kathy. I think so many people took this different ways. I liked the way it ended when he didn't lie and trash the name of his girlfriend. He did have some honor behind the sickness. I suspect there is a point where you are in a prison and have to break free by admitting that you don't have control. <br /><br />What I don't know if the general public understands is how hard that is for a pilot to say they aren't in control. <br /><br />Unlike your friend ;) they mirrored this off of, I don't think the integrity was there if they could have got off. But what I liked about this is that he could have lied his way out of this, and he didn't. He chose prison, instead of the continued lies. That was a noble breakthrough. <br /><br />Thanks so much for your comment! And... you will be in the Flight For Control movie. :)Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-83543912899697081982012-12-01T15:14:41.060-08:002012-12-01T15:14:41.060-08:00Oh... thank you so much!!! I hope the directors th...Oh... thank you so much!!! I hope the directors thing that too. :) Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-67830661928032219082012-12-01T09:09:47.941-08:002012-12-01T09:09:47.941-08:00Karlene, I went to see Flight last night with Kevi...Karlene, I went to see Flight last night with Kevin and another couple. We were riveted, and Julie was really drawn in, especially during the action leading up to the crash. The word around "here' is that you will never want to fly again after seeing this movie.<br /><br />I thought it was good. A little extreme, perhaps, with the cocaine, but I have seen the heavy drinking and dope use before on a real flight, 30 years ago, and was horrified. <br /><br />I think we have come a long way in the industry. I remember the guys talking about one airline class of thirty pilots - 28 had gone through substance abuse rehab. The military encouraged it (Drinking like a fish in order to fly like an eagle), and I never judged the guys because I wasn't there. It was another time.<br /><br />In fact, I wondered if they modeled it after our NW pilot who flew from Fargo to Minneapolis drunk. Of course instead of being black, the NW captain was Indian. <br /><br />I was not happy with the ending of the movie...it left the pilot looking like a real hero as he capitalized on his fame by writing a book, and tried to make the copilot look like a religious nut case. Oh, wait, isn't that what happened with the NW crew? Captain - famous, wrote a book, rehired, paid big bucks to speak at events...other two pilots fired and engineer belittled?<br /><br />It was a good movie. I want to be Kathryn in yours. ;)Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447268246074387994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-52716245735055677742012-11-30T04:59:35.518-08:002012-11-30T04:59:35.518-08:00I like books that creates accurate images and scen...I like books that creates accurate images and scenarios on my mind rich with details and with that cinematic mood. Flight For Control is one of them. The moment I closed the book after finish reading it I told my mother: - That would be a hell of a movie. The book has everything to become a great movie, that's why I love it!Alex Woodhttp://www.youtube.com/TheAviationCenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-72077964178853312492012-11-29T12:27:23.427-08:002012-11-29T12:27:23.427-08:00I meant to say "Don't the best bad guys a...I meant to say "Don't the best bad guys always have English accents" :) But it's pretty good as is....D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16311812701887962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-18563997084984136732012-11-29T05:43:57.428-08:002012-11-29T05:43:57.428-08:00I want to be Bill (the bad guy). I have an Englis...I want to be Bill (the bad guy). I have an English accent. Don't the best guys always have English accents? Americans think it makes us sound smart, and to be smart AND evil.........<br /><br />Ok, so I don't work for an airline, but I do have a commercial license.D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16311812701887962320noreply@blogger.com