Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Has anyone seen the movie, Flight? Our hero is a cocaine addict who sleeps with his flight attendants and drinks while he is flying. He represents a porn star or prostitute better than he represents a professional pilot. Disgraceful. Oh yeah, he dumps all his fuel on the MD-80 while in an uncontrolled dive. Don't waste your time. The entire movie is garbage.
Well, given that 99.99% of the population is CLUELESS about the true nature of our jobs, and that Hollywood has always made money going wayyy over the top, oh, and it's an Entertainment movie, not a Documentary, what did you expect?
When you are asked quetions re. this movie, by your non-flying friends, just say, "Oh Yeah, that was completly true! It happens all the time, you just never hear about it because most of us are not flying wasted! I had to do that just last week (roll inverted, dump fuel, etc.). It didn't make CNN because we rolled it right side up just before we landed, and taxied to the gate, no biggie."
