Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

You know that those who continue the effort to test and repair Douglas airplanes are to be held in the highest regard. An average pilot can perform very well in a Boeing product. A god among men, after drinking his fourth cup of coffee, is required to demonstrate at the peak of his game to safely navigate the MD88, while running an emergency checklist, reading the MDM through hazy smoke & sparks, communicating to dispatch, the cabin, over riding the throttles and autopilot, staring at a blank FMC and writing an ASAP report for the previous leg ... just to get to Savannah.