Crashman

You guys are hilarious, except Mike734 there whose story is truly terrifying... I'm not in y'alls class but hope this kinda qualifies as an antique story. Way back in the 60s before various regs banished all noncrew inflight, I was a total wide-eyed, model-building 100% airplane nut of 8. On a short BWIA leg in a Vickers Viscount between Piarco POS Trinidad and Grenada (the old cliffside non-Cuban airport at Pearls) our nice all-Brit crew gave the kid a chance to see some real air gods at work. I stood there awed and close to heaven as we levelled for cruise, but the last thing I expected was to see my steely-eyed heroes completely cover the panel and half the windows with their unfolded morning Trinidad Guardian, yawn, pull their feet back, sip coffee and discuss only the local cricket scores until it was time for descent...