Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
And if, after accepting said clearance, promptly ran into a fuel truck crossing the runway? Or botched up a V1 cut? Or hit birds, had both engines quit, and landed in the Hudson (either successfully, or worse, not so much so)?
Or declared "may day, may day, may day", but during the time of the transmission, a 10 year old was blocking out the radio issuing "supervised" ATC control instructions?
My guess, he and all the rest of the crew and passengers would probably die. What if any of those things happened while he was talking to a regular controller? Or worse what if the enterprise comes back in time and traps the acft in its tractor beam and the jet breaks up. No way Mr. Scott could beam up all those passengers with just 6 positions available.