Any airline pilots here?

[Bigjay73]

I fly a ton, and hate every minute. I've been watching YouTube shorts of cockpit views of pilots landing planes to kinda soften my anxiety. I noticed when they are landing, they are moving the control around A LOT, what's that about?

 

[Bigjay73]

Also, what are the levels in the center console that they move when landing?

 

[cgasner1]

I got to fly a plane across about a quarter of Montana it got kinda boring after about 15 min

 

[IDiot]

Not an airline pilot, just have a private license. As far as moving the yoke a lot, lower airspeed like coming into land means less air over the wings and rudder which require larger control inputs to make the adjustments you need. At higher speeds small control movements are generally all you need. The levers in the middle are for throttle.

 

[homers]

Could all be automated

 

[Cousin Basil]

Also, what are the levels in the center console that they move when landing?

Thrust reversers

 

[338win]

Boeing 737 needs lots of small corrections when landing due to how it’s made/design philosophy. Watch an airbus next and you barely move the stick.

 

[Straight Arrow]

As a rotorhead always busy on short final with peddles, cyclic, and collective controls ... 'don't know what you fixed wing Red Barons are complaining about!

 

[Wallydeuce]

With that much control input, he's probably landing in to a cross wind. That looked excessive for a normal calm wind landing. The goal is to plant the nose wheel on the center line. He chopped the power just above touchdown and deployed the thrust reverser on main wheel touchdown. To the right and a bit below are the flaps and slats.

 

[802flyfish]

No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn once.

 

[JShane]

With that much control input, he's probably landing in to a cross wind. That looked excessive for a normal calm wind landing. The goal is to plant the nose wheel on the center line. He chopped the power just above touchdown and deployed the thrust reverser on main wheel touchdown. To the right and a bit below are the flaps and slats.

 

[TheGreek]

I hate flying but I hunt with a bunch of commercial pilots. My one pilot buddy’s line is “95% of what we do, you could train a monkey to do, we get paid for the other 5% of the time.” He also refers to himself as a taxi driver.

 

[brockel]

With that much control input, he's probably landing in to a cross wind. That looked excessive for a normal calm wind landing. The goal is to plant the nose wheel on the center line. He chopped the power just above touchdown and deployed the thrust reverser on main wheel touchdown. To the right and a bit below are the flaps and slats.

 

[belshawelk]

No but I should be. Fly every week. Over 3 million miles flown.