1660: Captain Speaking - Revision history

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172.70.85.32: /* Explanation */ I believe this (in making a sub-point during a running list) was intended. Took the opportunity to tweak the wording a bit in this section.

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‎Explanation: I believe this (in making a sub-point during a running list) was intended. Took the opportunity to tweak the wording a bit in this section.

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Sir Urquhart: Undo revision 289331 by 108.162.245.131 (talk)

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 #The captain knows exactly where he is and where they are going, and is playing a [[Black Hat]]-style prank on his passengers.
-Seeing as how planes cannot take off on {{w|auto-pilot}} (nor can they taxi, but some can actually land), and require a skilled, awake human at the controls, it is unlikely that this captain was responsible for take-off; which must mean this auto-pilot is much more advanced than current models, likely a future model, or that their first officer took off and then went away or asleep. In the event a pilot falls asleep, on medium sized planes, ground- or proximity-, radar would set off an alarm waking the captain if they are on a collision course.
+Seeing as how planes cannot take off on {{w|auto-pilot}} (nor can they taxi, but some can actually land), and require a skilled, awake human at the controls, it is unlikely that this captain was responsible for take-off; which must mean this auto-pilot is much more advanced than current models, likely a future model, or that their first officer took off and then went away or asleep. In the event a pilot falls asleep, on medium sized planes, ground- or proximity-radar would set off an alarm waking the captain if they are on a collision course.
-Whilst it is normal for the captain to sleep part of a long flight, this can only occur if there are multiple pilots on the plane. Most flights are on auto-pilot for hours at a time, and the pilots serve primarily for takeoff, landing, and emergencies. They are completely clueless, having to use a consumer app and asking the passengers to get flight details, instead of radioing for help as he probably should. They would easily be able to get the information of where they are going by just asking any of the passengers though.
+It is normal for the captain to sleep part of a long flight, but this can only occur if there are multiple pilots on the plane. Most flights are on auto-pilot for hours at a time, and the pilots serve primarily for takeoff, landing and emergencies. Here they are completely clueless, having to use a consumer app and asking the passengers to get flight details, instead of radioing for help as he probably should. They would easily be able to get the information of where they are going by just asking any of the passengers though.
-The fact that the captain is not sure of the flight number is not hard to imagine. Commercial pilots fly multiple flights per day and the numbers all run together after a while. Every radio communication starts with the flight number, but if the captain has been out of commission for some time, the flight number could easily be forgotten. However, he would probably know the aircraft type, as commercial pilots are type-rated for a specific aircraft type and with rare exceptions (e.g. Boeing 757/767) the type is specific to an airframe type. This makes it more likely that he is not professionally qualified, although he could just be rated for so many types of aircraft that it takes him a moment to determine which one is at hand (though such a veteran pilot would be unlikely to have slept through takeoff or forget how to look up flight information from the cockpit).
+The fact that the captain is not sure of the flight number is not hard to imagine. Commercial pilots fly multiple flights per day and the numbers all run together after a while. Every radio communication starts with the flight number, but if the captain has been out of commission for some time, the flight number could easily be forgotten. However he would probably know the aircraft type, as commercial pilots are type-rated for a specific aircraft type and with rare exceptions (e.g. Boeing 757/767) the type is specific to an airframe type. This makes it more likely that he is not professionally qualified, although he could just be rated for so many types of aircraft that it takes him a moment to determine which one is at hand (though such a veteran pilot would be unlikely to have slept through takeoff or forget how to look up flight information from the cockpit).
 Three weeks later another plane related joke was released with [[1669: Planespotting]] where it is also an open question if the plane in the comic is actually a Boeing plane...

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 #The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}, who arrives without the necessary knowledge to operate in the captain's original capacity.
 #*The converse version would be that the “captain” is a completely normal civilian (without flying experience) who had been possessed by an entity bringing its own knowledge and intent to fly a plane. If the entity loses its hold, it therefore leaves them in a similar state of 'acquired' inexperience.
-#This may be in the future, where auto-pilot is so smart and do so much of the previous job of the pilot that future pilots might forget how to fly altogether.
+#This may be in the future, where auto-pilot is so smart and does so much of the previous job of the pilot that future pilots might forget how to fly altogether.
 #The captain knows exactly where he is and where they are going, and is playing a [[Black Hat]]-style prank on his passengers.

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 #After taking-off, the captain enters a {{w|dissociative fugue}} state losing his personal identity.
 #The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}, who arrives without the necessary knowledge to operate in the captain's original capacity.
-#*The converse version would be that the “captain” is a completely normal civilian (without flying experience) who had been possessed by an entity bringing its own knowledge and intent to fly a plane. If the entity loses its hold, it therefore leaves them in a similar state of 'aquired' inexperience.
+#*The converse version would be that the “captain” is a completely normal civilian (without flying experience) who had been possessed by an entity bringing its own knowledge and intent to fly a plane. If the entity loses its hold, it therefore leaves them in a similar state of 'acquired' inexperience.
 #This may be in the future, where auto-pilot is so smart and do so much of the previous job of the pilot that future pilots might forget how to fly altogether.
 #The captain knows exactly where he is and where they are going, and is playing a [[Black Hat]]-style prank on his passengers.

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 #The captain has been drugged and shanghaied onto the plane. He is now expected to fly and land it for his "employer", but he has chosen to disclaim this fact to his passengers in the least reassuring manner possible.
 #After taking-off, the captain enters a {{w|dissociative fugue}} state losing his personal identity.
-#The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}. Alternatively, the “captain” is a completely normal civilian who had been possessed by an entity (presumably with knowledge of how to fly a plane) who suddenly left the civilian’s body, leaving him in a state of confusion distress as he apparently does not know how to fly a plane.
+#The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}, who arrives without the necessary knowledge to operate in the captain's original capacity.
 #This may be in the future, where auto-pilot is so smart and do so much of the previous job of the pilot that future pilots might forget how to fly altogether.
 #The captain knows exactly where he is and where they are going, and is playing a [[Black Hat]]-style prank on his passengers.

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 #The captain has been drugged and shanghaied onto the plane. He is now expected to fly and land it for his "employer", but he has chosen to disclaim this fact to his passengers in the least reassuring manner possible.
 #After taking-off, the captain enters a {{w|dissociative fugue}} state losing his personal identity.
-#The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}.
+#The captain has been possessed by some external entity, such as {{w|Sam Beckett}}. Alternatively, the “captain” is a completely normal civilian who had been possessed by an entity (presumably with knowledge of how to fly a plane) who suddenly left the civilian’s body, leaving him in a state of confusion distress as he apparently does not know how to fly a plane.
 #This may be in the future, where auto-pilot is so smart and do so much of the previous job of the pilot that future pilots might forget how to fly altogether.
 #The captain knows exactly where he is and where they are going, and is playing a [[Black Hat]]-style prank on his passengers.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[The text is written above a large commercial passenger airplane seen from below as it turns left. The text emanates from the cockpit.]
+:[The text is written above a Boeing 737 Next Generation seen from below as it turns left. The text emanates from the cockpit.]
 :Captain: This is your captain speaking.
 :Captain: Gonna be honest-I just woke up and have no idea where I am. Looks like a Boeing of some kind?

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	**Though rare, pilots [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47691478 sometimes may not (correctly) know where they are going].		**Though rare, pilots [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47691478 sometimes may not (correctly) know where they are going].
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