How Does Flying Feel on the Other Side of the Cockpit Door?
by Rose Eveleth
Jul 28, 2014
3 minutes
In many of the times we encounter turbulence in our lives, it is preceded by a calmly worded warning from above. “Uh, folks, we may hit a few bumps,” a pilot announces over the plane’s PA system—or something to that effect. The pilot’s unpretentious, unbothered tone is reassuring, and we generally ride out the unwanted roller-coaster without incident. But what’s happening inside the cockpit—are pilots as calm as they sound? Are they worried about
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