Airlines Are Flying Planes Missing Parts

[@jeremymattern5653]

I am an aircraft mechanic and I will say my favorite missing part we flew without was the blade from the can opener in the galley. Yes, a maintenance action was written. We were a cargo plane, no passengers, so we used the can opener attackment on someone’s leather man tool. I am happy to report that the coffee pot was fully operational.

[@rjmac3095]

I was on a flight from Fiji to LA and one of the fuel pumps wasn't working, we waited for a couple of planes to arrive that might have a spare, but the pilot got fed up with waiting, so tried to take off anyway, had to reject the first take off.... and the second....., but the third attempt was fine.... the only real problem with the flight was LAX, never been treated so rudely in my life!

[@abcjelly]

What🤔 if there was a missing❓ piece of furr in the cabin's carpet?

[@StorymasterQ]

@@abcjelly What. As in, "there should be 375,556,232 strands of fur on the cabin's carpet but there's only 375.556,231"? Literally unsafe to fly. Should go into emergency repairs immediately.

[@jamiebowles4588]

I'M not ALLOWED to carry my Leatherman on a flight! It must not be in my carry-on, either.

[@bower31]

At work when I see "Aft Galley Coffee maker inop is no fix no fly tomorrow" it gives me a headache

[@intuitiveiresha]

The only airline I know that flies with everything broken is Air Penguin (Madagascar) ! People you roast are both hilariously ridiculous and crazy!!! LOVE your videos... I watch far too many a day!!

[@Deltarious]

I think the main secret that Kelsey doesn't want us to know is how many of the 'good' snacks he sneaks without the rest of the crew knowing

[@suegardner]

Ye when he said he left the cockpit and was walking around 'looking for something' 😄

[@indielixir100]

Looking for a whole bag of meth

[@genehunsinger3981]

The real secret is the # of notchs on his "mile high" belt,,,,(you go Captain!)

[@eugeneweaver3199]

🤣🤣🤣

[@eekos]

Yes! Tell the truth Kelsey, where do you hide the good snacks?

[@kanpoe7043]

A friend of mine was killed in a plane crash a little over 10 years ago and I haven’t flown since. This channel is both making me both more comfortable with flying again, and having some fears validated all at the same time.

[@appslg3phone]

Go to counseling.

[@Midnight.Rain.747.]

Oh I’m sorry! Remember it’s super rare for plane crashes to happen. Can I ask what crash it was example AF447 or JAL123?

[@Midnight.Rain.747.]

@@appslg3phonethat’s not helpful towards them

[@kanpoe7043]

@@Midnight.Rain.747. Colgan 3407, so almost 15 years ago. I took a short flight since making this comment, and basically sat there in anxiety and silence the whole time. But whatever, flew again so…

[@Midnight.Rain.747.]

@@kanpoe7043 I’m so sorry

[@deadgamer21]

As a large piece of cargo myself, can confirm kelsey is a real pilot

[@davidhook1980]

Your a talking, walking and breathing piece of large cargo?

[@Fluffy-Fluffy]

I hope they strap you safely and securely so everyone had a safe flight. 🤘

[@74gear]

I will be sending you your payment shortly!!

[@andrewsimilarnsen7404]

Oh really ? Thanks captain obvious

[@renejean2523]

@@andrewsimilarnsen7404 - Captain Obvious is definitely NOT a real pilot.

[@hussainmardan2172]

I love how Kelsy said there is no problem with forgetting to turn your plane into airplane mode at 10:58 :) Really gave me a laugh!!

[@arandomperson920]

I really hate it when I don't put my plane in airplane mode but nice to know it's still fine 😂

[@lwentz5510]

I found that if I put my phone in airplane mode, I save a lot on airline tickets by just flying my phone. Wind is a pain, but hey...

[@loriw2661]

It amazes me how many people who are NOT pilots, NOT aircrafts mechanics or have any practical experience at all, sound so confident in their ignorance.

[@susanfanning9480]

Well, maybe because so much of some people's lives are make-believe these days. Anyways, you have a good point.

[@losmosquitos1108]

These peeps may not be pilots or other aircraft specialists, but they all graduated from Google university, so what they babble has to be valuable, right? 😂

[@bloothedog4443]

Sounds like my "Managers" at a major Entertainment Company. I work maintenence. Most recently a manager wanted us to look for an oil leak on a 2 stroke leaf blower.🤣😡

[@spvillano]

Dunning - Kruger at its best. Since they're so expert in everything, hopefully if they're in need of brain surgery, they'll do it themselves and end our misery.

[@losmosquitos1108]

@@bloothedog4443 might be the oil pump? Tell him… 😛

[@frankf1095]

In hindsight I'm very appreciative of you being so patient with some who don't think -before they post a video which has no research/forethought or common sense.

[@mjs8148]

Good info sir! I recall flying with the Army on chartered flight with major airline. Something you don't hear every day. Pilot: "Please secure your weapons for takeoff and no, you do NOT need to turn off your electronics". Yes, we flew with our rifles in hand.

[@vitaly6312]

Hah! Ditto. It was an old northwest airlines 747-200. So awesome.

[@eclectichoosier5474]

We weren't allowed to have them in hand. We had to put them on the floor, with barrels pointed outward. (Trip hazard, if they protruded into the aisle.) Edit to add: The stupidest thing was that we weren't allowed to take our multi-tools onboard with us. Because they had blades in them.

[@DocHellfish]

I remember them taking my lighter at the Airport in Ireland. I pointed to my rifle and said, “No lighter but I can have this?” *Shrug* Lol!

[@Sharleene]

I freaking love how big Kelsey's eyes got at 17:22 That should have bee put on the thumbnail! By the way great video as always

[@hsbvt]

I have never heard Aircraft Maintenance say "Do you think they'll miss this part?" Other Maintenance Crew "Naa, just put it in the bucket and we'll keep it for another time"... Another thing...you can never overstay your welcome in our homes! Looking forward to part 2 Kelsey! Have a great week everyone!

[@Fluffy-Fluffy]

He can Stay in mine forever. /Cringe *lol*

[@oldmech619]

12:12. Planes are allowed to have missing parts. It is in the CDL (configurations deviation list). For example, the B747 is allowed to be missing one winglet. Only one. I had a QF 74 on LAX that had one missing then someone busted the other. I had to take one winglet of another 74 to make both planes legal.

[@JohnDoe-bd5sz]

Yeah, the most insane part of what that guy was saying was "For the airline to save money". If something is broken and has not been replaced, it's probably because the part is not in stock, or they haven't had a chance to change it. For example a defective ignition system...I would imagine the risk of something happening, where the plane lost an engine, because of this, would be a LOT more costly and time consuming, than just replacing the damn broken part.

[@oldmech619]

@@JohnDoe-bd5sz Igniters are only used during starting. Once a jet engine is started, it remains running. Ignition is no longer required.

[@JohnDoe-bd5sz]

@@oldmech619 I would argue that it would be nice to have igniters even when the engine is started, if the engine flames out, you have a chance of restarting the damn thing :)

[@ranchordasa108]

Kelsey is a great guy...I love his input to Aviation knowledge and clearing up my anxieties and curiosity of flying and pilot professionalism...He has tons of knowledge, so cool, humble and very professional and frank....love his presentations....

[@ReiTsukinoVT]

On the landing part, my instructor actually had me land the plane on my discovery flight. It was wild, especially being a slight tailwind, but it was buttery smooth, probably because he had his hands on the controls the entire time just incase something happened. Part of that could be attributed to having logged a bunch of home sim time to understand the basics before doing the discovery. But mostly, i'm sure he was on the controls as a backup.

[@Captain_Reaper]

That's a good instructor. Every student I had I did the same thing with, first flight they were hands on the controls with me while we landed, that way they got the feel of how the approach, round out and flare would turn out.

[@Fluffy-Fluffy]

Oh man jealous. Would love to be able to get my pilot certificate. Perhaps getting my PPL would be feasible and let's admit it: I would go solo every time so that when I fall asleep my passenger won't panic and has to land the plane lol. Although I would love to be able to take my mom on a flight. Perhaps she would be nervous but I bet once up there she would love it. I Will put her sleeping pill in her coke at some point, or get her an IV and have the nurse only teach me how to put in the midazolam, which would knock her out within 3 to 5 minutes. ( 5 to be safe... ) Just so she won't poop her pants when we will land. Somehow I doubt she would trust me enough to not land upside down or on a cow or something. Moo 🐮 But having hypersomnia, it makes it impossible to get through medical. I had to give up driving as well. I actually miss driving at times, but the last few years I've been too exhausted to feel bad about it anymore. Imagine not having slept 2 days and then know you need to drive. Just 25minutes but still. You are likely not very enthusiastic about it when normally you love to drive. That's me every day. I sleep but I am still very sleepy during the day. While I won't fall asleep behind the wheel, I know that I might miss things and also suffer from lightheadedness all the time which to me is the worst part. I know driving while sleepy is dangerous but physically I feel the lightheadedness is worse to deal with. So it will always remain a dream 😭

[@74gear]

I don't see how that is possible when you hadn't had your required 40 hours yet haha

[@aircastles1013]

@@74gear Nothing sneaks past you, Kelsey!

[@Markle2k]

Same thing happened to me. I got to do just about everything but setting up the approach, from walk-around, run-up, takeoff clearance (uncontrolled airport), takeoff and departure. We spent the first flight getting me used to scanning the instrument panel and working the trim while flying around. Then when we were set up on a long final he told me that I was going to land it. That was a lot for a 10 year-old to handle. Especially since we were in a C-150 without the seat height adjustment that the school’s 152 had.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

"You don't need a seatbelt on a plane." That guy obviously wasn't wearing his seatbelt one time, he hit his head hard, and got all the truth knocked out of it.

[@messrsandersonco5985]

Try Middle East Airlines (Lebanese flag carrier)! Its aircraft did even have overhead lockers when I flew with them.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@messrsandersonco5985 Did they have seatbelts?

[@glasshalffull8625]

That part was terrible information to put out there. True, 99.9% of flights have no severe turbulence (I actually checked this stat), but I’ve been on a flights were people would have been thrown out of their seats if the pilot hadn’t warned the cabin. A navy friend of mine was on a military charter to Asia and they hit Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) so severe that unbuckled people were thrown up into the overheard and a few sustained head and back injuries. I always buckle up!

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@glasshalffull8625 Right! That stat means only one in a 1000 flights has severe turbulence...and there are about 45,000 flights in the US alone each day (I looked it up). So do you want to risk being on one of those 45 planes when the fix is so simple?!

[@glasshalffull8625]

@@KingoftheJuice18 The slight inconvenience is far outweighed by the risk of injury. Same thing with seatbelts in cars. I grew up when you weren’t required to wear seatbelts and now I would feel naked if I didn’t buckle up.

[@bluefish239]

That seat belt one really stuck in my craw, I've only been a passenger on a plane that hit really bad turbulence once, but that one time peoples drinks were splattered on the ceiling, it was really sudden. I would hate to have been walking down the aisle, or not buckled in at that moment.

[@MsJubjubbird]

I met someone who was on QF72 when it made the emergency landing at the military base. They were very grateful for the seatbelts

[@112musician]

I love watching your reaction-face to crazy information! 🤨 Keep ‘em coming Kelsey! Looking forward to part 2.

[@MaximKilligan]

10:55 I am pretty sure that forgetting to turn your "plane into airplane mode" is quite bad =D

[@NightBlado]

Thank you! You got here first

[@eleflux6609]

Especially given that if you forget, your plane reverts to bulldozer mode at the end of the runway.

[@migga86]

I just heard that and started laughing too. But we do know he's a better pilot than Influencer. At least he doesn't have meaningless sponsorships or merchandize like a totally unrelated book or bucket 😀. And he's not cutting and recutting every third word of a sentence like some others or the TikToks presenters he roasts do.

[@MaximKilligan]

Imagine turning your plane into phone mode 🙃

[@iscmiscm]

If forgetting to put ones phone into airplane mode was at all dangerous in most conditions there would be an awful lot of disasters. I have noticed that on ILS approaches we have sometimes been instructed to turn off all electronic devices whatever they are. Even a laptop or tablet can give off RF interference. Like everything else on aircraft, safety is top priority, so it is advised to use flight mode during flights, as phones do cause some interference. Having said all that planes are also tested with mobiles around, as the designers know that even a pilot could forget. On another note, a plane should be fine after being struck by lightning, but a pilot will still try to avoid it.

[@livethefuture2492]

0:05 XD that has to be one of your best intros yet!

[@genevieve571]

The look on your face when he said seat belts probably won't save your life...priceless! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Perich29]

they said its a flying buses but the cargo version is a flying truck, I wear seat belt when driving a truck because of DOT regulation, if i'm caught not wearing seatbelt, my CSA score will jump high and I would get fired and never drive anything for anybody.

[@JohnDoe-bd5sz]

Yeah, that silly guy don't know that the seatbelt is also there to keep you in place, if the plane hits turbulense for example.

[@GC-qe8vc]

I was going to press like, but you comment has 74 likes 😄

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

​@@Perich29 only an Airbus is a flying bus 😁

[@antisoda]

@@Perich29 Just to add to this, since he mentioned seat belts and buses; In Norway, since 2006, it has been mandatory for all passengers to wear seat belts in buses if they are fitted. They usually are, except maybe some slow city buses and older ones made before 2006. And they frequently do spot checks, sometimes in combination with awareness campaigns. Oh, by the way; The fine for not wearing your seat belt in cars, buses, or trucks is US$157.

[@NoEconomyForSomeJen]

I find your videos so comforting. Not about flying I love flying. I take your notes ad metaphor for dealing with stuff.

[@vladvoznyuk]

I worked for a regional airline as a crew scheduler. There was an subdepartment of about 5 personnel that were in charge of maintenance scheduling. They made sure that the planes that require maintenance are at the right location for that to be accomplished. Most maintenance was done overnight while the airplanes were not flying.

[@Silverstar98121]

The seatbelt statement chaps my hiney! You are safer with a seat belt. The only reason they don't have them on city buses is the low speed and frequent stops. My dad was a Navy pilot in WWII, our cars had seatbelts in the mid to late fifties, long before they were required to or even imagined equipment in cars. I remember my dad installing them. And my dad was the original seatbelt interlock. The car didn't move until you were buckled in. I was once in an accident, and when my dad met me at the hospital, the first question he asked was if I had my seatbelt on. I did, and he said "I know you did or you would be dead." Broke my nose on the steering wheel instead of going thru the windshield.

[@PatriciaLane-x2p]

Well said pensioner England ♥️🇬🇧

[@luiscesarvianagomes970]

Just a minor information about the phone in airplane mode... Any wireless device has a maximun distance it can comunicate with, within that distance there is information being transmited by the device, even if you are not tuned to that frequency, your antenna is still picking it up, and it can cause noise in the information your device is picking up. Fortunatly nowadays we have made devices very good at clearing those noises. I dont know how much (if any) of the information a plane needs to fly is beeing transmited wirelessly, and despite how well the noise can be cleared, i would prefer it not existing in the first place.

[@Telluridepilot]

My instructor I had when I worked on my multi engine turbo fan type rating said even on autopilot I should be doing something in the cockpit IE monitoring weather, radio transmissions, checklists. That’s a single pilot Phenom so With more than 2 crew on board I’d guess it thins out procedures evenly. Love your channel. Keep up the great work.

[@ClearedAsFiled]

According to my flight instructor.....the 2 most important things when flying are the next 2 things to do to stay ahead of the plane!

[@MsJubjubbird]

I know an airline pilot and he said basically every half hour he does a fuel check/distance check ect and he always keeps one ear out for the radio. But he does short haul only.

[@AFloridaSon]

I love these. I wish more true experts in every field would take down these Tictok armchair experts. Thanks Kelsey.

[@veramae4098]

I just admire experts. There's another fun channel "What's going on with shipping?" Cargo / merchant ships. (I'll mention 74Gear on that channel, just to keep things "even". 😁 )

[@Big_Tex]

Experts would spend all their time debunking TicTokkers!

[@eleflux6609]

The audience could just start doing their part and use common sense, logic, and a little questioning/research of their own. The amount that people just take at face value these days is nutty... how we all got so gullible with the greatest access to information in our entire existence is beyond me. Not hard for people to look beyond the BS, but for some reason they like being spoonfed the crap. That said... they are pretty amusing sometimes, lol. Guess it works on the same principle as advertising these days... stupid sells, and if they get views, that is all they care about. Least we have people like Kelsey to set things straight.

[@AusNetFan13]

Yep, I regard tic tok videos as kiddie videos. Not to be taken seriously.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

this ! 100 %

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

My mom was on a flight recently where it was slightly delayed by the cockpit door needing attention. Apparently it was announced as a, quote, "maintenance thingy" to the passengers in the terminal.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

I once flew with an INOP anti-turbulence switch and the crosswind landing was much rougher than usual. I am glad that maintenance fixed it before the next flight. LOL

[@rayanaltowayan9558]

Can confirm. I am maintenance. 🤣

[@eleflux6609]

Have to make sure they don't get that switch mixed up with the normal turbulence switch used to troll the less friendly passengers and trick the unruly children into getting back to their seats and buckled in. Could get extra bumpy.

[@oldmech619]

@@eleflux6609 One time I got to hand fly a C46. Real heavy on the controls. I couldn’t keep the plane at altitude. The pax were walking around in the back. Turned on the Fasten Seatbelt sigh to get them to sit down and I was able to keep my altitude within 50 ft.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@eleflux6609 My C-172 only had the advanced anti-turbulence switch, with no redundant backup system. LOL

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@rayanaltowayan9558 Thanks for getting on that for me...much appreciated. LOL

[@MeFreeBee]

When I was a trainee computer programmer with a major international airline back in the 80s, as an exercise, we had to write a program that was like a toy version of a maintenance log. We had three fault levels depending on when it needed to be fixed: 1) fix during next routine maintenance. 2) OK to fly but fix when next back at base. 3) aircraft grounded until fixed. In the first category was Wobbly Wheels, in the second Very Wobbly Wheels and in the most serious third category were Boring In Flight Movie and Rude Cabin Crew.

[@suegardner]

I feel calmer already just listening to this, so relaxing. Wish it was an hour 😅

[@74gear]

well part 2 will be about as long so if you watch it twice you will have a full hour! haha

[@Anna_Xor]

Listen to it at x0.25 speed. 🙃

[@suegardner]

@@74gear by that token the Stella flying video must be at least 5 or 6 hours long 😅

[@suegardner]

@@Anna_Xor 😃 oh god that would sound spooky!

[@Anna_Xor]

@@suegardner The pitch (?) is the same.

[@flashesofblack4128]

I once was taking a flight from Seattle Washington to Hawaii. Our plane got the pushback, engines stated and began to taxi to the runway. All of a sudden the plane came to a stop. I thought that to be a little odd, but the captain came over the PA and said he wanted to adjust the weight and balance of the aircraft again. Of all my years of flying I have never experienced that before. In about five minutes I heard the engines power back up and we proceeded to the active runway. I have always wondered what the captain saw to do the weight and balance calculations again. This is one of your best video's Kelsy. Please display chapter two when you can!

[@stoffls]

Something similar once happened to me, the plane stopped on the tarmac and the captain announced, that one flight attendant had heard a strange noise from the luggage department. So maintenance came out and checked - turned out, that we did not have much checked luggage (was a "business" flight from Vienna to Frankfurt), therefore the container for the luggage was pretty light and had some room to move, though secured properly. Once this was cleared we had a normal flight. And I am glad they checked, as it could have been that the container was loose after all. And I guess something similar happened on your flight.

[@animula6908]

While waiting for the response on this channel, I can recommend you look up the case where a flight crashed due to suspicion of being overweight and/or too heavy at the tail. I can’t recall the flight number or locale, but I remember it was a female pilot on a smaller commuter or regional type flight. And it crashed into a hangar killing people on the ground as well. They stalled during takeoff because they couldn’t push the nose down, and I wondered with horror if the lack of upper body strength of the woman flying could have contributed to not being able to redeem the situation. If this channel ever covers it, I hope it’s also told whether physical strength of pilots can be a major life-or-death issue in the modern era. The documentary made it seem like the two pilots together just couldn’t muster enough physical force to get the nose down, and they never touched on whether a stronger upper body on both pilots could have saved lives (I may be shot for saying it looked like having a woman fly your plane is basically suicide, but I’ve been afraid to be on planes with women flying them ever since because of this story, and I don’t even consider myself a nervous flier). It would be great if he could dispel my impression as a faulty impression about how much brute strength can impact flight safety. Im longing for someone to say “no, girl, don’t be silly! Planes these days have power steering, and no strength is required except to handle the baggage, except the emotional strength of the flight attendants who deal with sexist people like you!” Just to clarify, I don’t fault the woman for being low in upper body strength or blame her for the loss of life including her own, I’m just afraid that it needed to be factored into the math they use determining safe takeoff weights, and people higher up are afraid to do that because the public will accuse them of sexism. It’s not sexist to not demand women be able to have as much upper body strength as men, and you’re crazier than I am if you say that’s equal rights.

[@thatonerandominternetdingu736]

Your channel reinvoked my love of planes, and as a graduating senior going into aviation and making my childhood dream a reality (To fly large planes) I would like to say thank you. I would never have found the pilot program through a well known airline if I didn't get back into it.

[@allenwilson5757]

Coming from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport; where we seem to be getting a lot more business due to Russia being dumb; Your channel has piqued my interest in becoming a pilot. I know it's a lot of money and time. I have a Commercial driver license so I can't imagine it's totally different or less rewarding. Thank you for making these videos. I absolutely love them and share to my whole family!

[@Bremberry]

"There's nothing that's gonna happen by forgetting to put your plane into airplane mode." - Kelsey 2022 You could just drive it around like a car I guess. ;)

[@msr1116]

And EVERYBODY on the road would quickly and happily get out of the way. Of course, maneuvering through underpasses would present quite a sticky problem....

[@eleflux6609]

Only image that comes to mind is doing laps in a 747 with massive speakers mounted playing "Ridin'" while ground crew are chasing and ATC are frantically trying to get the pilot to quit crossing runways, lol.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@eleflux6609 You reminded me of those random crap I see online from time to time, someone modeled/modded a game to have an MD-11 from KLM drifting around a race track playing eurobeat. Don't ask me why. Also at the end it crashed

[@davi.medrade]

Reminds me of a stand-up routine by Brazilian stand-up comic Danilo Gentili. “It's funny when pilots make that annoucement, ‘Hi, folks. I am Captain Nogueira, and I can report that I have obtained authorization from the tower to take off.’, and I'm like, ‘Well, that's good, then, huh, Nogueira? When I entered this plane, this is the least I expected from you.’, but it would be really odd if one day he _doesn't_ get permission to take off, right? ‘Hi folks. This is Captain Nogueira. I'd like to report that I have not been cleared for takeoff, so tighten up your seatbelts because we're getting on to Bandeirantes and then Dutra [T/N: those are highways connecting São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro].’”

[@renindoubt129]

😂 I died when he said that

[@Cancun771]

Apropos of nothing, here's an idea: Fondly remembering the crossover episodes with Stella, wouldn't it be great and super fun if *Kelsey* were the one to get out of his comfort zone for a change and *worked as a flight attendant* for some time? And made videos about that.

[@roichir7699]

And eating all the snacks himself instead of handing them out.

[@willardsmith4383]

Would definitely watch. He also has to do the safety brief AND demonstrations lol

[@74gear]

I asked Stella if I could do that she said I could but I couldn't film it! party poopers at the airlines now

[@margotrosendorn6371]

**customer service flashbacks** Nononononono.......that way lies madness...

[@renejean2523]

Somehow, I think it might be safer just to let Stella do a landing.

[@selmandursun967]

One of the best Aviation youtubers

[@genehunsinger3981]

The "BALLEN" of flight!!

[@moriver3857]

Well done. I think that what the guy who created the video was referring to, was the configuration list, and not so much the MEL itself. Usually, static wicks, small fairings can be missing, but usually anything missing outside will incurr in some fuel and speed penalty, and any big part like a flap canoe, will require a non-rev ferry flight to fix somewhere. This guy is just not playing with a full deck of cards. Happy flying.

[@robertgallant6422]

I "hate" a good cliff hanger... lol Hope part two comes soon!!! Can't wait to hear that roast. Love your videos.

[@hack1n8r]

Awesome job, Kelsey!! The 'tuber who made that vid is clearly making stuff up (or, in more eloquent terms, "is talking straight out of his arse"). Despite that, Kelsey, you really show considerable restraint while roasting him. You take the time to go through what he said, point by point, and still give him credit for the things he happened to get right. You're a better person than I am, for sure! [Generalization Alert] Some Soc. Med. content creators are truly living in a fantasy world, which is fine, as long as they don't position themselves (either by implication or intentionally) as a Subject Matter Expert, especially where people's lives are at stake. In this case, some people *might* assume that the creator of that vid is an actual pilot (which he is not), and follow his advice -- like when he said "...think of a plane as a bus with wings...", and then snarkily implied that seat belts are useless -- which just isn't true, especially since a plane goes way faster than a bus. Yes, a person can be injured by the belt in *any* crash, but in a suvivable plane crash, it also prevents me from becoming a 200-pound projectile, protecting both me, and potentially a number of other people -- saving our lives in the process. Thank you again, Kelsey, for taking the time to go through vids such as this bit by bit, debunking the falsities, and crediting when they actually get something correct. You rock, dude!!

[@Geometric337]

9:29 lol! I'm so sending this to my friend. She recently became a flight attendant and she went from "Pilots are cute!" to "Pilots are demon spawns!" within her training period and I never knew why lol! I was telling her about these videos and she thought Kelsey was a flight attendant and she was so down to watch, then she was like "A pilot? I bet he's snarky and full of himself" like dang girl, what the pilots do to you in just a few months lol!

[@BitwiseMobile]

I was in the Navy and they take anything missing on an aircraft, or as a result of maintenance (tools, parts, etc...) as a big deal. It's a major issue and the bird will be grounded. It's called FOD in the Navy (and probably other places). That's an acronym for Foreign Object Damage. It can be anything from junk on the flight line that gets sucked into the turbofans and ruins an engine, to a wrench left on an aircraft that then jams control surfaces. Both of those things happened in real life. I was tool Petty Officer, so my job was to inventory all the tools every day, and I had to make sure every tool had a designated and clearly marked place. That way if the tool was missing you could tell at a glance. I worked AIMD in the avionics shop.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

I was once on a flight (think it was a 767, not that it matters) where in one seat of the entire plane the call button didn't work properly so it kept calling the flight attendant automatically and after a few times of that she asked the guy if he was okay because he kept pressing the button, but they quickly figured out the button was broken and she said they'd have to write it down. So the button stayed lit for the rest of the flight and the guy in that seat had to use the next seat's button to call when he needed something. It was by far a case of comically broken rather than anything to worry about, but there are millions of things that can break on an aircraft, relatively very few of them have anything to do with keeping the plane in the air

[@Montana_horseman]

You underestimate how welcome you are in our homes and on our screens. All the best to you and I'm looking forward to part 2 and addressing that absurdity about seat belts.

[@slusheewolf2143]

I don't think I've ever laughed this hard at a 74 Gear video before. I've been watching this channel for almost a year now and why I find this video hilarious is Kelsey has said all of these things before in different videos. At this point, all the misinformed points that people are spreading are just funny to me.

[@HarmonicaMustang]

10:20 film sound engineer here, that is also the reason why it is commonplace to ask crew to turn off phones when shooting. For one you don’t want to have a perfect take ruined by someone’s phone going off, but I hear that buzzing as well which at best could cause me to miss-hear details or problems, and at worst could interfere with wireless mics or even make it on the recording.

[@robwithrow3967]

Did you hear about the ITA pilots that fell asleep recently? It was a JFK to Rome flight and ATC couldn't get them on the radio. It turned out that they were sleeping.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

Several years ago I read of a FedEx or UPS freighter that overflew LAX because the pilots were asleep on autopilot. They woke up 100+ miles out over the Pacific and made a safe, but embarrassing return.

[@aviationandotherstuff6571]

No, but I believe you. It does happen from time time, but luckily the autopilot doesn’t clock-out.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Man I love this channel, Kelsay I bet you're a great guy to hang out with none of my friends want to talk about aviation I'm the only one who works in Aerospace or has any interest in it.

[@geordieal8196]

Kelsey just found your channel I’m going to start and watch all the vids love this subject and I have to say you guys that fly big planes are unreal what a skill 👍👍👏👏

[@petersampson4635]

Hey Kelsey 👋. The last comment I made, I said that any time I needed cheering up, I would watch your introduction. Well let me say, thank you once again for you being a happy guy with a great profession. 👍 😁👋

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

Learned something new again! Depending on the duration of the flight, a flightcrew will have one or more reliefpilots present. Longer than 8 hours, longer than 12 hours - now I know!

[@christinegerard4974]

Kelsey I really appreciate your very fine humor ! Thanks …

[@NickSilcox3]

just your reaction on the seatbelt bit was hilarious! I was making the same expressions as well

[@mycrowatt]

The buzzing in your headset from the phone is simple EM interference caused by the phone sending packets to the cell tower approximately every 4.6ms. It causes a fluctuation in the phone's power circuitry at 217Hz that couples to nearby electronics. This is specific to GSM and UMTS, and doesn't apply to other cellular protocols, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. Anyway, R^2 applies, and no passenger's device will be even remotely close enough for this to be an issue.

[@Pile_of_carbon]

Random kid spouts crazy talk on Tik Tok. Listener: This makes perfect sense! Actual pilot brings the truth. Listener: Are you even a real pilot?!

[@MultiMightyQuinn]

Thank you for answering my dumb questions about flight. Pilots fascinate me, and I appreciate you taking us along with you and sharing your knowledge. Great clip, appreciate the effort!

[@asfaltsflickan]

Omg your facial expressions in the last part 😂 Can’t wait for part 2! Also, in Sweden we actually do use seatbelts on buses. Most buses that aren’t just for short distance inner city travel are equipped with seatbelts, and passengers can be fined for not using them.

[@maryeckel9682]

My best friend would have been saved a concussion if the bus she was riding in the US Midwest had had seat belts.

[@fbibarbie]

Was studying for PPL Checkride had this in the background and finally got what the hell the MEL and when you use it instead of 91.205 and your explanation helped a ton thanks. Was weird you talked about it when I was going over it. Your reaction to the seat belt at the end was great I can't wait for the rant in next episode!

[@neilterry1726]

As far a missing parts and safety redundancy, I took an evening United flight from Chicago to Los Angeles in 2018....the flight was delayed for just over three hours, after everyone was boarded, with no disembarkation allowed, because one part was broken. It was a transparent plastic light cover on one of the exit doors. A thin, clear plastic sheet that was maybe 3" by 12", with the word "EXIT" in red. It had come loose from the lighting fixture on the door. The lightbulb was fine, the door was fine, but the plastic light cover kept falling out. (From what I overheard from a maintenance worker, this was a known issue, and quite annoying to them). So everyone sat on the plane for three or so hours, while several attempts were made to fasten it in an acceptable manner. After the first hour, some of the passengers (possibly myself included) would yell "DUCT TAPE" at the maintenance workers, as they went back and forth at least three times. But, we passengers were in fact ignorant. They ended up fixing it not with duct tape, but with clear packing tape, so that it was still 100% transparent even around the edges,. The whole last hour was spent waiting for this information to be transmitted to the person who signed off on the flight being allowed, and that sign-off getting back to the Captain. My connecting flight home from LAX had left before we even got off the ground in Chicago, but United did the honorbale thing and offered a hotel voucher or car rental voucher to the 50 or so of us who were left stranded. I'm not even talking shit about it...I've worked in theaters and other large public buildings...and the fact is that thousands of people have died in fires and other emergencies over the years for lack of a clearly marked exit. There are reasons why these rules exist. But it was both extremely funny and extremely frustrating to see such a small thing ruin a flight, add a almost a whole day to my trip, and to also see the problem being temporarily "solved" in almost the exact same way any passenger would have done it in five minutes.

[@Harpooooon]

A&P mechanic: Goes to school for a minimum of 18 months and passes all three FAA exams or enlisted in the military and earned A&P after discharge and completion of all three FAA exams. "Can you research and see if we have any new exit light covers we can swap or we'll have to temp fix this one." Passenger: "Put duct tape on it! Huyuck yuck yuck yuck."

[@larsharris]

My parents were stuck in plane in Hawaii for this. Then on flight back to mainland there was a engine issue. As basically midway. Pilot decided safer to continue.

[@animula6908]

That’s uplifting. I was once on a flight were the captain offered us the option of deboarding the plane and waiting inside for an hour or more while they got another plane OR leaving immediately on a plane with some kind of check engine light on in the cockpit that they were basically sure was just a malfunctioning check engine light. We then eagerly volunteered to be delayed an hour or more. I now suspect the captain was a master of reverse psychology, god bless him. That’s how I like to get handled by the man in charge lol.

[@Coconutscott]

So it was a typical day for United...

[@barowt]

This might sound strange, but since you're close to 1 Million Subscribers!!, I would like to watch a 74 Gear Retrospective video..

[@kalynstalinski8375]

On my discovery flight, the instructor did a touch and go and I flew the pattern and did the full stop. It was a bit on the firm side, but on centerline and not too much float. So yeah, the whole needing 20 hours before your first landing thing is bogus. 😜

[@Dee_Just_Dee]

Forgive my choice of words, but you manage to stay incredibly well grounded as you call people out for the ridiculous stuff they post to social media. Good stuff.

[@oldmech619]

Every airlines MEL (minimum equipment list) is based on the MMEL (master MEL) which is published by the aircraft manufacturer. The individual airlines must include all of the applicable restrictions and may also include their own MEL restrictions provided that they are more restrictive.

[@thetourminator]

Staying to watch all the way to the end was worth it, just to see Kelsey's "surprised Pikachu face" at 17:20. LOL.

[@Jablicek]

Regarding RyanAir doing away with seats to cram more people onto an aircraft: Michael Leary is a clever man. He's quoted as saying that if he could charge people £5 to use the loo he would - but as Mentour (a pilot with the airline) always emphasises in his films, their focus is on safe operations, so being "cheap" doesn't extend to maintenance. Anyway, Michael Leary. "Outrageous" statements like this are excellent for raising brand awareness. RyanAir has a well-established market in Europe and sounding like a cheapskate hasn't affected their passenger numbers.

[@Tiger313NL]

Wasn't Petter flying with Norwegian?

[@russelljacob7955]

I find it interesting that it cuts off with a comparison to bus accidents and buses not having seatbelts when one common factor in fatal bus accidents is often there are people who died of injuries which can be prevented by wearing seatbelts.

[@revengejr]

Yay! Sunday roasts are my favorite!

[@GreatCdn59]

possible new name for the segment?? "Sunday Roasts" I love it lol

[@christophercollins868]

17:19 "In the event of an airplane crash, a seatbelt probably isnt going to save your life." I was waiting for the narrator to follow up with saying, "It will make it easier to locate your body!" 🤣🤦

[@epapa737]

You know it's bad when Kelsey has to make a pt2

[@TomAllnatt]

Fast forward to the Alaska Airlines flight.

[@martygenska8117]

Looking forward to part II. The very first plane I flew was a Cessna 162 Sky Catcher and it was my discovery flight. It was a glass cockpit and the MFD had a huge 'X' taped across it. I asked the instructor what that meant he just said 'it's broken, but don't worry, we don't need it' :)

[@geirstby4256]

I love to watch your posts. I'm not working in your line of prefession. But I enjoy what you post

[@74gear]

I appreciate that thank you!

[@peoplenotabigfan.2008]

If every landing would be a nerve-racking experience for a pilot it would be safer for everyone to change a job I guess 🤷‍♀️ 9:28 😂 Definitely can't wait for part two! I wouldn't mind if Sunday was twice a week.

[@oldmech619]

When I land a plane, I am not nervous, but it is an intense few minutes.

[@peoplenotabigfan.2008]

@@oldmech619 Sure, it's normal to be focused on what you're doing, landing, taking off or driving a car, etc. But if it's a nerve-racking for you everytime I really do think it's better to stop doing what's bad for your health and can be dangerous also for others.

[@oldmech619]

@@peoplenotabigfan.2008 Here is a pilot thing no one else knows. No pilot has ever sneezed on landing.

[@robertcaldwell8150]

My instructor had me solo when it was apparent that I was at ease with the landings and that landing was no longer a "nerve wracking experience" for me. Yes, I really want to see part 2!

[@dianericciardistewart2224]

Looking forward to Part 2, Kelsey! This was superb!! Thank you for your knowledge and humor!! Let's go find some PB&J's!! LOL!! Keepin' the blue side up!! 💕✈✈💕

[@guywholikesplanes]

Regarding the humming, it's actually got to do with a phone that is emmiting a signal being close to the audio wire. The antenna is going to emmiting an em field, and that field is going to induce a tiny current in the headset wire. Same thing happens to stuff like computer speakers.

[@GuyJustCool]

Ah, Kelsey! Thank you so much for all of your media work. I grew up wanting to be a pilot, passed my PPL, but couldn’t go any further because of Russia’s old medical regulations(i have genetic -0.75 myopia), and russian air authority does its medical check without correction like glasses. Your videos were always extremely fun to watch to quench this aerial thirst. Also you are smart and witty, so i also always get a laugh out of your videos. Not even mentioning their educational value.

[@padathir]

Glasses aren't allowed? That's ridiculous...

[@melsoft121]

I’ve been a passenger on flights where parts have gone in manual override, and I’ve been a passenger on flights where the pilot literally walked off telling the angry passengers “if you want to be on that thing, fine, but I’m not flying it until the part is fixed” there is definitely a line. Also, “seatbelts don’t work”?!?! Tell that to the passengers on the Gimli Glider 😂

[@Muck006]

Your knees / hips are going to be the parts of your body that will be the first ones to cheer for the seatbelt, because when the plane "suddenly stops" and you didnt wear the belt ... you'd move forward. [In the Iron Man movies he "instantly" stops ... whenever he lands, but that kind of movement SHOULD send the body inside the suit forward and reorganise the inner organs, because it is often a flight speed faster than "city speed limit". Tony Stark is only a regular human without regeneration or other special powers. This is why the movies are actually somewhat bad ... because THE WRITERS / DIRECTORS dont care about the laws of physics and biology.]

[@melsoft121]

@@Muck006 right?!?! Even a crash that is easily survivable could be fatal for some passengers if there’s one idiot not wearing seatbelts because they “don’t work” that gets launched.

[@maxmax2033]

Hi Kelsey,when will you flight back to Taranto ? The first round 🍻 is on me.

[@Huvada]

You know it’s going to be good if the video has pointless American flags. True seal of quality and accuracy.

[@elenabob4953]

17:14 actually in Europe it is mandatory to wear a seatbelt while in the bus and the accidents proven that the ones who didn't do it got thrown out/ under the bus when the bus rolled up. Wear your seatbelt, it is just a minor inconvenience.

[@alex_paterson]

Great video! One tiny correction - you can (briefly) get a signal at 30,000+ feet. A few years ago I had forgotten to switch on airplane mode and got a 'Welcome to Spain' text message while in cruise! Look forward to part two :)

[@crgkevin6542]

Oh my god, the face you made on that last one! Excited for part 2!

[@Captain_Reaper]

MELs are so misunderstood. It's just like Kelsey said, stuff that can be deferred and the plane is still airworthy. I had one yesterday for a round trip between Denver and Idaho Falls that had a deferred Auxiliary Power Unit. My fellow aviators in the comments (and likely Kelsey himself) all probably just groaned at that, because it's annoying as hell. It means we were down a generator that could be used on the ground, and it means we needed an external high pressure air cart (colloquially known as a huffer cart) to run air through the engine to start it. A little time consuming and annoying, but completely doable and safe. I even flew a plane recently that had its autopilot deferred. Three legs between Albuquerque, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, and we were fine the whole way. And there are some things that are never deferrable. Engines, control surfaces, landing gear, etc. The stuff that is absolutely necessary for airworthiness will just ground the plane, even if it's in the middle of nowhere. But if one of the coffee makers is busted, everyone will be fine.

[@roichir7699]

I would not defer the coffee makers for too long or all at once. That may be an issue with the pilots.

[@Captain_Reaper]

@@roichir7699 oh its not fun when there's no coffee...

[@FulloutPostal]

"But if one of the coffee makers is busted, everyone will be fine." heresy... heresy and lies!

[@Captain_Reaper]

@@FulloutPostal I mean, fair. I don't want to fly a bird that can't make me coffee, but the FAA says it's fine.

[@FulloutPostal]

@@Captain_Reaper the FAA are FOOLS!

[@dougstitt1652]

Good to hear from you stay safe Kelsey

[@csgergo80]

Re: buses and seat belts, here in Europe, if the bus is equipped with a seat belt, you are required to use it. If you get injured in an accident, not using it can get your insurance claim denied.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

That really depends on country; it's not a general Europe or EU thing. In the UK coaches are required to have seatbelts and everyone must use them for the duration of the trip, with no exception - believe that's the same in Germany if the buses are built after a certain year. The law EU did pass outlawed sleeper buses on the roads (in the old sleeper buses you could flip the seats to create bunk beds and they used to drive like that, now those beds can only be used when the bus is parked) and require certain types of buses (mainly coaches for charter) to have seatbelts, but it's still up to each country to decide whether using the seatbelts is required. In Denmark you're not required to wear seatbelts in buses even if they are present and no bus is required to have them, but it is _recommended_ to use them if they are present - instead here in Denmark the bus drivers are required to drive in a safe way that protects the passengers from injury at all times and that rule has first priority even if a collision is unavoidable; e.g. if a twat in a car cuts off a bus and slams on his brakes (stealing the bus's braking distance) the bus driver can legally ram that car if it's required to stop the bus slowly to not injure the passengers. The reason seatbelts in buses are not required in Denmark is because it makes using the buses inconvenient for passengers, and inconvenience means fewer will use the bus, which is the opposite of what we want. The only exception to this is line/city buses where seats that have nothing immediately in front of them - no glass or other seat - must have seatbelts on that row because we had a few cases where passengers on those seats went airborne, but generally now they build the bus interior so it's never relevant

[@Perich29]

bus drivers are required to wear seat belts, and so does truck drivers as well.

[@thestraighteyedcanadianguy5528]

I just started binging this channel. I'm finding the room changes as interesting as the stories at times ...worldly man indeed. Even if it is limited

[@jamiesuejeffery]

I have never been a pilot. I have, however, been a motor coach driver (sadly, no autopilot). At the end of the charter, we had to fill out a defect list. Some things on that list were critical (like a braking problem) which needed to be addressed immediately. Others were just noted (like a rock chip in the windshield) that would be fixed when the glass guy would come and pump some goo into the chip. The new driver would look at the defect list and go, "oh. Ok. We just have a glass chip." After our pre-check we would initial it (sign off) and hit the road. If it was bad enough to be red tagged, then a mechanic would fix it. It happened once for me. A rock chip had been noted, but when I got in, the windshield had a crack from top to bottom, so the mechanic on duty changed the entire windshield before I was satisfied.

[@oldmech619]

Basically airlines work the same. We have a book (MEL) that tells the flight crew if a fault is allowed to continue operation.

[@Spicy-zx8qi]

@12:30 ish; my brother is an aircraft maintenance engineer for a major north american airline, he has his own team working the ramp doing the pre flight checks and he (like many in his profession) has refused to sign off on jets for one safety reason or another multiple times. The mechanics take things very seriously with aircraft and the uncommitted get routed out real fast.

[@dogdad1997]

Lol at "Imagine being at work that long. You'd probably pass out or go insane." 16 hours is literally a double shift, people do it all the time

[@ClearedAsFiled]

Insane doctors doing their residency!

[@sludge8506]

Kelsey needs some education on the real world. I have even worked 24 hour shifts.

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

@@sludge8506 It wasn't Kelsey saying that, it was the misinformed channel he was quoting.

[@sludge8506]

@@5thGenNativeTexan Thanks for the clarification!! 👍👍👍

[@Shabaka87]

I think it'd be different if you're just basically sitting down chilling the whole time while cruising...compared to 16 hours of manual labor in a plant. You'd probably pass out or go insane.

[@peterlostroh8709]

Another great check with reality, well done. Shame that there are so many adds. But the quality of your videos make persevering the adds well worthwhile.

[@debs-101]

Leaving Antigua our flight was delayed for a day because the pilot’s seat wouldn’t recline. Naturally we made fun of the princess pilot. It was only a couple of years ago that I saw a yt video (I think on 74) and realized it is a legit issue, & not just a picky pilot. Although at the time I was perfectly fine waiting, as I preferred to have a pilot who was comfortable while my life was in his hands

[@aadvantagegold5220]

Even in the most difficult conditions I’ve flown in, I was only ever nervous before the flight. During the flight, I never have time to be nervous or afraid. I only have time to concentrate on flying the plane.

[@gang1798]

“If you had to fly a plain for 16 hours you would want to pass out”- my buddy in Alaska working 16 hour days on a fishing boat 🗿

[@margotrosendorn6371]

One time I was at work on 48 hours with no sleep. (Insomnia and morning shifts DO NOT MIX!) By the time I clocked out, I was so loopy I wanted to amputate my legs and donate them to a paraplegic...

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

Love your videos. I heard about the incident in my flightaware newsletter where an overseas pilot was fired for sleeping at the controls. THEN they said that airline policy allowed the non-flying pilot to nap while in cruise mode. The Captain was the pilot in command and ATC lost communication for over 10 minutes, so the pilot was ax'd. So I guess the bottom line was there still was one pilot awake -- the autopilot.

[@Henoik]

"You would not use a seatbelt on a bus"... I live in Norway. If you don't wear your seatbelt on the bus here, you will be fined $700 and risk losing your driver's license, even as a passenger. So yeah, I'd definitely wear a seatbelt on a bus.

[@antisoda]

What currency are you using? lol. The fine in Norway is NOK 1500 ≈ USD 157, not 700. And no, you do not risk losing your driver's license, either. The exception is if you're _the bus driver_ and children under the age of 15 are riding w/o their belts. _Then_ you might risk receiving 3 penalty points ("prikker") on your license, on top of the fine × the number of kids w/o belts, which might put you over the limit. I haven't heard of any (scheduled) bus drivers getting busted because of this, though. In my opinion, they've got other things they need to focus their attention on.

[@SEDARTA_RECORDS]

12:35 - He's talking in the context of everything going smooth as in no problems or less likely to have a problem with the plane for lack of parts installed. Just for what its worth 🙂

[@leroyjenkinson4866]

pilots: "flying is fun" also pilots: 💤✈️💤

[@nsw72]

You have got to be trolling us, Kelsey... The guy in the video is really Quagmire, isn't he?? 😂🤣

[@veramae4098]

Alaska Airlines had a whole thing going with delaying maintenane, parts. Inccreased those important profits. Then there was a horrific crash, Flight 261. Hell was paid. Google if you're interested. A whistle blower lost his job and was black listed by the industry. He should've been a hero!

[@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma]

I mean, I can understand that a broken armrest can be 'deferred' but a malfunctioning ignition? I thought that redundancy was there for a safety reason, not for lowering costs of maintenance. Seems like a shady practice to me if they defer repairing parts that are redundant in case something breaks during a flight. 🤷‍♂️

[@KS-ko9kx]

Alaska 261 was due to the oversight regarding elevator jackscrew lubrication. 261 shook Alaska Airlines to the core. The airlines turned itself around after 261 and is now one of the safest airlines you can fly today.

[@KS-ko9kx]

@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma The MEL considers safety of flight when the MEL is drafted. It's only specific items that can be deferred. In the case of the ignition system mentioned by Kelsey, you need to understand there's 8 ignition systems on the 747 (2 per engine). Half of them can be inop, but only 1 system inop per engine. With that being said, I would think the odds are better you'll hit the Powerball before one ignition system is inop on all 4 engines!

[@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma]

@@KS-ko9kx Thanks for the clarification. I'm not an engineer, but I assumed that if you design a system with some kind of redundancy, it's most likely for safety, and not just for convenient maintenance. That's why I was a little unnerved when I've heard about the deferring. I don't assume even for a second that my concerns are valid. I hope not. But, even in the example of ignition system, I'm still not very confident that if you loose 1 on 1 engine (and there's no spare), that it doesn't pose a threat of suddenly flying with one engine out. Now, I get that the plane might fly with no problems even in this case, but I hope there are no other systems like this (which where also designed with redundancy for safety) that may cause a cascade of problems during flight. Sorry for my rambling and poor English. I believe that Kelsey is right about these things and no one's trying to save money in a risky way there.

[@KS-ko9kx]

@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma Using your reply as an example, if an engine was designed with only one ignition system (I'm not aware of any commercial aircraft that only have one), but if we assume there is an aircraft with only one ignition system, then the FAA would never approve an MEL that would allow the ignition system to be deferred.

[@akudapapua]

@74 Gear a lot of really good information. The phone one is something I try to explain people. Especially the battery drain. I think it drains like 2-3 times faster if you don't turn Airplane mode on

[@74gear]

is that right? didn't know it was that much more

[@akudapapua]

Yep, it's because it boosts the signal to max to try and find reception. Low reception has a similar effect.

[@bdunderscore]

One of the reasons for airplane mode is more about the effect on the ground - normally frequencies are assigned with the assumption that distant towers will be unreachable due to being blocked by the curvature of the earth. When you're in the air you have line of sight to multiple towers on the same uplink frequency - your phone may try to lock on to one of them, and then when it transmits it'll effectively be noise for the other tower. Not a huge problem with just one phone, but if every traveler's phone is doing this it can start impacting the cellular network.

[@cmayrc]

‘Being trapped in a tube with them…that would NOT be ideal’ That’s hilarious, and so true.. Your one of the few people that can make me laugh anymore Kelsey, thanks man!