10-27-2009, 03:32 AM
IIRC - pilots don't do much actual "flying" nowadays anyway. Especially over vast expanses like the Pacific. They set the autopilot and kinda just oversee things.
If they really were on their laptops, I'm guessing they were Airbus pilots since Boeing jets have the yoke between their legs and it seems harder to set a laptop on your lap with the yoke in the way. Airbus have the yokes to the left or right of the pilots, making it easy to play WoW on the laptops.
I fly all the time and I don't worry about it. Can't get too worked up over the notion of plunging into the ocean in a ball of flames since I can't do anything about it anyway!
If they really were on their laptops, I'm guessing they were Airbus pilots since Boeing jets have the yoke between their legs and it seems harder to set a laptop on your lap with the yoke in the way. Airbus have the yokes to the left or right of the pilots, making it easy to play WoW on the laptops.
I fly all the time and I don't worry about it. Can't get too worked up over the notion of plunging into the ocean in a ball of flames since I can't do anything about it anyway!