Mxsmanic  wrote in
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> Denny writes:
> 
>> Just to hijack the thread:
>> I saw the TV footage of the Captain...  Maybe I'm over sensitive but
>> it struck me that he is a grand standing whippy dip (plus his hat is
>> 2 sizes too small)... He rambled on how as captain of the aircraft he
>> was responsible for safety, yadda, yadda, but he had a great crew,
>> yadda, yadda... Then lamely concludes his FO was actually flying the
>> airplane...  Since the FO was the flying the beast we should have
>> heard from him instead of Cap'n Whippy Dip...
> 
> Most laypersons assume that the captain flies the plane, even when
> he's not flying the plane.

that's because he is. 
And they are called "airplanes" fjukkwit. 

Bertie
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