Could you fly a real 737NG?

[dm123 19]

Im sure I could fly a 737 NG. It might end really rather abruptly though.... because I would probably fly right into the ground.

[WestAir 2,530]

You don't need to know how to fly it. Otto will do that for you. Just shut the engines off and clean the seat after it's finished landing.

[Devinci 0]

Well if it's the last choice I have, I will land it and survive even if it is the "Space Shuttle" we are talking about

[XPX64man 130]

Being in the left seat of a 737, is very different from sitting at your computer. Even if you know, in theory, all the information that comes with a 737 sim package like this, and have flown the sim for many, many hours, it will all seem very different when you are actually there. You many know enough to fly the sim well, but once you are sitting in that left seat, and the pressure is on, you will be surprised how much you cannot recall, and how "different" it really is. You MIGHT get lucky, and land it without killing yourself and everyone on board. You are highly likely to cause damage to the aircraft. You might get lucky and make it down the first time .. you may not .. the BIG Difference is that a Real World 737 Pilot will land that plane 99.9999% of the time without incident -- at best, you are probably looking at 50%, on a good day. Geoff

I heard a real world jet airline pilot tell someone one the forums that if it ever happened, stick to using the automation all the way and you might have a chance. You are familiar with it from the sim and you won't have to be concerned with the feel of the aircraft. He said that if you take the controls, you will die for sure.

[Kagan Ozgul 0]

It is that, our chances are %1000 higher than someone knowing nothing in the controls. I believe, a good NGX simmer can autoland, and even land the thing with good advicing from the professionals on the ground. But on landing and takeoff, the things you may think are the easiest may become the things that are the least expected, like keeping it on center, landing it on center etc. With a lot of time on Falcon's BMS version, and it is the NGX of F-16 simulations, I was able to have a good real simulator experience, to the shock of RW pilots and simulator crew. I flew superbly, deployed weapons on target, etc etc, landed sucessfully many times, even with bad weather (HUD makes it easy). So you cannot be a RW 737 pilot with just simming experience, No Way Sir, respect the lifes spent working hard to sit in that seat. But you do increase your chances a lot, of saving your b**t in situations comparing to a default FSX 737 flyer, or just people who know nothing about aviation and flight simming.

[c402_cvs 0]

FYI the scenario where both pilots were incapacitated in a commercial airliner never before happened. Except maybe the greek airbus where escort pilots reported someone else in the cockpi. The aurcraft still crashed after running out of fuel. It did however happened in at least a King Air 200 that I know of and there a passenger took the controls and landed the aircraft safely. FRED

[michal 44]

It did however happened in at least a King Air 200 that I know of and there a passenger took the controls and landed the aircraft safely.

And this passenger was a real pilot, owner of this aircraft, however not qualified to fly King Air.

[Themis 0]

After the NGX, sure I can...!

[CLett737 14]

I dont know if any of the posters here are real life pilots but what I think will answer this question is the following: Get a real life pilot(737) and get him to simulate a routine flight on your fsx pc. After the flight is done, ask him whether it would be possible. Without knowing the real plane, its pointless asking this question, let alone answering it. Heck in any case, I would give it a go! :)

[magnetite 38]

Last time I flew WestJet (737-800), I was telling the First Officer about the 747-8i that I had and he said if you can fly that this is pretty much the same thing. He said he also uses FSX for practicing.

[MikeEchoXray 2]

Sorry guys, there is a reason that it takes years of hard work, determination, study and ability to get anywhere near the right seat, let alone the left one, on any airliner. There is a whole lot more that goes on behind the scenes of any flight (and any aircraft) than A to B. This sim's use for real world training is limited to those with flight experience practicing checks, procedures and IFR. A C152 would be far beyond the ability of a zero flight time simmer. In saying that, it provides a good level of basic knowledge to someone who is about to embark on a career in aviation. If your interested, take the plunge. You will never look back.

[rtodepart 761]

Last time I flew WestJet (737-800), I was telling the First Officer about the 747-8i that I had and he said if you can fly that this is pretty much the same thing. He said he also uses FSX for practicing.

I had flightsimers come to ask questions and yes i sometimes also tell them its close but only when it comes to instruments and the like . I wont ever tell a simer that they can fly the real deal i just try to be honest and dont put ideas in no ones head ....

[michal 44]

he said if you can fly that this is pretty much the same thing. He said he also uses FSX for practicing.

Perhaps he wanted to make you feel good in this brief encounter, for him it can indeed be the "same" thing, for someone who is not a real pilot it is not.