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How professional do you find the TV program "Mayday"?
I watch this program occasionally. The program does explain "incidents" effectively, from the point of view of the "layman". However, I find that the actor "pilots", when they are doing their bit to explain the situation, have clearly never been in the cockpit or flight deck of anything. I know they are just reading what the program writers have written, and I know they are actors, not pilots. . But for a program like this, that should have the facts straight, couldn't they be just a bit more professional, and consult with a pilot, so they know at least a little bit, what they are talking about ?
@ Angela
I can't give you a specific program. I am not that much of a fan. But, I have heard some flight deck conversation that I would consider "non-techincal conversation". I would be surprised if it was verbatum. Maybe the problem occurs when the flight tapes are destroyed or don't exist. I am not a commercial pilot, I am G/A and sailplane. But I know enough about it to be able to tell when the writers of the program did not read the technical manual first.
And I also gave up on Ice Pilots and Dangerous Flights.
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- Angela DLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
do you have an example in mind? _mayday_ is usually viewed as an example of how to do it right. in every episode i've seen cockpit dialogue is verbatim from the cvr transcript (e.g. united 232), or plausibly reconstructed with expert help (e.g. air transat 236).
i've seen some truly awful aviation stuff on tv. i gave up on _dangerous flights_, and cringed over _arctic air_. i have a lot of time for _ice pilots nwt_, but feel it's past its best-before date.
- AnthonyLv 49 years ago
The only time they get it right is when the crew lived and they're being interviewed.
They did a decent job on UA232, but there are some statements that are false, such as that flying without controls had never been done. I read later that Denny Fitch had studied the phugoid encountered by JAL123, and that it gave him a good idea of what to do.
- Ricky NaiLv 69 years ago
Well I think they do a good job. I really enjoyed the mid-seasons. Not so much the newer ones as I don't get to watch them often now.
The act upon the information they have about the accident, from CVR transcripts and what not and try to recreate it as best as they can.
Even though some of the dialogues may not be accurate, I don't really think they affect much.
