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[–] 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well that's one way to win an argument about whether the student is ready for landing or not.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Wow, I hope that young woman gets the help she needs.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Okay, this was a tragedy for the instructor, and traumatic for the student.

    Now that we've established that, can we acknowledge that this situation is comedy gold?

    Is she that bad a student, or that bad a conversationalist? I admit, I've had moments when I've wanted to throw myself out of a moving car, if it would end the conversation I'm having.

    Can you imagine her radio call to the tower? "Um, yeah, he just...jumped. No, no parachute, just gone...Um, how do I get down from here?" "Well, today is the day you learn to land."

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    "I go left now, good luck everybody else."

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    She’s probably traumatized but I hope one day she can work through it enough to see how fucking badass she is for doing this

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Ah, here is my “wtf moment” of the day. I’d been looking everywhere for it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    My automatic assumption was that you were asking if he stuck the landing, but I'm guessing you had assumed the student was male.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Im referring to "the student" which is a "male word" I dont know how to call it exactly

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Huh? English doesn't have grammatical gender. A "student" can be male, female, or non-binary.

    In this case, a quick look at the article would tell you that the student pilot is female and yes, she did land the plane.

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