flee 5 Report post Posted March 10, 2015 This insight at the world’s daredevil fliers makes a smooth take-off Traditional holiday review programmes like Judith Chalmers’ Wish You Were Here...? or Holiday may no longer be on television, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still plenty of opportunities to see the world on the cheap. The more adventurous sofa-tourist could have spent last night in remote Indonesia, for instance. That’s the Worst Place to Be a Pilot according to the title of Channel 4’s new documentary series. This title is also the kind that could easily get lost in the TV schedules; it doesn’t at all do justice to the dangerous lives of Susi Air’s daredevil employees. Captain Guy is originally from Surrey, but it seemed a long while since he’d been home. His salt’n’pepper hair and rugged complexion gave him something of the air of Rick Blaine from Casablanca, as he smuggled beers in the luggage hold back to his dry-town base. Captain George on the other hand was like a steely-nerved 21st-century frontiersman as he navigated uncharted skies to land a “metal bird” in a remote tribal area for the very first time. The locals greeted him with dancing, singing and the gift of two live chickens. Apparently they were pleased to see him, which is just as well: local rumour has it that this particular tribe only took missionaries off the menu a few years earlier. More: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/worst-place-to-be-a-pilot-channel-4-tv-review-this-insight-at-the-worlds-daredevil-fliers-makes-a-smooth-takeoff-9679589.html http://www.channel4.com/programmes/worst-place-to-be-a-pilot/episode-guide Series 1 Episode 1: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Pretty interesting and insightful. Thanks for sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cire 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Surprisingly there are a lot of Brits flying in such condition in Indonesia's outbacks. Airplane are very basic wire to the york type. Very precariously job indeed. Most of them hope that someday they will be able to go back home and fly some modern jets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
