1 00:00:09,302 --> 00:00:10,303 Hey. 2 00:00:10,929 --> 00:00:12,764 - What's up? - Hello. 3 00:00:12,847 --> 00:00:14,391 - How you doing, Nathan? - Good. 4 00:00:14,641 --> 00:00:16,393 - Thanks for coming in. - Of course. 5 00:00:16,476 --> 00:00:19,854 So… Yeah, the scene is… is gonna be on a plane, 6 00:00:19,938 --> 00:00:24,776 and your role would be "Passenger Number Seven." 7 00:00:24,859 --> 00:00:27,779 So, when the flight reaches cruise altitude, 8 00:00:28,405 --> 00:00:29,948 there's gonna be like a drink service. 9 00:00:30,031 --> 00:00:33,034 And your line is gonna be, "Diet Pepsi, please." 10 00:00:33,118 --> 00:00:35,245 - Okay. - Okay, so that's the… 11 00:00:36,371 --> 00:00:37,497 Diet Pepsi, please. 12 00:00:38,665 --> 00:00:41,835 Awesome. Okay, great. Thanks. 13 00:00:41,918 --> 00:00:43,336 Can I have water with ice, please? 14 00:00:43,420 --> 00:00:44,713 Black tea with lemon. 15 00:00:44,796 --> 00:00:46,965 - A water with no ice, please. - I'll have a black coffee. 16 00:00:47,048 --> 00:00:48,550 I'll have coffee with sugar, no cream, please. 17 00:00:48,633 --> 00:00:49,676 I'm good, thanks. 18 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:51,302 Orange juice and a club soda mixed. 19 00:00:51,386 --> 00:00:53,596 Can I have a cranberry juice, please? 20 00:00:54,305 --> 00:00:55,306 Perfect! 21 00:00:55,432 --> 00:00:59,269 And just so you have the context, the scene is gonna take place 22 00:00:59,352 --> 00:01:02,397 on a real Boeing 737. 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,567 And I'm gonna be one of the two pilots 24 00:01:05,650 --> 00:01:06,776 in the cockpit. 25 00:01:07,318 --> 00:01:10,572 However, I will be the one who is flying the plane. 26 00:01:10,655 --> 00:01:12,407 - Interesting. - Yeah. 27 00:01:13,450 --> 00:01:15,368 And I just wanna be clear, so there's no confusion, 28 00:01:15,452 --> 00:01:19,414 this is gonna be a real flight. And I will be flying the plane. 29 00:01:20,331 --> 00:01:21,374 - Okay. - Okay. 30 00:01:21,458 --> 00:01:22,459 Okay. Okay. 31 00:01:22,625 --> 00:01:24,294 I know this is a little unconventional 32 00:01:24,377 --> 00:01:25,712 for an acting role. 33 00:01:25,795 --> 00:01:28,548 - Yeah. - So, you know, if any part of you 34 00:01:28,631 --> 00:01:33,053 feels even the slightest bit hesitant or uncomfortable with this, 35 00:01:33,136 --> 00:01:35,305 I just want you to know it's totally fine 36 00:01:35,388 --> 00:01:37,348 if you wanna opt out or not participate. 37 00:01:37,432 --> 00:01:39,559 I would not be offended in any way. 38 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:45,273 Yeah, this seems fine. Yeah. 39 00:01:45,815 --> 00:01:48,359 You know, this whole thing is about making aviation safer, 40 00:01:48,443 --> 00:01:52,030 so the last thing I would want is anyone participating 41 00:01:52,113 --> 00:01:53,990 to feel unsafe. 42 00:01:54,074 --> 00:01:56,576 Yeah, I'm not… No. I'm in. 43 00:01:57,410 --> 00:02:00,955 You know, sometimes… No, I… Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. 44 00:02:01,998 --> 00:02:03,041 Okay. 45 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:04,209 Yeah. 46 00:02:05,251 --> 00:02:07,629 Speaking of which, how… how many people have 47 00:02:08,379 --> 00:02:11,466 outright said, "No, I don't wanna be a part of this"? 48 00:02:11,883 --> 00:02:13,176 - Nobody. - Nobody… 49 00:02:13,259 --> 00:02:15,887 - Yeah. - Wow. Actors. 50 00:02:18,598 --> 00:02:19,641 Yeah. 51 00:02:33,488 --> 00:02:35,448 Pitot tube cover. 52 00:02:36,449 --> 00:02:39,619 Remove. Check. 53 00:02:41,246 --> 00:02:43,081 Magnetos, off. 54 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:46,835 Parking brake, set. Avionics… 55 00:02:48,878 --> 00:02:51,172 off. Master, on. 56 00:03:00,140 --> 00:03:02,892 Pull rod, counterweights… 57 00:03:05,478 --> 00:03:07,147 - What'd I miss? - Tire? 58 00:03:07,814 --> 00:03:09,274 The main? On the… 59 00:03:10,525 --> 00:03:12,986 - Clear prop! - Cleared! 60 00:03:22,871 --> 00:03:24,622 - One-six right… - Alpha Charlie. 61 00:03:24,706 --> 00:03:26,082 - Repeat it back? - Yeah. 62 00:03:26,166 --> 00:03:28,126 One-six right, Alpha Charlie. 63 00:03:28,626 --> 00:03:30,712 Thank you. Thank you? 64 00:03:31,796 --> 00:03:33,464 Are you supposed to say "thank you" to them or… 65 00:03:33,548 --> 00:03:34,799 - No. You just have to… - You don't? 66 00:03:34,883 --> 00:03:36,801 - …every time… - He said, "Thank you." 67 00:03:38,887 --> 00:03:43,183 When I first began this project, I had decided there was no better way 68 00:03:43,266 --> 00:03:46,811 to understand pilots than to become one myself. 69 00:03:46,895 --> 00:03:47,937 Okay, so I'm gonna… 70 00:03:48,021 --> 00:03:49,939 - You're gonna go full power. - Pitch… I'm gonna pitch up? 71 00:03:50,023 --> 00:03:51,482 - No, no, no, no. - Oh, no, no. Full power. 72 00:03:51,566 --> 00:03:52,567 Full power. 73 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:57,113 But it became clear very quickly that I was not a natural at this. 74 00:03:58,406 --> 00:03:59,532 Okay. 75 00:03:59,616 --> 00:04:02,327 Especially when it came to landing the plane. 76 00:04:04,913 --> 00:04:06,289 No, no, no, no. 77 00:04:13,713 --> 00:04:15,506 I was told that most students 78 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:18,927 master their landings and are able to fly solo 79 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:22,597 after about ten to 30 hours of flight time. 80 00:04:22,722 --> 00:04:28,228 But for me, I was seven months in and had over 120 hours in the sky, 81 00:04:28,311 --> 00:04:30,813 and I still couldn't do it to their satisfaction. 82 00:04:45,787 --> 00:04:48,164 I was apparently such an abnormal case 83 00:04:48,248 --> 00:04:51,501 that they started passing me around to different instructors 84 00:04:51,584 --> 00:04:54,420 in an effort to diagnose what was going on with me. 85 00:04:54,504 --> 00:04:56,172 Nose down. Nose down. 86 00:04:56,214 --> 00:04:58,549 - Make sure no brakes. - Okay. 87 00:04:59,968 --> 00:05:01,386 - My controls. - Your controls. 88 00:05:04,097 --> 00:05:05,723 I was learning that flying 89 00:05:05,807 --> 00:05:09,185 was a lot more of a mental game than I initially thought. 90 00:05:13,106 --> 00:05:14,399 Hey, I… I… 91 00:05:16,859 --> 00:05:19,445 They told me to do a thing called "chair flying." 92 00:05:23,908 --> 00:05:27,245 Where you close your eyes and envision yourself encountering 93 00:05:27,328 --> 00:05:31,082 every challenging scenario and handling it perfectly. 94 00:05:33,001 --> 00:05:35,753 But I could never shake that nagging thought 95 00:05:35,837 --> 00:05:39,048 that if one thing ever goes wrong, you're dead. 96 00:05:41,884 --> 00:05:43,011 - Oh, shit. - One sec. My controls. 97 00:05:43,094 --> 00:05:44,679 - Your controls. - Turning to the downwind, 98 00:05:44,762 --> 00:05:45,847 eight-November-Delta. 99 00:05:46,597 --> 00:05:49,100 There were a few crashes, like, since I've lived here, like, 100 00:05:49,183 --> 00:05:52,145 four or five people have died in this area from flying planes. 101 00:05:52,228 --> 00:05:53,855 That's way too steep a turn in the pattern. 102 00:05:53,938 --> 00:05:55,815 - We gotta make this shorter. - Okay, yeah. 103 00:05:55,898 --> 00:05:57,191 Or we gotta just turn earlier. 104 00:05:57,275 --> 00:06:00,528 One day, while I was in the sky above the airport, 105 00:06:00,611 --> 00:06:02,905 a student pilot and his instructor 106 00:06:02,989 --> 00:06:06,701 crashed and died after reporting engine trouble. 107 00:06:10,413 --> 00:06:11,873 After that happened, 108 00:06:11,956 --> 00:06:14,876 I decided to take a month off of real flying 109 00:06:14,959 --> 00:06:17,295 and just pretended to fly instead. 110 00:06:18,796 --> 00:06:20,381 Second notch of flaps. 111 00:06:22,675 --> 00:06:24,010 From my chair, 112 00:06:24,093 --> 00:06:28,348 I imagined myself as a pilot who wasn't afraid of anything, 113 00:06:28,848 --> 00:06:32,143 who was confident in every decision he made. 114 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:37,607 For this pilot, landings were easy. 115 00:06:38,691 --> 00:06:41,652 And I even went as far as visualizing bragging 116 00:06:41,736 --> 00:06:44,447 about my perfect landings to other pilots. 117 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:47,283 I'm… I'm fine with crosswinds. 118 00:06:47,367 --> 00:06:49,494 I feel like I can land those perfectly. 119 00:06:51,788 --> 00:06:54,540 And then something just clicked. 120 00:06:57,502 --> 00:06:59,712 - That was it? - That's all you gotta do. 121 00:06:59,796 --> 00:07:00,797 Wow. 122 00:07:01,214 --> 00:07:05,468 And they finally allowed me to fly solo for the first time. 123 00:07:05,843 --> 00:07:06,844 Okay, bye. 124 00:07:09,389 --> 00:07:12,308 Six-one-eight-Delta-Hotel at CFI bench. 125 00:07:12,392 --> 00:07:16,354 Student pilot first solo request taxi for takeoff. 126 00:07:16,729 --> 00:07:20,316 November-six-one-eight-Delta-Hotel, Van Nuys Tower. 127 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,402 Runway one-six left, cleared for takeoff. 128 00:07:31,744 --> 00:07:35,123 There's something freeing about flying all alone. 129 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,001 You don't have to rely on anyone else. 130 00:07:41,254 --> 00:07:44,173 And if you ever make a catastrophic error, 131 00:07:45,216 --> 00:07:48,553 at least the only person you're hurting is you. 132 00:07:49,595 --> 00:07:52,348 Eight-Delta-Hotel, runway one-six left, clear to land. 133 00:07:52,432 --> 00:07:55,184 One-six left, clear to land. Six-one-eight-Delta-Hotel. 134 00:08:09,657 --> 00:08:10,658 All right. 135 00:08:15,746 --> 00:08:16,956 Good job. 136 00:08:17,039 --> 00:08:18,416 - Thanks. - Finally. 137 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:23,671 With that, I was welcomed into the fraternity of pilots 138 00:08:23,754 --> 00:08:25,590 and all the traditions that entailed. 139 00:08:29,385 --> 00:08:32,472 My instructors told me I was the slowest learner 140 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:34,015 they had ever taught. 141 00:08:34,724 --> 00:08:38,102 But I never gave up. And over the next year, 142 00:08:38,186 --> 00:08:41,522 I was able to get my private pilot's license, 143 00:08:41,606 --> 00:08:45,568 an instrument rating, a multi-engine license, 144 00:08:45,651 --> 00:08:48,905 and become a certified commercial pilot. 145 00:08:53,951 --> 00:08:57,538 For many of us, the solitude becomes addictive. 146 00:08:58,706 --> 00:09:01,459 Miles away from any other human. 147 00:09:03,836 --> 00:09:05,379 But when you're alone with your thoughts 148 00:09:05,463 --> 00:09:08,508 for long enough, you start to get ideas. 149 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:12,970 Big ones. And even if Congress wouldn't listen to me 150 00:09:13,054 --> 00:09:15,681 about what was going on with us pilots, 151 00:09:16,265 --> 00:09:18,601 I knew one man who still would. 152 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:21,854 I've never seen you in plaid before. 153 00:09:23,523 --> 00:09:26,400 I usually dress in solid colors. 154 00:09:26,484 --> 00:09:28,069 Is this… So, is this a new look you're trying? 155 00:09:28,152 --> 00:09:29,820 - Or… - No, I've had this for a while. 156 00:09:30,071 --> 00:09:31,113 Looks good on you. 157 00:09:32,073 --> 00:09:33,115 Thank you. 158 00:09:33,783 --> 00:09:34,951 I'm starting to feel 159 00:09:35,034 --> 00:09:38,079 that maybe Congress isn't the right path to get… 160 00:09:38,162 --> 00:09:39,330 attention for this thing. 161 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:41,999 They… That horse you have to bring to the water 162 00:09:42,083 --> 00:09:43,584 and see if you can make him drink. 163 00:09:43,668 --> 00:09:45,628 - That horse? - Yeah, Congress. 164 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:48,714 - I have to bring them to me? - Right. Or to the issue. 165 00:09:48,798 --> 00:09:50,591 The issue being the well. 166 00:09:50,675 --> 00:09:52,426 Part of it is like, it's so hard to find out 167 00:09:52,510 --> 00:09:53,803 what's actually going on in the cockpit 168 00:09:53,886 --> 00:09:55,263 because pilots don't wanna talk about it. 169 00:09:55,346 --> 00:09:56,347 And they don't want cameras. 170 00:09:56,430 --> 00:09:57,640 They don't wanna talk about how they feel. 171 00:09:57,723 --> 00:09:59,767 They don't wanna say if they're uncomfortable, 172 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:01,477 because they could actually get in trouble 173 00:10:01,561 --> 00:10:03,396 - or lose their license. - Yeah. 174 00:10:03,938 --> 00:10:06,691 No one sees all the nuances of communication in there. 175 00:10:06,774 --> 00:10:09,068 - Right. - How subtle it is, the disconnects. 176 00:10:09,151 --> 00:10:10,278 They're only analyzing 177 00:10:10,361 --> 00:10:11,404 - scratchy audio. - Right. 178 00:10:11,487 --> 00:10:13,906 There's all these silences. No one knows what's happening. 179 00:10:13,990 --> 00:10:16,158 - No one knows. - What I'm thinking is 180 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:17,952 a real flight, 181 00:10:18,744 --> 00:10:24,375 in a 737, with real passengers, at 25,000 feet. 182 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:27,128 And for the first time, cameras in the cockpit 183 00:10:27,211 --> 00:10:28,713 for the entire time. 184 00:10:28,796 --> 00:10:33,175 And I know I can get them in there because I will be the pilot. 185 00:10:34,176 --> 00:10:36,846 That's a big bite of the apple you're trying to get. 186 00:10:37,430 --> 00:10:39,599 And I think it may be a fruit. 187 00:10:39,682 --> 00:10:41,058 - All right? - A fruit. 188 00:10:41,142 --> 00:10:42,768 If you can show that it's something 189 00:10:42,852 --> 00:10:44,770 that routinely occurs on every flight… 190 00:10:44,854 --> 00:10:47,231 - The miscommunication. - The miscommunication. 191 00:10:47,315 --> 00:10:50,443 That will drive the people in control or in power, 192 00:10:50,526 --> 00:10:52,320 like the FAA or the companies, 193 00:10:52,403 --> 00:10:55,698 to change the training process to eliminate those disconnects. 194 00:10:56,574 --> 00:10:58,534 All right, so what is your experience? 195 00:10:58,618 --> 00:11:01,037 - With what? - With flying a big airplane. 196 00:11:01,704 --> 00:11:02,705 Well, I don't… 197 00:11:02,788 --> 00:11:04,665 I don't have an experience with a big airplane, 198 00:11:04,749 --> 00:11:06,876 but how different is it than, like, a smaller one? 199 00:11:06,959 --> 00:11:10,171 It's a big difference. I mean, the difference is huge. 200 00:11:10,588 --> 00:11:12,548 So you think it would be hard for me to do? 201 00:11:12,632 --> 00:11:15,718 - How long have you been flying? - Almost two years. 202 00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:18,888 How many hours do you have? You fly once a week? 203 00:11:18,971 --> 00:11:21,766 - What do you fly… - Like, 270, 280 hours? 204 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:23,225 To be an airline pilot, 205 00:11:23,309 --> 00:11:26,646 initially you need 1,500 hours just to get considered. 206 00:11:27,021 --> 00:11:28,397 But do you need that to… 207 00:11:28,481 --> 00:11:31,400 Yeah, that's what's required now, 1,500 hours. 208 00:11:31,484 --> 00:11:34,445 But I… I think you can go private pilot, 209 00:11:34,570 --> 00:11:35,905 - instrument, commercial… - Instrument. 210 00:11:35,988 --> 00:11:38,658 …you can go right to a 737 type rating. 211 00:11:38,949 --> 00:11:41,077 And if you're not technically working for an airline… 212 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,162 - That's correct. - You can… 213 00:11:43,245 --> 00:11:44,622 - So there's a loophole, right? - Yep. 214 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:47,667 Well, but you're not gonna fly passengers with that. 215 00:11:48,376 --> 00:11:50,378 Well, you can't fly paying passengers. 216 00:11:50,461 --> 00:11:51,462 Right. 217 00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:54,465 But if the plane is filled with actors, you can do it. 218 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:56,717 Yep. 219 00:11:56,801 --> 00:11:57,885 - Right? - Yeah, that's right. 220 00:11:58,678 --> 00:12:00,721 - Because… - Yeah, there is a loophole for that. 221 00:12:00,805 --> 00:12:02,306 But I'm willing to take that risk, you know? 222 00:12:02,390 --> 00:12:06,102 I have my qualifications, but if I talk about my feelings 223 00:12:06,185 --> 00:12:08,354 and, you know, I'm being too transparent 224 00:12:08,437 --> 00:12:12,066 and I lose my license, okay. Because I'm not, you know, 225 00:12:12,149 --> 00:12:14,151 I don't… I don't need to do this as a career. 226 00:12:14,235 --> 00:12:15,903 But if it means I can prove the point 227 00:12:15,986 --> 00:12:18,823 that we're trying to make, maybe that'll be worth it, no? 228 00:12:19,365 --> 00:12:20,783 Right. 229 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,993 But it's not gonna be easy to accomplish. 230 00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:31,335 Gonna sit and think about that for a while. 231 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:37,591 Okay. 232 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:49,979 Throughout my time talking with hundreds of pilots, 233 00:12:50,062 --> 00:12:53,858 I've become convinced that this cockpit communication issue 234 00:12:53,941 --> 00:12:56,569 isn't just an occasional occurrence. 235 00:12:57,319 --> 00:13:00,573 I believe it's happening, in some form, 236 00:13:00,656 --> 00:13:03,200 on every single airline flight. 237 00:13:04,910 --> 00:13:08,080 We've all been in a transportation situation 238 00:13:08,164 --> 00:13:11,083 where we wanted to say something, but didn't. 239 00:13:12,543 --> 00:13:15,963 We convince ourselves that nothing bad will happen, 240 00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:19,633 and it's not worth upsetting the person at the controls. 241 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:24,555 Most of the time, nothing does happen. 242 00:13:25,222 --> 00:13:29,101 So we never stop to consider the risk we actually took. 243 00:13:30,686 --> 00:13:32,354 But as a pilot myself, 244 00:13:32,438 --> 00:13:35,733 I can say that we are no different from you. 245 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:39,862 We're all just people in the back of an Uber 246 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:43,115 trying to avoid an awkward conversation. 247 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,202 And I intend to prove that. 248 00:13:50,498 --> 00:13:52,166 All right, well, here's the classroom. 249 00:13:52,249 --> 00:13:54,835 - Okay, great. - Go ahead and grab a seat. 250 00:13:54,919 --> 00:13:59,173 If everything goes down on you, you'll have essentially five buses. 251 00:13:59,256 --> 00:14:02,676 The switched hot battery bus, the battery bus, the standby buses… 252 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,556 The closest FAA-approved facility for 737 training 253 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,934 was in the city of Henderson, Nevada, 254 00:14:10,017 --> 00:14:14,313 which was only a 19-minute drive to the Las Vegas Strip. 255 00:14:14,605 --> 00:14:17,191 And as someone who had a bit of a gambling problem 256 00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:19,693 when I was younger, I was a little concerned 257 00:14:19,777 --> 00:14:23,280 about living so close to Vegas for a full month. 258 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:25,658 But it was a while ago, 259 00:14:25,741 --> 00:14:29,245 and I didn't feel it was a thing that affected me anymore. 260 00:14:30,412 --> 00:14:33,249 But when I found out the entirety of training 261 00:14:33,332 --> 00:14:37,044 to fly a 737 is done on a simulator, 262 00:14:37,127 --> 00:14:40,297 I began to wonder if this was more of a gamble 263 00:14:40,339 --> 00:14:42,049 than I had initially thought. 264 00:14:42,132 --> 00:14:44,260 So, pilots go straight from the simulator 265 00:14:44,343 --> 00:14:47,680 to, like, flying an airline flight with passengers? 266 00:14:48,013 --> 00:14:49,014 Correct, yeah. 267 00:14:49,098 --> 00:14:51,183 So, they don't even get practice on a real plane 268 00:14:51,267 --> 00:14:52,810 before there's passengers in there? 269 00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:55,729 Not to my knowledge. Everything's done in simulators. 270 00:14:55,813 --> 00:14:57,481 So it's that good, it's that real? 271 00:14:57,565 --> 00:14:59,817 - It is. - All right, wow. That's… 272 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:02,695 I was in awe. 273 00:15:03,696 --> 00:15:05,364 A simulation so good, 274 00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:08,909 they were willing to bet every passenger's life on it. 275 00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:11,871 It was the ultimate rehearsal. 276 00:15:11,954 --> 00:15:13,998 If there's any kind of security incident, 277 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:16,166 they're gonna call the captain. If there is… 278 00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:18,210 If somebody's having a heart attack or whatever. 279 00:15:18,294 --> 00:15:20,754 I was overwhelmed by how much would ride 280 00:15:20,838 --> 00:15:23,757 on my shoulders as the captain of an airliner. 281 00:15:23,841 --> 00:15:27,887 The captain is the final authority of what the airplane does. 282 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:29,722 Let's say the co-pilot's taking off, 283 00:15:29,805 --> 00:15:31,557 and he's just really gotta go to the bathroom. 284 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,475 The captain could say at that point, 285 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:37,021 "No, I need you to wait until we're above 10,000 feet." 286 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:38,689 So, the captain will say, "Auto throttle," 287 00:15:38,772 --> 00:15:40,357 and he'll push the button, disengage. 288 00:15:40,608 --> 00:15:42,484 - Bank angle. - Shoot. What's that mean? 289 00:15:43,611 --> 00:15:45,446 - Sorry. Sorry. - There is a bird checklist. 290 00:15:45,529 --> 00:15:46,655 If you hit birds? 291 00:15:46,739 --> 00:15:48,032 - Yes. - Oh, wow. 292 00:15:48,115 --> 00:15:52,036 Passenger lights on. Descend rapidly as possible. 293 00:15:52,119 --> 00:15:53,370 Speed brake, out. 294 00:15:53,454 --> 00:15:55,664 So the fire handle is gonna turn off your fuel. 295 00:15:55,748 --> 00:15:58,167 It's gonna turn off your hydraulics. It's going to… 296 00:15:58,250 --> 00:16:01,545 But I've always believed that if you rehearse long enough 297 00:16:01,629 --> 00:16:02,922 and hard enough… 298 00:16:03,005 --> 00:16:06,717 Outflow valve, to close. Passenger oxygen, on. 299 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,844 …nothing will be left to chance. 300 00:16:08,928 --> 00:16:11,096 This is called your segment one climb. 301 00:16:11,180 --> 00:16:12,431 Is category B… 302 00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:14,433 Category B is a repair category. 303 00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:15,809 - Rudder trim. - You rudder trim. 304 00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:16,977 There is rudder trim, 305 00:16:17,061 --> 00:16:18,604 which is right over here… 306 00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:21,231 Pneumatic system applies power to this valve here. 307 00:16:21,315 --> 00:16:23,901 Every once in a while, the handle will not come out. 308 00:16:23,984 --> 00:16:26,111 There are some issues with it. There is a button… 309 00:16:26,195 --> 00:16:27,863 - Flare. - Twenty. Ten. 310 00:16:29,073 --> 00:16:30,366 - Sorry. - It's all right. 311 00:16:30,449 --> 00:16:31,450 Sorry. 312 00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:34,912 When a fault is detected in one of the engine fire detector loops, 313 00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:37,331 between A and B, which one do you think? 314 00:16:38,582 --> 00:16:39,959 Probably B? 315 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:43,837 - That is incorrect. - And it was actually A. 316 00:16:44,922 --> 00:16:47,216 But because large jets are designed 317 00:16:47,299 --> 00:16:51,679 to be flown by two people, the biggest adjustment for any pilot 318 00:16:51,762 --> 00:16:54,181 is learning how to work with another person. 319 00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:56,392 What if there's, like, a… a disagreement 320 00:16:56,475 --> 00:16:59,019 between the captain and the… the first officer? 321 00:16:59,103 --> 00:17:02,231 Is there a setting in the simulator to practice for that? 322 00:17:02,314 --> 00:17:04,358 No. No, that's just personalities. 323 00:17:05,317 --> 00:17:09,780 I've always known that recreating the real-life dynamic with a co-pilot 324 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:11,156 wouldn't be easy. 325 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,119 But according to John, for me, it might be extra difficult. 326 00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:17,746 I would think, and this is just thinking 327 00:17:17,830 --> 00:17:18,998 on the spot almost, 328 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:22,793 that having you in the pilot seat with them 329 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:26,088 may change the dynamics. Because you're low time. 330 00:17:28,507 --> 00:17:29,967 But I… I may be wrong. 331 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:33,387 One of our Wings of Voice judges, Aaron, 332 00:17:33,470 --> 00:17:37,433 had over 5,000 flight hours on a Boeing 737. 333 00:17:37,516 --> 00:17:39,143 Unfortunately, you're not moving on. 334 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:40,978 - Okay. Okay, thank you. - All right. Thank you. 335 00:17:41,395 --> 00:17:44,773 But there was also something that made our dynamic unique. 336 00:17:44,857 --> 00:17:46,775 He aspired to produce television. 337 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:48,360 We're flying alone one day and we were like, 338 00:17:48,444 --> 00:17:50,070 "Why aren't we documenting any of this?" 339 00:17:50,154 --> 00:17:52,156 So we decided to start bringing GoPros. 340 00:17:52,239 --> 00:17:54,783 I learned that Aaron was making YouTube videos 341 00:17:54,867 --> 00:17:57,411 that documented his adventures in the cockpit 342 00:17:57,494 --> 00:18:02,750 outside his job at Alaska Airlines. And I got a sense that he viewed me 343 00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:06,503 as somewhat of a captain in the field of entertainment. 344 00:18:06,587 --> 00:18:09,673 The goal for that is getting the pilot episode 345 00:18:09,757 --> 00:18:13,594 produced and then pitched to see if someone 346 00:18:13,677 --> 00:18:15,888 - wants to take it further. - Right. 347 00:18:15,971 --> 00:18:17,973 - Excited to see it when it's… - Yeah. 348 00:18:18,057 --> 00:18:19,516 - …when it's all done, I guess. - Yeah. 349 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,727 I think it'll turn out great. 350 00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:23,771 A man with Hollywood ambitions 351 00:18:23,854 --> 00:18:27,816 might feel he has something to lose by offending me. 352 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,611 And that alone might be all I need. 353 00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:36,033 Besides, of course, a 737. 354 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:40,454 What happened with the… the plane that was from the Congo? 355 00:18:40,996 --> 00:18:43,791 You know, I have no idea what's going on with that airplane… 356 00:18:43,874 --> 00:18:47,252 Every large passenger jet in good working condition 357 00:18:47,336 --> 00:18:49,880 is usually owned by an airline. 358 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:53,884 But because of my relative inexperience as a pilot, 359 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:56,970 the only people who would even consider renting a plane to me 360 00:18:57,054 --> 00:18:59,431 were brokers on the secondary market. 361 00:18:59,515 --> 00:19:01,600 And what's… How's the condition of this? 362 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:05,521 It'd take some work to get it back up and flying. 363 00:19:07,856 --> 00:19:10,859 So, I often had to put my training on hold 364 00:19:10,943 --> 00:19:13,570 to travel to faraway places 365 00:19:13,654 --> 00:19:15,781 to check out planes that have been sitting 366 00:19:15,864 --> 00:19:18,659 in an aviation boneyard for years. 367 00:19:18,742 --> 00:19:22,621 That's a low-time aircraft. Only 15,000 hours on it. 368 00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:24,498 Fifteen thousand hours on it? 369 00:19:24,581 --> 00:19:26,291 - Yeah. - Is that a lot? 370 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:27,543 No. 371 00:19:27,626 --> 00:19:30,671 It was one of the trickier things for me to navigate. 372 00:19:30,754 --> 00:19:35,384 This is a Boeing 737-200 series. 373 00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:38,428 As the captain, the airworthiness of a plane 374 00:19:38,512 --> 00:19:40,180 was my final call. 375 00:19:40,264 --> 00:19:44,143 Meaning I had to decide if it was safe to fly. 376 00:19:49,273 --> 00:19:51,358 - All right. - All right, okay. 377 00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:53,026 - Watch your step. - Okay. 378 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,529 So, you're saying this is… 379 00:19:55,612 --> 00:19:57,614 this is basically, like, ready to fly? 380 00:19:57,698 --> 00:19:59,032 Yeah, yeah. 381 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:03,162 'Cause it looks sort of like a little beat up, you know? 382 00:20:03,245 --> 00:20:06,498 - Nah. It works. - But this doesn't have to be fixed. 383 00:20:06,582 --> 00:20:08,167 This can be just like this when you fly it? 384 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,460 - It can be just like that. - Okay. 385 00:20:10,544 --> 00:20:12,087 And that's how it's supposed to look? 386 00:20:12,171 --> 00:20:13,964 Yeah, that's normal for it. 387 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:16,633 Most of this right here would come out 388 00:20:16,717 --> 00:20:19,511 and be replaced with more modern radios. 389 00:20:19,595 --> 00:20:22,472 - Okay, but can it fly like this? - Yeah. Oh, yeah. 390 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:25,309 - So, this is fine as is? - Yeah, yeah. 391 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:27,394 Well, why… What is this piece that's just sitting here? 392 00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:28,854 'Cause it's not connected to anything. 393 00:20:28,937 --> 00:20:30,189 That is… 394 00:20:32,441 --> 00:20:34,568 that's nothing, that happens all the time. 395 00:20:38,864 --> 00:20:41,617 Nope. Not gonna do it. 396 00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:49,208 - I'd take this out. - And it will fly fine without it? 397 00:20:49,291 --> 00:20:52,002 Fly… You'll never know it's not there. 398 00:20:53,587 --> 00:20:54,671 Okay. 399 00:20:54,755 --> 00:20:58,050 When you're an HBO show with money to spend, 400 00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:01,637 the challenge of deciphering the truth can be difficult. 401 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,514 - Am I doing it right, or… - Yeah, you're doing it right. 402 00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:07,267 - It should take this much effort? - Yeah. 403 00:21:08,185 --> 00:21:11,063 You sort of just have to look at someone and decide 404 00:21:11,146 --> 00:21:13,690 whether to take them at their word or not. 405 00:21:13,774 --> 00:21:19,821 I've been all over this aircraft. And it is in very good condition. 406 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:24,534 Would I fly in it? In a heartbeat. 407 00:21:24,743 --> 00:21:29,081 If I had a family, I would say, "Yes, they can fly in it." 408 00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:32,000 - Okay. - That's saying a lot. That's… 409 00:21:32,084 --> 00:21:34,461 Among mechanics, that is… 410 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:41,635 kind of a proof of your confidence in the condition. 411 00:21:42,427 --> 00:21:44,012 Is if you would fly your family in it? 412 00:21:44,096 --> 00:21:47,474 - Yeah. - Is that a bird's nest up there? 413 00:21:51,353 --> 00:21:52,813 It could very well be. 414 00:21:54,106 --> 00:21:56,733 Is it normal to have a bird's nest like that, or… 415 00:21:56,817 --> 00:22:00,237 It's not unusual. There's a bird's nest up there. 416 00:22:00,946 --> 00:22:03,573 Eventually, I was put in touch with a broker 417 00:22:03,657 --> 00:22:07,244 who invited me to check out an off-service 737 418 00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:10,455 at an airfield in San Bernardino, California. 419 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:12,457 We got 33… 420 00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:15,210 33 times six, 421 00:22:15,294 --> 00:22:17,212 that's how many seat… seats you got. 422 00:22:17,879 --> 00:22:19,965 - Thirty-three times six? - Yeah. 423 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:21,591 - Yeah. - So, what is that total? 424 00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:24,594 How many? 425 00:22:26,263 --> 00:22:28,890 I didn't think it had that many seats. 426 00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:30,851 Six… 427 00:22:32,102 --> 00:22:34,062 It'd be 189, wouldn't it? 428 00:22:36,815 --> 00:22:39,901 The company that owned the plane did not want to be identified, 429 00:22:40,444 --> 00:22:43,488 but it was by far the best looking 737 430 00:22:43,572 --> 00:22:45,198 that anyone was willing to lease me. 431 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:48,118 So, I decided this would be the one. 432 00:22:50,329 --> 00:22:53,832 Later that week, I completed my required training 433 00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:56,418 and became the least experienced person 434 00:22:56,501 --> 00:23:00,088 licensed to fly a 737 in North America. 435 00:23:04,176 --> 00:23:05,469 To treat myself, 436 00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:08,513 I decided to make the drive to the Vegas Strip 437 00:23:08,597 --> 00:23:10,015 to see a magic show. 438 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:19,483 They say one of the hardest parts of magic 439 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:22,444 isn't learning the sleight of hand itself. 440 00:23:22,527 --> 00:23:25,280 It's making the rest of your movements look natural 441 00:23:25,364 --> 00:23:27,616 while you're performing the trick. 442 00:23:27,699 --> 00:23:29,409 Has anyone ever seen one of these? 443 00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:30,994 Yes. 444 00:23:31,078 --> 00:23:32,079 - What is it? - Me! 445 00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:33,580 - Money! - Money? 446 00:23:33,663 --> 00:23:36,792 When I was 13, I became interested in magic. 447 00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:38,251 Two, three. 448 00:23:40,295 --> 00:23:41,505 Wow. 449 00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:42,714 You made it grow. 450 00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:47,886 But people would always be suspicious of my performance 451 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:50,639 because they said the way I moved and gestured 452 00:23:50,722 --> 00:23:51,973 didn't look right to them. 453 00:23:53,225 --> 00:23:55,519 That there was something off about me. 454 00:23:55,644 --> 00:23:58,146 …nothing. But what you actually did… 455 00:24:01,358 --> 00:24:04,444 So, I studied how other people would move, 456 00:24:04,528 --> 00:24:08,532 regular people on the street, and started copying them. 457 00:24:09,366 --> 00:24:11,868 And it helped me become a better magician. 458 00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:17,374 But when you practice being other people for long enough, 459 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:21,461 you can forget to learn about yourself. 460 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:31,388 The last thing I had to do before flying a 737 461 00:24:31,471 --> 00:24:34,933 was complete my annual FAA medical clearance. 462 00:24:38,478 --> 00:24:40,647 It's something every pilot does. 463 00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:43,525 You have to fill out a mandatory questionnaire 464 00:24:43,608 --> 00:24:47,028 disclosing any and all conditions that you have. 465 00:24:47,904 --> 00:24:51,366 If you lie on this form, it's a felony offense, 466 00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:54,369 with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. 467 00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:03,086 I've never been officially diagnosed with anxiety, 468 00:25:03,170 --> 00:25:05,714 but I've definitely felt the emotion. 469 00:25:05,797 --> 00:25:07,257 A lot, actually. 470 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:10,969 And I've been feeling it for months about this upcoming flight. 471 00:25:12,012 --> 00:25:14,097 Also, this word "etcetera" 472 00:25:14,181 --> 00:25:16,641 at the end of the sentence confused me. 473 00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:20,020 What else did they mean by "etcetera"? 474 00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:28,904 So, before completing the form, 475 00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:32,282 I went to see a doctor who'd allow our cameras inside 476 00:25:32,365 --> 00:25:33,825 to be sure I was representing 477 00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:36,495 my current state of health accurately. 478 00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:40,248 Many people are anxious. That isn't necessarily abnormal, 479 00:25:40,332 --> 00:25:42,626 it may be just the way you are. 480 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:44,294 I mean, it's… it's complicated because, 481 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:48,340 you know, as an entertainer, I find that, like, 482 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:51,551 having a little bit of anxiety can be a good thing, 483 00:25:51,635 --> 00:25:53,887 'cause it adds, like, an energy to your performance. 484 00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:55,972 - For sure. - But, you know, as a pilot, 485 00:25:56,056 --> 00:26:00,227 it's… it's a very, like, it seems like it might be illegal. 486 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:04,523 Any potential problem area is only something reportable 487 00:26:05,273 --> 00:26:08,777 to an agency when it interferes with your capacity 488 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:10,820 to perform adequately. 489 00:26:10,904 --> 00:26:13,907 The doctor first went through a verbal questionnaire with me. 490 00:26:14,074 --> 00:26:18,703 "How often do you have thoughts that something awful might happen?" 491 00:26:21,498 --> 00:26:22,999 Awful? I mean… 492 00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:33,552 This is someone who's anxious. 493 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:36,137 What we're looking at is different parts of the brain 494 00:26:36,221 --> 00:26:40,267 that are now connected into this anxiety process. 495 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:43,895 Doing the scan, you come up with a potential diagnosis. 496 00:26:43,979 --> 00:26:48,358 Dr. Jordan told me he uses something called an "fMRI machine" 497 00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:49,859 that scans your brain 498 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:53,154 and can detect many of the neurological conditions 499 00:26:53,238 --> 00:26:54,864 on the FAA medical form. 500 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:57,742 You can look for OCD, 501 00:26:57,867 --> 00:27:02,289 attention deficit disorder, anxiety, depression, autism, 502 00:27:02,581 --> 00:27:04,749 a thought disorder like schizophrenia. 503 00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:06,334 - Autism? - So, we come up with… 504 00:27:06,418 --> 00:27:09,087 - Well, if someone had autism… - How does it test for that? 505 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:13,675 You can see things with autism that are fairly characteristic. 506 00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:16,428 Obviously, in… At least some individuals with autism, 507 00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:19,723 it might impair your ability to pilot an airplane. 508 00:27:19,806 --> 00:27:21,683 And, obviously, that endangers not just themselves, 509 00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:23,351 but everybody else. 510 00:27:23,435 --> 00:27:25,562 And there… there may be other issues. 511 00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:26,938 You know, some people might have… 512 00:27:27,022 --> 00:27:30,025 So, like, I… Can I choose what we test for or no? 513 00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:31,401 It's all done at the same time. 514 00:27:31,526 --> 00:27:32,652 - It's not… - So, one scan, 515 00:27:32,736 --> 00:27:33,945 you can diagnose everything? 516 00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:35,822 It's all included. 517 00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:38,366 And again, I always have to reassure people, 518 00:27:38,491 --> 00:27:42,579 whatever we find, it's all good. Because we're gonna… 519 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:45,457 we're gonna learn something that's unique to you. 520 00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,792 And it… I'll tell you, having done this 521 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,795 many thousands of times now, 522 00:27:50,879 --> 00:27:53,256 it's a journey that people love to go through. 523 00:27:55,258 --> 00:27:56,426 I'm Roxanne. How are you today? 524 00:27:56,509 --> 00:27:58,428 - Good. How are you? - Good. I'm great, thank you. 525 00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:00,305 And here's a locker for you. 526 00:28:00,388 --> 00:28:02,599 - It's right over here. - I just have my phone. 527 00:28:03,141 --> 00:28:05,185 Today we're gonna be doing an fMRI, 528 00:28:05,268 --> 00:28:07,979 which is a functional MRI, which is a study of the brain. 529 00:28:08,229 --> 00:28:13,026 You're gonna see a black screen with three sets of words or phrases. 530 00:28:13,109 --> 00:28:17,113 It might be "lose family," "become a burden,"go hungry." 531 00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:19,407 So, select one of those phrases 532 00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,868 and I want you to feel what that would feel like. 533 00:28:21,951 --> 00:28:23,453 - "Lose family"? - Yeah. 534 00:28:24,496 --> 00:28:26,581 - And then pretend I lost… - So, pretend. 535 00:28:26,665 --> 00:28:28,083 - My family died? - Yeah. 536 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:29,459 - Something. - All of them? 537 00:28:29,584 --> 00:28:30,960 - No. Whatever comes to mind. - Just one… 538 00:28:31,086 --> 00:28:32,504 - Whatever comes to mind. - One family member. 539 00:28:32,629 --> 00:28:34,756 - Yeah. Whatever comes to mind. - One or two? Okay. 540 00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:37,217 But I want you to feel what it would feel like. 541 00:29:17,048 --> 00:29:18,717 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 542 00:29:20,844 --> 00:29:23,596 All right, that is it. We are all done. 543 00:29:24,013 --> 00:29:25,432 - Did you see anything? - I'll exam… 544 00:29:25,515 --> 00:29:27,350 Well, I'm not the doctor. I'm the photographer. 545 00:29:27,434 --> 00:29:28,768 I'm the technologist. 546 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:31,146 So, I'm not giving you any type of results. 547 00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:33,732 Dr. Jordan will do that. It's a long exam. 548 00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:35,525 They have a lot of data they have to put together. 549 00:29:35,859 --> 00:29:37,527 How long does it take to get the… 550 00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:39,696 It could take a couple weeks, a month. I'm not sure. 551 00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:41,364 - A couple weeks or a month? - Yeah, yeah. 552 00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:43,908 So, it's not like a regular physical MRI. 553 00:29:43,992 --> 00:29:45,326 - Sure, yeah. - So, it's a lot of data 554 00:29:45,410 --> 00:29:47,245 they have to collect and put together. 555 00:29:47,328 --> 00:29:50,373 It's just that I'm gonna be flying a 737 556 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,295 in a few days filled with, you know, people. So… 557 00:29:55,587 --> 00:29:57,839 - It's like a regular MRI… - I was… I was hoping to, like, 558 00:29:57,964 --> 00:29:59,466 you know, get the results before that. 559 00:29:59,549 --> 00:30:00,550 Yeah. 560 00:30:01,593 --> 00:30:03,553 Do you work for an airline or private? 561 00:30:04,596 --> 00:30:05,638 No, I'm… 562 00:30:07,432 --> 00:30:09,142 I mean, I'm mostly a comedian. 563 00:30:09,309 --> 00:30:11,770 So… Yeah. But… 564 00:30:12,896 --> 00:30:15,315 Yeah. I don't think you're gonna get the results 565 00:30:15,398 --> 00:30:16,775 in a couple of days. 566 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:19,652 - Yeah. - Yeah. 567 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:27,577 The San Bernardino flight had taken months to organize. 568 00:30:28,578 --> 00:30:30,955 And if it was delayed for any reason, 569 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:34,834 we'd lose our window and the flight wouldn't happen at all. 570 00:30:40,965 --> 00:30:45,386 I looked up how other pilots deal with this type of ambiguity, 571 00:30:45,470 --> 00:30:48,932 knowing what to disclose when you're not exactly sure. 572 00:30:52,727 --> 00:30:56,356 I found a thread where someone posted that their friend 573 00:30:56,439 --> 00:31:01,069 was a regional first officer who was just diagnosed with autism. 574 00:31:12,747 --> 00:31:16,334 In the responses, all the pilots were perplexed 575 00:31:16,417 --> 00:31:19,462 as to why he would get tested in the first place. 576 00:31:23,967 --> 00:31:28,680 They said you can lose your license by disclosing something like this. 577 00:31:34,644 --> 00:31:39,774 I mean, with the knowledge I had, I'm fit to fly. 578 00:31:44,195 --> 00:31:47,824 So, I guess I'm fit to fly. 579 00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:42,337 Okay, I just wanna be clear about what's gonna happen on this flight. 580 00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:46,132 Okay, I'm trying to demonstrate how hard it can be for any pilot 581 00:32:46,215 --> 00:32:50,136 to say what they're thinking in a cockpit environment. 582 00:32:50,219 --> 00:32:53,973 And this dangerous phenomenon that leads to planes crashing, 583 00:32:54,057 --> 00:33:00,271 I truly believe happens in some form on every single airline flight. 584 00:33:01,064 --> 00:33:04,067 Now, obviously we want this flight… 585 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:07,070 I don't wanna let anything unsafe happen. 586 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:09,864 So, the second I see my co-pilot 587 00:33:09,948 --> 00:33:11,866 thinking something that he's not saying, 588 00:33:11,950 --> 00:33:13,326 you're gonna get to see that. 589 00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:19,958 And then I'm gonna quickly jump in and ask him about how he's feeling, 590 00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:23,252 so he can share that with me and be comfortable sharing that, 591 00:33:23,336 --> 00:33:27,340 and nothing will be left unspoken. Okay? 592 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:31,427 And, obviously, this is gonna be very safe 593 00:33:31,511 --> 00:33:34,263 because I'm someone who's uniquely attuned 594 00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:37,350 to this issue, I've been studying it. So, there really… 595 00:33:37,433 --> 00:33:38,935 And I'm gonna be in the captain's seat. 596 00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:41,104 So, there's really nothing to worry about. 597 00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:09,716 Thank you. 598 00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:11,277 - Morning. - Hey, how are you? 599 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,612 - Good, how are you? - Good. 600 00:35:13,279 --> 00:35:15,156 You wanna do your pre-flight flows 601 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,117 - and I'll do the walk around? - Yeah, that works. 602 00:35:18,201 --> 00:35:19,869 - Okay. Okay, great. - It's perfect. 603 00:35:49,857 --> 00:35:52,944 - All right. Looks good. - Perfect. 604 00:35:53,027 --> 00:35:54,654 - Start switches. - Continuous. 605 00:35:54,737 --> 00:35:58,116 - Electrical. - Generators on. 606 00:35:58,199 --> 00:35:59,242 APU. 607 00:36:00,368 --> 00:36:03,538 - APU is off. - Probe heat. 608 00:36:03,621 --> 00:36:06,040 Probe heat is not required. 609 00:36:06,624 --> 00:36:07,708 Or is it off? 610 00:36:07,792 --> 00:36:08,918 - On. - It's on. 611 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:10,586 - Yeah. - Oops. 612 00:36:12,463 --> 00:36:16,342 Nearly 150 actors would be joining us. 613 00:36:16,425 --> 00:36:18,970 Their only purpose was their presence. 614 00:36:19,804 --> 00:36:23,975 To simulate any psychological effect that a plane full of humans 615 00:36:24,058 --> 00:36:27,061 might have on the pilots in the cockpit. 616 00:36:28,938 --> 00:36:33,067 I was thinking about it, in all the aviation movies 617 00:36:33,151 --> 00:36:36,154 or shows that I've… I've seen, 618 00:36:36,821 --> 00:36:39,448 I don't think the actor's ever actually flown the airplane, 619 00:36:39,532 --> 00:36:41,951 so I was wondering if this is the first time… 620 00:36:42,827 --> 00:36:44,412 - of this size. - Like me being the actor. 621 00:36:44,495 --> 00:36:45,705 Yeah, like you being the actor. 622 00:36:45,830 --> 00:36:49,750 Like, you not having to have someone else come fly 623 00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:52,003 for you or go in a simulator… 624 00:36:52,086 --> 00:36:53,963 - Yeah, I mean… - …to make the show. 625 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:55,339 Right. 626 00:36:56,674 --> 00:36:58,342 I mean, I'm a pilot too, I guess. 627 00:36:58,426 --> 00:37:01,762 Yeah, that's why it was hard to phrase it because it's not… 628 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:07,810 'Cause you're a pilot but you're also… 629 00:37:08,853 --> 00:37:11,772 - This is your production too. - Yeah, yeah. 630 00:37:11,898 --> 00:37:14,192 You know? But you're an actor too. 631 00:37:15,193 --> 00:37:19,655 So, I guess this is the way… I've… I've never seen that… 632 00:37:21,073 --> 00:37:23,075 Someone that's an actor that's a pilot, 633 00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:26,495 that's able to actually fly the airplane like this. 634 00:37:27,997 --> 00:37:30,541 Yeah, that crossed my mind this morning. I didn't… 635 00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:32,793 I hadn't really thought about it beforehand. 636 00:37:32,877 --> 00:37:34,629 - Okay, yeah. - Yeah. 637 00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:37,756 Yeah. 638 00:37:40,468 --> 00:37:42,678 Let me check to make sure everyone's all good in the back. 639 00:37:42,762 --> 00:37:43,971 Yeah, sounds good. 640 00:37:54,273 --> 00:37:57,652 I'll be doing the takeoff, I'll be doing the landing, 641 00:37:57,735 --> 00:38:02,073 unless for some safety reason I'm not able to or I'm incapacitated. 642 00:38:02,198 --> 00:38:04,033 And in the unlikely event of a water landing, 643 00:38:04,116 --> 00:38:05,952 the life vest is located under your seat. 644 00:38:06,035 --> 00:38:08,246 The safety information card in your seat pocket 645 00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:09,872 details use of the life vest. 646 00:38:09,956 --> 00:38:12,083 Upon directions from your flight attendant… 647 00:38:40,778 --> 00:38:43,030 - Clear on the left. - Clear right. 648 00:38:43,114 --> 00:38:44,949 - This guy's holding for us. - Okay. 649 00:38:51,414 --> 00:38:55,167 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard. This is your captain speaking. 650 00:38:55,251 --> 00:38:57,420 My name is Nathan. I'm joined on the flight deck 651 00:38:57,545 --> 00:38:59,380 by my co-pilot, Aaron. 652 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,427 On behalf of your entire flight crew and, of course, HBO, 653 00:39:04,510 --> 00:39:08,097 we welcome you aboard this lovely Boeing 737. 654 00:39:09,015 --> 00:39:11,267 Your flight time today will be approximately 655 00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:12,935 two hours and ten minutes. 656 00:39:13,561 --> 00:39:14,687 We're gonna be taking off 657 00:39:14,770 --> 00:39:17,273 from San Bernardino International Airport, 658 00:39:17,356 --> 00:39:19,817 headed out east towards the Nevada border, 659 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,569 and then we're gonna be turning around 660 00:39:21,652 --> 00:39:24,196 near the Nevada border, and heading back 661 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,949 to San Bernardino International Airport. 662 00:39:27,616 --> 00:39:28,909 Thank you so much. 663 00:39:29,660 --> 00:39:32,204 Flight attendants should now be seated for takeoff. 664 00:39:34,123 --> 00:39:37,293 San Bernardino tower, I'm ready for IFR departure. 665 00:39:39,420 --> 00:39:42,381 Runway two-four, wind calm, clear for takeoff. 666 00:39:42,465 --> 00:39:44,383 Runway two-four, clear for takeoff. 667 00:39:45,176 --> 00:39:47,678 - Clear right. - Cleared left. 668 00:40:08,866 --> 00:40:10,242 - Ready? - Yeah, ready. 669 00:40:25,925 --> 00:40:28,219 - Stable. - Set takeoff thrust. 670 00:40:31,263 --> 00:40:32,264 Power set. 671 00:40:43,651 --> 00:40:45,778 - Eighty. - Checks. 672 00:40:51,242 --> 00:40:52,910 V1, VR. 673 00:41:00,709 --> 00:41:02,169 - Positive rate? - Gear up. 674 00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:28,612 Is everything okay? 675 00:41:36,370 --> 00:41:37,913 - Aaron. - Yeah? 676 00:41:37,997 --> 00:41:39,165 Everything okay? 677 00:41:39,248 --> 00:41:41,542 Yeah, everything's fine. You all right? 678 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,878 Well, yeah. Yeah, you didn't answer me there for a sec. 679 00:41:43,961 --> 00:41:45,087 What did you ask? 680 00:41:45,171 --> 00:41:47,465 - Yeah, if everything was okay. - Oh, yeah. 681 00:41:47,548 --> 00:41:48,716 - Okay. - Yeah, everything's fine. 682 00:41:48,799 --> 00:41:50,009 - Okay, good. - Yeah. 683 00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:52,261 All right. 684 00:41:56,432 --> 00:41:59,268 Cookies? Pretzels? Almonds? 685 00:42:00,186 --> 00:42:01,187 Thank you. 686 00:42:02,104 --> 00:42:03,230 - If there's… - What do you think? 687 00:42:03,314 --> 00:42:05,399 Oh, no. If there's anything on your mind, you can tell me. 688 00:42:05,483 --> 00:42:07,610 No. No, there's not much. 689 00:42:08,527 --> 00:42:09,737 Okay. 690 00:42:09,820 --> 00:42:12,990 Nice day to be out… flying around. 691 00:42:13,073 --> 00:42:14,658 - Okay. - What do you think? 692 00:42:14,742 --> 00:42:16,452 Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, of course. 693 00:42:17,077 --> 00:42:19,121 No, I thought you were thinking of something 694 00:42:19,205 --> 00:42:20,581 - when you didn't answer me. - Oh, no. 695 00:42:20,664 --> 00:42:22,625 - Okay. - I didn't hear you say anything. 696 00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:23,709 Okay. 697 00:42:25,878 --> 00:42:26,879 You all right? 698 00:42:27,463 --> 00:42:28,881 Yeah, I'm good, yeah. 699 00:42:30,758 --> 00:42:33,219 Just, yeah, you went like this with your eyebrows for a sec, 700 00:42:33,302 --> 00:42:34,720 - so it looked like you were… - Like what? 701 00:42:34,845 --> 00:42:36,347 Like you sort of did that with your eyebrows, 702 00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:38,807 - like you were concerned about or… - I think I… 703 00:42:38,891 --> 00:42:40,809 - …stressed about something or… - No. 704 00:42:40,893 --> 00:42:42,353 - Okay. - I'm not stressed about anything. 705 00:42:42,436 --> 00:42:43,771 - Okay, okay. - I think sometimes, like, 706 00:42:43,854 --> 00:42:45,940 if I'm squinting or looking, like I… 707 00:42:46,941 --> 00:42:48,442 I think I… I do that. 708 00:42:48,609 --> 00:42:49,860 - But, no, I'm not… - You do what? 709 00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:52,238 Go… Do that. What you were saying, like… 710 00:42:52,321 --> 00:42:53,697 When you're what? When you're… 711 00:42:53,781 --> 00:42:55,824 - When you're looking at something? - Yeah, like, trying to… 712 00:42:55,950 --> 00:42:57,993 Like, I was looking out at those… At those solar… 713 00:42:58,077 --> 00:43:00,120 - Those bright solar lights. - Ah. 714 00:43:00,204 --> 00:43:01,705 And, yeah, I was looking out that way. 715 00:43:01,789 --> 00:43:02,998 I don't know. I'm not… 716 00:43:03,958 --> 00:43:05,125 I'm not stressed. 717 00:43:07,169 --> 00:43:08,337 - Okay. - Yeah. 718 00:43:25,396 --> 00:43:26,647 Beverage? 719 00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:27,773 Diet Pepsi, please. 720 00:43:32,861 --> 00:43:34,822 - There something stressing you out? - What? 721 00:43:34,905 --> 00:43:36,782 Is there something stressing you out? 722 00:43:37,408 --> 00:43:38,784 No, just… I… I… 723 00:43:40,494 --> 00:43:43,747 I was like wondering if you're not saying something. 724 00:43:43,831 --> 00:43:47,209 So, I was like a little, maybe, anxious about that. 725 00:43:47,293 --> 00:43:49,378 - Oh, no. - I like… I think… 726 00:43:49,461 --> 00:43:51,380 I just want… You know, you can say whatever. 727 00:43:51,505 --> 00:43:52,881 - Oh, yeah. - We can say what we're thinking 728 00:43:52,965 --> 00:43:54,216 in here and it's okay. 729 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:56,468 Maybe we should just do that. Just, like, say what we're thinking, 730 00:43:56,594 --> 00:43:58,637 so we're not misreading or anything. 731 00:43:58,721 --> 00:44:01,015 Yeah, no. If something comes to mind like… 732 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,310 - that needs to be said, I'll say it. - Okay. 733 00:44:39,678 --> 00:44:41,722 Attention passengers, 734 00:44:41,805 --> 00:44:43,807 you may notice a small aircraft 735 00:44:43,891 --> 00:44:47,019 off the left side of the plane flying very close to us. 736 00:44:47,728 --> 00:44:51,607 Don't be alarmed. They're… They're with the TV production 737 00:44:51,732 --> 00:44:54,318 and they're just getting shots of us for the show. 738 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:55,861 So, all good. 739 00:44:56,695 --> 00:45:01,033 I decided to let Aaron fly for a bit, so I could be on the lookout 740 00:45:01,116 --> 00:45:05,579 while the aerial photography plane was getting shots of us in the sky. 741 00:45:05,704 --> 00:45:07,956 - Your aircraft. - All right, I have the airplane. 742 00:45:11,710 --> 00:45:13,879 Little unnerving with how close they get. 743 00:45:13,962 --> 00:45:15,047 Yeah. 744 00:45:17,591 --> 00:45:19,885 Trying to be as exact as possible. 745 00:45:25,683 --> 00:45:28,310 Aaron started making little comments to me 746 00:45:28,394 --> 00:45:31,814 about how close the other plane was getting to us. 747 00:45:31,897 --> 00:45:32,981 Holy moly. 748 00:45:37,736 --> 00:45:40,698 I wasn't sure if he was trying to tell me something, 749 00:45:41,824 --> 00:45:43,617 but I didn't wanna make things weird 750 00:45:43,701 --> 00:45:46,662 by asking again if everything was okay. 751 00:45:47,746 --> 00:45:49,665 So, we just kept flying. 752 00:45:50,624 --> 00:45:53,168 - Where'd they go? - They're over here. I got 'em. 753 00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:29,329 Can we try something that I think might help 754 00:46:29,413 --> 00:46:30,998 - the communication? - Yeah. 755 00:46:31,957 --> 00:46:33,709 It's normally something I'd do on the ground, 756 00:46:33,792 --> 00:46:36,128 - but I just didn't expect… - Yeah. 757 00:46:36,211 --> 00:46:39,840 Are… Are you comfortable, like, playing a character? 758 00:46:41,842 --> 00:46:43,635 I don't know if I've ever played a character. 759 00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:45,929 - I mean, do you want… - Like… Like… 760 00:46:46,013 --> 00:46:47,347 Do you want me talking more? 761 00:46:47,431 --> 00:46:49,475 - Or not just looking out the window? - Well… 762 00:46:49,558 --> 00:46:52,186 No, no. I… I mean, yeah, but try… 763 00:46:52,269 --> 00:46:54,646 - Yeah. - …like, pretend you're… 764 00:46:54,730 --> 00:46:57,024 So, your character name would be "First Officer Blunt." 765 00:46:57,107 --> 00:46:58,692 - First… yeah. - Okay. 766 00:46:58,776 --> 00:47:00,110 - And you sort of get it, right? - Yeah. 767 00:47:00,194 --> 00:47:02,821 So, First Officer Blunt, like, his character traits 768 00:47:02,905 --> 00:47:05,574 are he loves speaking his mind, and he's very honest, 769 00:47:05,657 --> 00:47:08,076 and he has no problem sharing anything he's thinking. 770 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:09,870 - Yeah. - And I'm gonna play a character 771 00:47:09,953 --> 00:47:11,413 called "Captain Allears." 772 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,917 Okay, and Captain Allears loves getting feedback. 773 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,836 And he's very open to any criticism… 774 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,338 - Yeah. - …that you might have. 775 00:47:19,671 --> 00:47:21,340 Open the lines of communication 776 00:47:21,465 --> 00:47:22,674 - type of thing? - Yeah, yeah. 777 00:47:22,758 --> 00:47:25,093 Just so it might help us just with, generally, 778 00:47:25,177 --> 00:47:27,471 - like, communication in the cockpit. - Yeah. 779 00:47:29,139 --> 00:47:30,140 Yeah. 780 00:47:31,517 --> 00:47:32,726 Yeah, we can do that. 781 00:47:35,354 --> 00:47:36,814 I mean, I don't know. I… 782 00:47:37,606 --> 00:47:39,775 I feel like if I got something going through my mind, I… 783 00:47:39,858 --> 00:47:42,110 I usually… say it. 784 00:47:42,903 --> 00:47:45,113 Okay, good. Yeah, that's all you have to do. 785 00:47:45,197 --> 00:47:47,032 - Yeah, I mean… - It's pretty easy. 786 00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:49,493 Most of the time it's nonsense, so… 787 00:47:49,576 --> 00:47:50,577 - Okay. - Yeah. 788 00:47:50,661 --> 00:47:52,120 Well, the nonsense is fine too, 789 00:47:52,204 --> 00:47:53,747 even if you're not sure of the thought. 790 00:47:53,831 --> 00:47:56,416 - Yeah. - If you think it might be important. 791 00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:58,836 - So, I'm here to listen. - Yeah. 792 00:47:58,919 --> 00:48:00,546 - Yeah. - I love the feedback. 793 00:48:02,923 --> 00:48:04,716 Do you want feedback from the departure 794 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,885 out of San Bernardino? 795 00:48:06,969 --> 00:48:11,014 - Sure. Did I mess something up? - No, we just… We forgot… 796 00:48:12,099 --> 00:48:15,519 I ended up retracting your flaps on… on time… 797 00:48:15,602 --> 00:48:17,020 - I forgot to call out. - …on schedule. 798 00:48:17,145 --> 00:48:19,356 Yeah, you forgot to call "flaps 1" and then "flaps up." 799 00:48:19,481 --> 00:48:20,566 - Right, right. Okay. - Yeah. 800 00:48:20,649 --> 00:48:21,650 Thank you. Yes, yes. 801 00:48:21,733 --> 00:48:25,153 I appreciate, and, you know, you can tell me in the moment 802 00:48:25,237 --> 00:48:26,864 - if I forget anything. - Yeah. 803 00:48:26,947 --> 00:48:28,991 I love knowing what I do wrong. 804 00:48:29,116 --> 00:48:30,158 Yeah. 805 00:48:31,034 --> 00:48:32,452 Yeah, I mean, it's always… 806 00:48:32,828 --> 00:48:34,371 It doesn't matter how long you do something, 807 00:48:34,454 --> 00:48:35,706 you can always learn something. 808 00:48:36,748 --> 00:48:38,083 - Yeah. - Right? 809 00:48:38,166 --> 00:48:39,626 Of course. 810 00:48:39,710 --> 00:48:42,754 So, we're gonna be landing at San Bernardino, runway six. 811 00:48:42,838 --> 00:48:44,298 The localizer? 812 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,384 Yeah, I'm still… I can't get the weather quite yet. 813 00:48:47,467 --> 00:48:48,468 Okay. 814 00:48:48,886 --> 00:48:50,846 - Three miles. - Yeah, you have to cut in… 815 00:48:50,929 --> 00:48:54,224 - It'll be like a steep turn. - Pretty tight left base, yeah. 816 00:48:54,308 --> 00:48:55,976 Should I do it? Should we try it? 817 00:48:56,059 --> 00:48:58,145 - I don't know. What do you think? - We can try it. 818 00:48:58,228 --> 00:48:59,354 You want level change? 819 00:48:59,855 --> 00:49:01,481 - There you go. Yep. - Thank you. 820 00:49:02,065 --> 00:49:03,233 Glide slope alive. 821 00:49:04,151 --> 00:49:05,277 Gear down. 822 00:49:05,569 --> 00:49:06,778 Flaps 15. 823 00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:10,157 Speed brake armed. 824 00:49:25,088 --> 00:49:27,633 How do you feel about me landing this thing? 825 00:49:27,716 --> 00:49:28,759 I'm confident. 826 00:49:29,509 --> 00:49:30,802 - Yeah? - How about you? 827 00:49:30,886 --> 00:49:31,970 - Are you? - Yeah. 828 00:49:32,054 --> 00:49:33,138 Based on what? 829 00:49:33,972 --> 00:49:36,767 I don't know. I feel like you can kind of tell if… 830 00:49:36,850 --> 00:49:38,727 someone's capable or not pretty quick. 831 00:49:38,852 --> 00:49:40,729 And I feel like you're plenty capable. 832 00:49:43,190 --> 00:49:45,108 This land's the same as the sim, right? 833 00:49:45,484 --> 00:49:47,069 - The simulator? - What? 834 00:49:47,152 --> 00:49:49,112 This land's the same as the simulator, right? 835 00:49:50,530 --> 00:49:51,531 Yeah. 836 00:50:03,377 --> 00:50:06,505 - What are the winds? - And wind check. 837 00:50:06,588 --> 00:50:08,423 Wind calm. Runway six, clear to land. 838 00:50:08,507 --> 00:50:10,592 Clear to land, runway six. 839 00:50:12,678 --> 00:50:14,471 Have you been doing flaps 40 landings 840 00:50:14,554 --> 00:50:16,473 in the sim and stuff? Okay. 841 00:50:17,057 --> 00:50:18,433 - Oh, in this one. - Okay. 842 00:50:32,823 --> 00:50:37,327 There's 500 feet, runway six, and landing checklist, speed brake. 843 00:50:37,411 --> 00:50:39,121 Landing check… Oh, yeah. Armed. 844 00:50:40,038 --> 00:50:41,123 Landing gear. 845 00:50:41,790 --> 00:50:44,251 - Three green light. - And flaps. 846 00:50:45,252 --> 00:50:47,170 - Five hundred. - Flaps 40. 847 00:50:47,671 --> 00:50:49,339 Landing checklist complete. 848 00:50:49,423 --> 00:50:50,424 Okay. 849 00:50:51,883 --> 00:50:52,884 Landing. 850 00:51:06,606 --> 00:51:10,027 Fifty, 40, 30… 851 00:51:11,278 --> 00:51:12,279 20… 852 00:51:13,113 --> 00:51:14,197 ten. 853 00:51:16,241 --> 00:51:17,492 Speed brake. 854 00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:29,254 T lights. 855 00:51:30,839 --> 00:51:32,007 Let me know 80. 856 00:51:33,258 --> 00:51:34,259 Eighty. 857 00:51:47,105 --> 00:51:49,066 - All right. - Nice. 858 00:51:50,025 --> 00:51:51,401 - Thanks. - What did you think? 859 00:51:53,528 --> 00:51:55,655 I don't know. I've never done this before. 860 00:51:56,615 --> 00:51:58,158 - The landing was great. - Really? 861 00:51:58,241 --> 00:51:59,534 - Yeah. - Thanks. 862 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,752 Even though none of these people saw what happened up there, 863 00:52:08,835 --> 00:52:11,046 all this applause made me feel 864 00:52:11,129 --> 00:52:13,381 like I had achieved something important. 865 00:52:13,465 --> 00:52:14,800 You were the bomb! 866 00:52:14,925 --> 00:52:17,010 Takeoff, landing, excellent. 867 00:52:17,135 --> 00:52:18,261 - Solid. - Okay. 868 00:52:18,762 --> 00:52:21,264 Maybe this is why pilots do it. 869 00:52:23,141 --> 00:52:25,977 No one sees what goes on in the cockpit. 870 00:52:26,603 --> 00:52:29,606 And as long as you get everyone down safely, 871 00:52:29,731 --> 00:52:32,234 that's all it takes to be their hero. 872 00:52:32,317 --> 00:52:33,652 Are you gonna keep flying now? 873 00:52:33,735 --> 00:52:35,529 Just gonna get a plane? 874 00:52:36,947 --> 00:52:38,073 I don't know. 875 00:52:39,574 --> 00:52:40,742 I don't know. 876 00:52:40,826 --> 00:52:42,494 - You should! - Maybe. Maybe. 877 00:52:42,577 --> 00:52:43,829 You're really good at it! 878 00:52:43,912 --> 00:52:44,996 - Yeah. - Okay. 879 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,041 It's been an emotional, months-long journey. 880 00:52:48,125 --> 00:52:51,419 Over a thousand hopefuls from across the country 881 00:52:51,670 --> 00:52:53,421 have been narrowed down to two. 882 00:52:54,047 --> 00:52:55,132 The pilots voted. 883 00:52:55,215 --> 00:52:59,636 And the winner of Wings of Voice is… 884 00:53:01,471 --> 00:53:02,889 Isabella Henao! 885 00:53:04,474 --> 00:53:05,976 - Oh, my God! - Yeah. 886 00:53:07,352 --> 00:53:09,271 Oh, my God! 887 00:53:09,938 --> 00:53:11,731 Isabella, how do you feel? 888 00:53:11,815 --> 00:53:14,818 This is insane. This is crazy. 889 00:53:14,901 --> 00:53:18,989 I… It's been a crazy journey, a lot of travel. 890 00:53:20,198 --> 00:53:21,700 It's just crazy. 891 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:25,787 Well, Isabella, the stage is yours. 892 00:53:25,871 --> 00:53:26,913 Thank you. 893 00:53:51,021 --> 00:53:56,985 How can you see into my eyes 894 00:53:57,110 --> 00:54:00,488 Like open doors? 895 00:54:00,864 --> 00:54:06,786 Leading you down into my core 896 00:54:07,037 --> 00:54:11,249 Where I've become so numb 897 00:54:12,209 --> 00:54:16,087 Without a soul 898 00:54:17,297 --> 00:54:22,344 My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold 899 00:54:22,427 --> 00:54:25,513 Until you find it there 900 00:54:25,597 --> 00:54:32,312 And lead it back home 901 00:54:32,687 --> 00:54:33,813 Wake me up! 902 00:54:33,897 --> 00:54:36,274 - Wake me up inside - I can't wake up! 903 00:54:36,358 --> 00:54:38,860 - Wake me up inside - Save me! 904 00:54:38,944 --> 00:54:41,446 Call my name and save me 905 00:54:41,529 --> 00:54:43,907 - From the dark - Wake me up! 906 00:54:43,990 --> 00:54:46,493 - Bid my blood to run - I can't wake up! 907 00:54:46,660 --> 00:54:48,912 - Before I come undone - Save me! 908 00:54:48,995 --> 00:54:54,000 Save me from the nothing I've become 909 00:54:54,167 --> 00:55:01,007 Bring me to life! 910 00:55:01,758 --> 00:55:02,926 Whoa! 911 00:55:03,426 --> 00:55:08,723 Frozen inside without your touch 912 00:55:08,807 --> 00:55:12,852 Without your love, darling 913 00:55:12,936 --> 00:55:18,775 Only you are the life 914 00:55:18,942 --> 00:55:23,280 Among the dead! 915 00:55:23,363 --> 00:55:25,657 - Wake me up! - Wake me up inside 916 00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:28,243 - I can't wake up - Wake me up inside 917 00:55:28,326 --> 00:55:32,998 - Save me! - Life! 918 00:55:33,123 --> 00:55:38,461 Wake me up, wake me up! 919 00:55:38,545 --> 00:55:39,546 Save me! 920 00:55:39,629 --> 00:55:44,509 Save me from the nothing I've become 921 00:55:44,634 --> 00:55:48,346 Bring me to… 922 00:56:14,622 --> 00:56:16,333 - V1. - V1, rotate. 923 00:56:16,416 --> 00:56:18,168 During my spare time, 924 00:56:18,251 --> 00:56:20,962 I started working as a pilot for a company 925 00:56:21,046 --> 00:56:26,384 that relocates empty 737s wherever they are around the world. 926 00:56:29,346 --> 00:56:32,766 Sometimes, I'd have to be transported by a soldier 927 00:56:32,849 --> 00:56:35,810 to a military airfield in rural Ecuador, 928 00:56:35,894 --> 00:56:40,273 where a 737 that had no seats in it would have to be flown 929 00:56:40,357 --> 00:56:43,693 across the Amazon rainforest in the middle of the night, 930 00:56:44,027 --> 00:56:46,905 - to an airstrip in Brazil. - Gear up. 931 00:56:49,491 --> 00:56:51,868 For some reason, they trusted me. 932 00:56:52,994 --> 00:56:55,538 I was one of two pilots in the cockpit. 933 00:56:56,414 --> 00:56:59,584 And sometimes, when they'd be on a bathroom break, 934 00:56:59,667 --> 00:57:01,211 it was just me in there. 935 00:57:03,046 --> 00:57:06,174 Flying over the Atlantic Ocean for hours 936 00:57:06,841 --> 00:57:10,345 until the welcoming sands of Namibia come into view. 937 00:57:14,224 --> 00:57:17,102 They only let the smartest and best people 938 00:57:17,185 --> 00:57:19,354 fly a plane of this size… 939 00:57:20,563 --> 00:57:22,816 and it feels good to know that. 940 00:57:22,899 --> 00:57:24,025 Set takeoff thrust. 941 00:57:25,235 --> 00:57:29,489 No one is allowed in the cockpit if there's something wrong with them. 942 00:57:31,491 --> 00:57:34,411 So, if you're here, you must be fine. 943 00:57:34,953 --> 00:57:36,121 One hundred.