"Dan Luke" wrote in message ...
"Otis McNatt" wrote:
Suppose *both* pilots in, say, a B-737, were to die in flight
due to some incredible, but unfortunate coincidence. For
instance, one could die of a heart attack, and the other, say,
of an aneurysm. Now, I'll admit the chances of this happening are
remote, but it could happen; stranger things have.

So, suppose it did happen. If there happened to be an airline pilot
on board who was certified in any of the other Boeing models, from the
717 up the 747 and 777, but having no experience flying the 737, would he
have much of a problem landing the plane?

No.

How about if the on board pilot had no Boeing experience, but only
experience
with, say, Airbuses, or DC-9s, or the later MD-xx models?

No problem. Anything he needed to know he could get over the radio.

One would think so anyway. I remember reading something written by
an airline pilot once, in which he said in effect that when an airline
pilot begins training on a new aircraft, it can be almost as bewildering
as with his first aircraft. I was just curious about just how much trouble
an MD-88 pilot, say, would have with a 737, if he were just thrust into
the cockpit in an emergency situation, without ever having been there before.

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O.M.