Step climbs

GrtArtiste writes:

It is midsummer. I'm departing KLAX on a fully loaded 747 at 1800 PDT
for an evening flight into KSTL There are thunderstorms popping up
along the route. Then, the problem: both pilots are stricken with food
poisoning (hey! it's my nightmare). A frantic call goes out from the
head flight attendant---Is there a pilot on board!!! There are only
two: a GA pilot who has logged 300 hours total, 120 IFR in a C182 and
a student pilot who just had his first solo flight last week in an old
Cherokee. Then...this humoron stands up and says: "I've flown 100
hours in a 747 simluator". So...who gets to sit in the left seat in a
desparate gamble to save all their lives? I know who my choice would
be, and I know who I would not choose.

Since you need two pilots to fly a 747, you must choose two people. I'd pick
the sim pilot and the GA pilot with the IFR experience. Make the sim pilot
PIC, and make the GA pilot FO. It's not necessary to pick a PF because you
can fly and land with full automation.

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