Pilot faints in flight (prank on buddy)

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Pilot faints in flight (prank on buddy)

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Put that one on my to-do-list... best try it with family and friends before attempting with paying customers though guys... ;)
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I once had a buddy play a prank on me on my neophyte days as a pilot.

>Ring!!! Ring!!!<

Me: "Hello?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Panama Jack?"

Me: "Yes"

"Hello, my name is John Smith and I am with Transport Canada. We have received some reports and suspect there have been some violations of the Air Regulations on your part and . . . . . "

At this point my hearing started to fade. I started to feel weak and dizzy.

ME: "Uh, hold on. I just need to sit down."

I lay flat on the bed next to the phone and the ceiling above me started spinning.

"Hey Buddy!!! It's me!!! Eric!!!"

Me: "Huh?"

"It's me Buddy!"

Me: "Uh, Eric. Let me call you back." >Click<

Took me a few hours to recover. Not funny.
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Jack:

Are you sure he said John Smith from Transport Canada, and not Ernie or Lee Smith?

Those guys could strike terror into the heart of Mother Teresa!

OFD
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wow that video is hillarious :? Maybe in the next one, hell open the door and jump out!
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You can always use the fire bell test to wake the skipper up during a NASA nap.

I heard of an FO who woke the captain up to tell him they had no fuel left- mid Atlantic. He had pulled the fuel sensor CB's
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The Old Fogducker

Not sure what name he used-- it could have been some generic "Fred Blogs" for all I know.

The few people who I know at Transport are actually very nice people.
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Hey OFD, I heard about those Inspectors Smith. I heard Ernie was a pussycat but that Lee guy was a real hard azz!
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If I were the PAX, I would have punched him out when we got back on the ground.

I really fail to see the 'funny' in scaring the shit out of your passenger. Last time that guy will ever get in a plane with his 'friend'.
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Most passengers are kind of scared anyways. If you make a person panic, they can do bizarre things.

What if the guy in the back grabbed the stick or started playing with levers and knobs? Now you have an emergency.

Ha. Ha. You crashed your plane. Very funny. :roll:
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Agree with the previous post > Not very funny
If the passenger in the back does not know how to fly, who know what he could have done
maybe just yank hard on the stick

When I bring people up for a joy ride, that is what it is a a joy to be there and experience the freedom of light
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I laughed!
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Fake?

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Funny video, but my guess is it is not real.

In a two-seat tandem aircraft of this class (looks like a Citabria) there are almost always controls in the back seat, towards which a panicked passenger (cameraman) would at least look down.

Even if one is to believe that this screaming cameraman instead continued to film in this manner, check out the difference in audio between his screams and his comment after the recovery.

Thoughts?
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RVgrin wrote:...my guess is it is not real.
Agreed..the screaming is over-acted. Plus, you can't see the pilot's eyes..he had the ground and airspeed still visible during his 'fainting'.

Just another couple of guys trying to become famous with a viral video.
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They've now said it's a fake in the description.
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C-GPFG wrote:you can't see the pilot's eyes..he had the ground and airspeed still visible during his 'fainting'.
He also cut the power before nosing over, but these things only suggest that he didn't actually faint (which we know), but not that the passenger knew he remained in control.

Can anyone find additional evidence suggesting the whole prank was staged?
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RVgrin wrote:Can anyone find additional evidence suggesting the whole prank was staged?
Like GPFG wrote, check the updated Youtube description :wink: And definitely, the screaming is over-reacted.
ok so I spoke to Patrick, he doesn't mind me posting and the OFFICIAL line now is, this IS FAKE! both patrick and his friend were in on the joke :) because it is inconceivable this could of ever possibly been real ;) & like this no-one gets in trouble XD
I laughed, but I would probably not do that to any of my passengers :!:
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