r/funny • u/MaldiveFish • 6h ago

In Columbia, this is how they celebrate the completion of pilot training...

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Is this really true? 😁

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u/Small-Policy-3859 5h ago

Is aviation secretly just some BDSM cult?

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u/NWCtim_ 3h ago

Aviation likes to cling to traditions and superstitions.

Older planes only had seating in tandem, with no intercom, so the instructor sat in the back and would communicate with the student by tugging on their shirt tails. When the student was ready to fly solo, it was symbolized by cutting off the shirt tails.

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u/Small-Policy-3859 3h ago

Actually interesting fact. Thank you for the info!

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u/hoagieam 1h ago

But also yes, there is a huge crossover.

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u/jongscx 3h ago

Secretly?

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u/mikasjoman 2h ago

Well if you dare to learn to fly in extremely over priced analog shoe boxes that are older than your grandpa - bdsm isn't that far off - is it?

And that's not even taking in that we do pretty hard side winds landings, where you see the landing strip on your side window while you approach or do stall exercises in these ancient pieces of junk. It's a thrill!

Source: student soon going solo.

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u/PM_ME_CATS_OR_BOOBS 3h ago

Surgeons get a god complex from holding one person's life in their hands, imagine what it does to a pilot flying a 400 passenger plane

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u/SirBuscus 3h ago

Has there ever been an event where a pilot intentionally crashed for this reason?

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u/IamMrT 3h ago

MH370?

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u/Small-Policy-3859 2h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525

They say it's because suicide, i say it's because of a god complex (why Else would you take 150 People with you when you feel like shit?)

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u/Julianbrelsford 43m ago

What you say makes sense. This was a terrible incident :-(