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“Should we consult with real ATC before making this movie?” “Nah, punch it.”

ATC makes the wrong decision: Pilots: *Guess I'll die*

Hilarious how the local controller is using a phone instead of headset. Like he’s ordering lunch from takeout. Goofy stuff.

“PUNCH IT” lmao, this isn’t the Millennium Falcon

This seems like gambling with the passengers’ lives, and a possibly imprisonable offence.

“Are we cleared to land?” Yep, I told the other guy to punch it. You’ll be fine.

I absolutely can't wait to never see this movie!

I'm bothered by a swaggering ATC guy. Swagger is pretty much the opposite of what I want an ATC guy to have.

You miss the part after were the air traffic controlers laugh and celebrate, instead of breaking into tears and yelling at each other for how they nearly allowed two planes to crash into each other because they didn't want to just tell the one that was landing to just abort and circle around. They would all be fired and I hope arrested for this pathetic display of incompetence.

The fact that the other air traffic controller is acting like it’s so fun to make bets on the planes when he is literally betting that the planes are going to crash together... like why would you WANT that to be right??

atc; "PUNCH IT!" pilot (punches copilot); "and dont call me shirley."

I absolutely hate the "gambling" atmosphere they depict in the controller's room. dude should've been removed immediately and investigated after the FIRST near collision. cutting it even that close is a total failure. "I saw it clearly in my head" won't be a good defense.

I don't think I've shouted "GO AROUND!" at my monitor more times than during that landing sequence.

The most weird/annoying thing about these clips is that these foreign pilots are speaking in perfect American-English accents.

"We have clearance, Clarence." "Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?"

I love the fact that in all this nitpicking we didn't even mention the fact, that this guy just got two near-miss reports filed on him on the one morning.

Ah yes, punch it! The most used line by atc

OK, I just spit my coffee all over when the ATC said "punch it." I guess it's like running a yellow light, isn't it?

"PUNCH IT" is some real fast and furious shit

I'm a pilot, and I've been following Kelsey for years now. I watch so I can correct him when he's wrong. To this day, I am still waiting for the opportunity! You're one hell of a pilot Kelsey, the way your speak for the layman to understand is so impressive. I always find myself talking to the non-professional as if they know what I am talking about. After years of training and flying, it's easy for us pilots to view our knowledge as "normal information" and we forget how little the travelling public really knows.

"Oh look, that's LaGuardia right there, runway 44." Got me facepalming so hard.

This movie was deadass probably made by some guy who played the shit out of Airport Madness.

The tower was basically full of models. Must be their side job to Chippendales.

Producer: How do we make this guys seem fun an relatable? Writer: Make them bet on whether or not two planes will crash? Producer: Damn it heres a raise! You're a genius.

15:21 the moment he said "punch it", he stopped himself from laughing lmao..

Anyone else bugged by the fact that "the hero character" was using a telephone handset instead of a headset like the other ATCs in the room? I mean, yes, he's new and all, but they'll have a headset for him. While I haven't been in many ATC control rooms (and all the visits were back in the 1980s to the USAF radar installations my father worked at), but the only time the ATCs I've seen using the telephone handset were actually on the phone calling someone. (Usually either the tower or my dad's shop.)

For once, I want you to say "Rotate" instead of "Coming up"

I lost my shit when he said "punch it!" 🤣🤣🤣 Even someone who isn't an aviation enthusiast knows how ridiculous that sounds.

Agent 47 getting a little too much into his new pilot disguise

I really want him to watch "snakes on plane"lol

Dude the part where they set toga when they were “preparing for landing” stabbed my heart

the moment i hear 2 letters for the airline instead of a proper callsign hurts by brain more than any other stuff

I think we can all agree on what was realistic and that's the fact that everyone associated with flying - ATC's, pilots, passengers - has model level looks. I believe Hollywood often overlooks this fact but here they got it right.

16:44 I couldn't stop thinking about Kennedy Steve and "Ground?" - "Yes, plane?"

Who would have thought that Hollywood would turn a plane movie into a love drama?

Hopefully the next scene of the movie was of that air traffic controller losing his job

It's like they didn't even try with this movie.

For years hollywood has gotten it wrong in airline movies for example, by showing them taking off in a 727, landing in a 737, and in flight using the L-1011 interior.

Controller: "If I tell the plane taking off to punch it, it'll avoid the incoming plane by a good ten feet. No sweat." Me, a nervous flyer: Please tell me ATC doesn't really work like this. Also some controllers are like Doctor Strange and can see future timelines. Also some controllers will avoid sending a plane around to avoid paying $10, and the cute girl is watching.

Most unrealistic thing about this movie that the entire cast is attractive

I was curious, so I looked up info on this movie, and was amused to see the Rotten Tomatoes score. After reading the description, I'm not surprised it's low, but 22% is just poetry.

"Clear to land" never means "You must land." I would hope a pilot "Cleared to land" watching another aircraft coming down an intersecting runway would perform the "Go Around" even if the tower kept saying "You're cleared to land." This depicts pilots as stupid and helpless, and while there is the occasional inept pilot out there, it is beyond my comprehension that there would be a pilot so stupid as to see that situation developing and not abort the landing. Ditto with the departing aircraft...there isn't a pilot out there who would not be on the reversers before trying to "punch it." Dumb, dumb, dumb movie.

Everyone involved in the writing of this movie deserves a slap in the face. This movie is an insult to intelligence.

I love that you are doing these videos probably right after you dutied off, on an overnight, or during a long break in your day room. It shows how dedicated you are to aviation education to the general public. Thank you!

One would imagine they would call an industry expert to fact check the script

They wanted to land and they put it on the TO/GA and the gear dropped😂😂😂

The director and producers played Airport Madness once and said "well this must be how air traffic control is like"

I did forget my call sign once, as a student my instructor was about to strangle me.

He's always in different hotel rooms when he makes his vids

5:50 Minor correction: it's "ready for departure" (or just "ready"), not "ready for takeoff". At least over here in Europe proper phraseology does not allow using the word "takeoff" except for the "cleared for takeoff" instruction, to avoid any confusion. So "departure" would be used when reminding ATC. Apart from that: spot on. 👍😀

"Ok we are going to land, put the throttle to the toga position so in case of a go-around, we don't need to touch our throttle".- hollywocaptain

This clip is so unrealistic and dangerous it's making me cringe a lot. Films like this are just insult to all the works people done to make aviation the safest way to travel.

When the dude says "punch it!" kelsey smiles lol

2 planes: literally gonna crash Random idiot: *PUNCH IT*

The fact the production crew got copyright clearance by real airlines shocks me

When I heard, "punch it", I expected to see a shot of Dom and Brian flying the plane 😂

One thing I cought: Asking tower "Boeing 123, ready for takeoff" is an example of bad phraseology. The word takeoff should only be used with takeoff clearance and the readback. Otherwise use "ready for departure". This makes clear that you are ready, but not in the process of takeoff yet. It also helps to make the keyword takeoff more recognisable to catch for others and raises situational awareness. So that when they hear takeoff, they know it is a clearance or a plane taking off. Nothing else. For example if you are about to cross the runway and hear takeoff on the radio, you may be alarmed that there is a takeoff crossing your path and can clear the situation befor entering the runway or the other guy getting too much speed.

I have been watching your videos for a couple of weeks now because I am fascinated by aviation and the process pilots go thru during an entire flight. It's amazing the amount of knowledge you must amas to become a competent pilot.

I love how the Captain (sitting in the right seat) of that Swiss Air just looks panicked like he's being dragged down to the runway against his will and doesn't know that he just has to say "Callsign, going around!" and then punch it himself.

After that near miss, the pilots will tell ATC to call the FAA.

Hollywood: “ATC guy is allowed to gamble with people’s lives but it’s O.K because he’s a hotshot maverick controller with attitude and very good looking.” Yup… they nailed it lol

Ironically, the departure frequency that was given to Qantas was actually the tower frequency. In an earlier clip, you hear the tower frequency as 123.9 and the departure frequency as 135.0 (even though it should really be 135.9), and then later on, Qantas gets a departure frequency of 123.9.

He seems rather cavalier with 100's of lives in his hands.

It's so funny when the "cool guy" acts "cool" and Kelsy just shake his head in disapproval XDD 10:40

I thought pilots never say "ready for takeoff", rather "ready for departure" to avoid confusion?

I think that even "Pushing Tin" is more realistic than this.

Wow! That landing was so terrifying that the aircraft turned from an A330 CEO to a B777. 15:38 😂 HAHAHAHA. @74gear

I have mad respect for people like this guy.. Pilots are amazing.

Dear Kelsey, great video! A small point of nitpicking though, at 05:50 you explain what a pilot could say when he thinks the controller forgot to issue the take off clearance and you say the phrase "boeing123 on runway 4L, ready for take off". It should be ".... ready for DEPARTURE", regardless of whether you're on the runway or taxiway, since following the 747 crash in tenerife the word "take off" is to only ever be used when actual take off clearances are issued, read back or cancelled to avoid any potential confusion, in any other situation it should be "departure". Best regards and thanks for the video!

I think this movie loves the A330. So many of them are there.

Come on Kelsey, everyone knows when you " Punch It " you release NOS from the very special tanks on every airliner to give you that extra kick.. Unless your engines are running a little hot. LOL.

"Chewie, punch it!"

Wow, you do have such an intense look about you when you are studying (watching/listening) something. You are one intense fellow.

I love that while he's reacting he will nod or shake his head

Must be a GREAT movie, haven't heard of it til Kelsey posted this M v R. But I can tell from the tower layout and comms it's gonna be fantastically bad 🤦‍♂️, especially when they're betting on the go-round on the cross runway.

Kelsey, I love your content, but I've got to clear up a misconception about supervisors in ATC overriding controllers. That just doesn't happen except in very, very rare cases. You're not the only pilot that holds that view. It seems to be very common. Supervisors are just there monitoring the operation. They may offer general guidance or help a controller who needs it, but they would not directly override what the controller does. The majority of the time if you hear someone override a controller, it's because there is training in progress. The overriding controller is actually the instructor overriding the trainee. The way the ATC radio equipment works, the instructor jack has priority over the trainee jack, so if the instructor keys up, their transmission goes out, not the trainee's. Any other time if you hear another controller speaking, it's just a routine controller swap.

I also noticed that the "Stellar Airlines" A330 suddenly became a Boeing 777 at 15:40 😂

I love how the pilot is basically like "oh no I wish I could PILOT this plane out of the way!" Like a cartoon driving towards a wall and doesn't steer away, they just give up once they see the wall. This film made those pilots look like helpless morons.

"Prepare for landing" *firewalls the throttle*

Your face said it all when the pilot set thrust to “TOGA” but the gear went down 😂

You know, when I watched this movie, I literally thought "74 Gear would have a lot to say about this" in almost every plane scene. lolol

"yeah, no, i'm not gonna tell them to go around, i'm just gonna play with ppl's lives today and see if they have a turbo boost on the 787.." (not 100% sure about it being 787 tho, don't kill me pls) :D

How this movie represents ATC does more to make me freaked out about flying than Cast Away, Flight, and every flight disaster movie combined

I love Kelsey’s face when the pilot pushed the thrust forward and the gear came down!

Kelsey: " Hollywood, You suck... Let me show you how aviation is done"... Getcha some, Kelsey..😂🍻🍻

They use a China Southern aircraft, but CA is the IATA code for Air China. China Southern is CZ.

Imagine being inside the airplane hearing the tower on your takeoff saying "Punch it!"... He could be like "YOLO!"

You know, I really like the way this movie presents the relevant information in a clear visual way. That at 2:08 were it switches from the readout screen to the overhead view of the airport, but keeps the data from the readout screen for a bit to clue the viewers in on what that information means, and at 2:17 where you get the predictions with the little tags by the planes with their information is also a nice way to visualize what the ATC guy is seeing and how he's expecting things to work out.

i like the just blank face that you have when watching

I was in a similar situation like about 30 years ago. LAX to FRA on a Lufthansa 747-400 and a small single engine aircraft was crossing the runway, just as we were landing. We were much closer to the runway, as this landing plane was, I could already see the runway out of my window. "Punch it" does not work like this. Not even on a very light 747, that is landing, so it has a lot of extra power to add. And it has a lot of power to add. But it felt like the engines were trying to go around without us for what felt like minutes. Probalbly only 20 seconds max, before the full power of those engines hit. And it really surprised me, the way I was pushed into my seat then. But we still had no problem to go around, never touched down and climbed away from the airport. So I am sure, if a pilot sees another aircraft out of the window, still being a few hundred feet in the air, they would just "punsh it" and go around, no matter what ATC would tell them. Because pilots do not seam like close calls at all. And that I could tell from our pilot on the PA when he informed us what had just happened. He was still quite professional, but I could tell he wanted to punch that pilot of the small plane in the face more than just once. And he did call that pilot (in German) a soon to be ex-pilot. Funny how pilots, that are responsible for hundreds of lifes, are capable of making good decissions by themselves thousands of times without hardly ever making any mistakes. It is almost like they are trained to do this. To me the most Hollywood part is that those pilots would even ask, if they are "still" clear to land. If you can see another plane on a possible collision course, you will never ask, you will just "punsh it". I am pretty sure my Lufthansa pilots did not ask anybody what they should do, they just "punched it". And that puts me into a very elite club of passangers, that know what max power feels like on a 747-400. And it is impressive. It comes with a large delay, but when it comes it comes hard. Stay (and fly) safe Dirk

Hey, Kelsey: punch it!! But seriously, watching this review makes me wanna see Airplane! again--at least the commercial aviation jokes there are intentional.

I wonder what Kennedy Steve's thoughts on "2:22" is. Probably not enough of the ATC poking at the ground tugs!

(6:25) Speaking of runways; internationally, all runways are 2-digit, so it would be 04 and not just 4. So if you get just "runway 4 L", then a digit got lost in the transmission. If the airport only have one RWY X4 L, it's easy to know which, since RWY 4X L wouldn't be valid. So I'm really curious how this is dealt with when American pilots fly internationally.

When you want to be a pilot but have never flown a plane: I have over 10,000 hours in Microsoft flight simulator

Haha, I died at the "punch it" line! I also love that the main characters super power is being able to calculate near misses.

Such an unprofessional atmosphere and vibe in this ATC room, I was embarrassed to watch and I am not even an ATC myself 😂 This is why some are nervous flyers, because of movies like that.

Ever notice scenes in cheesy old movies and shows in which it's obvious that they felt they had to overdub some extra lines, after shooting a scene, that are really just explanatory declarations, so that the audience would better understand what they're seeing. Typically, it'll be something like "Oh look, that's a bomb. I _guess_ I'd better throw _the bomb_ out the window." ~~ Knowing this, I think it's clear that half of what he's called out here is really Hollywood _translating_ the reality into something that general audiences would easily understand. Like "continue" (13:04). The lines in the movie are meant as a more verbose translation of that. This is all an indication of what kind of audience this movie was intended for. Better movies would find a way to solve the problem here in a more clever way.

Hi Kelsey. Just wanted to say I date a pilot and we talk a lot about his job and aviation in general. I find myself watching a lot of your videos (as well as other aviation content) and I love it. I find it endlessly entertaining for a civilian like myself. I love how you break down all the jargon. It’s provided me with many funny quips to throw at my bf. Like when he’s yelling at me when we’re mountain biking I can now retort “I hear you 5x5” thanks for that gem. I’m not looking forward to it but I’m ready to yell out we have a 7700 to him in an emergency. Let’s hope that never happens. But I can assure you the next time he’s in the dog house (which thankfully rarely happens) That I’m issuing him a number to call acknowledge when ready to copy!! 😆

im rllyyy impressed with myself with how much ive learned abt planes from plane crash documentaries and true crime stories abt planes

I think Hollywood people still haven’t heard something called “google” lol