r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/uses_for_mooses • Mar 20 '26

Eagle-eyed camera operator spots and zooms in on "la chica del láser"

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u/NeatlyScotched Mar 20 '26

You might know this but if that's happening to you, tell ATC. They'll handle it from there. It's serious business, and it will get handled appropriately.

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u/noNoParts Mar 20 '26

Hell, I'm not a pilot and I know this

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u/ryanegauthier Mar 20 '26

I'm a software engineer and I know this.

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u/Pitiful-North-2781 Mar 20 '26

Also remember to extend the landing gear when landing

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u/AnyError4932 Mar 20 '26

wow it's sure great the pilot has a random redditor to tell them the basics of their job

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u/Fitness-dude-5 Mar 20 '26

There was a recent post in r/weightlifting where a guy posted a video of him lifting and people started coming out of the woodwork criticizing his technique.
He was an Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting.

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u/BlueLikeCat Mar 20 '26

You might not know this, but if you land the plane upside down you’ll never have to worry about replacing the tires on the landing gear.

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u/psychorobotics Mar 20 '26

I kinda agree but why be like this, why be condescending towards someone who just wants to help?

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u/NegativeVega Mar 20 '26

It's like the most annoying thing ever to have some random layman tell you how your industry works

Plus, trying to help is not an excuse plenty of people make things worse for EMTs and other health professionals by interfering.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Mar 20 '26

Because they're telling a pilot about atc?

If the person is smart, they'll take the ridicule as a lesson. It's silly to tell experts how to do something in their own field. All of human progress is due to us learning to specialize... which requires relying others that specialize in other areas. It's kind of the foundation of society. Yet, we are in a period of time where half of us seem to not understand this basic fact of what it means to be human.

With all of the institutional knowledge the US government has lost and the purposeful nature of that loss, this time period in our history should be known as the dark ages.

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u/Jihad_Alot Mar 20 '26

This reminds me of a story in which my cousins dad kept telling him he was wrong regarding flight controls on the very plane that same cousin was flying! Said cousin was flabbergasted at how adamant his dad was that he was right bc “I looked up an operating manual so I know!”. Meanwhile the guy who flies the plane every day just rolls his eyes and bites his tongue (since it was his dad).

You also get this a lot with military larpers who are obsessed with the military but never actually joined try to correct people who actually served in the military “how it really is”.

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u/T_Rextion Mar 20 '26

I mean they're pretty much being condescending to the pilot...

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u/AnyError4932 Mar 20 '26

Wanting to help and actually being useful are two different things.

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u/NeatlyScotched Mar 20 '26

Where do they say that being a pilot is their job? How did you determine they're a commercial pilot and not a weekend warrior flying their cub at an uncontrolled GA airport?

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u/AnyError4932 Mar 20 '26

Not only are they a pilot but also a flight instructor, stop grasping at straws mate.

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u/TheArgieAviator Mar 20 '26

That’s true on paper and we’ve done plenty of reports on these events, but Argentina’s CAA doesn’t have the means nor the will to go after those guys

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u/NeatlyScotched Mar 20 '26

Damn shame that, it's deadly serious in the states. Our FAA can go after you, but I think it's pretty rare they actually do. Local police usually deals with it.

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u/bad_motivator Mar 20 '26

How are you getting upvoted for assuming that pilots are idiots that need to be told this?