Richard de Crespigny

We merge our brains into a super brain.

We work as a cohesive, effective team to solve problems.

Everyone knows their responsibilities.

And before the flight, when I was telling the other pilot, the first officer and the second officer before the flight, I said, we have two extra captains on board.

They're actually rechecking my license.

They will either renew my license at the end of this flight or they will cancel it because I have to go into training.

I said, that's my problem.

My license check is my problem.

It's not yours.

The important thing is the passengers.

So you must tell me if I do something wrong.

Don't worry about my check and don't let those pilots distract you.

I said, Lisa, in aviation, we have seven checks a year, which is like getting a driving license test with a police commissioner in the back seven times a year.

We are checked so thoroughly.

You're worried about an engine failing, but when a pilot lines up to take off the runway, his heart rate's probably going up, a bit like Neil Armstrong.

Neil Armstrong's heart rate when he's coming into land on the moon got to about 160, not because he was afraid, but because he was aware of all the things that could go wrong.

And now he's organizing at different times, different things can go wrong.

He's arranging all these possibilities and then working out, okay, I'm getting ready.

What happens if this?

What happens if that?