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For a television series to take off, its first episode, or pilot, needs to be spectacular.

Indeed, if the pilot doesn't cut it, it will be the only episode of the series that ever gets shot.

Indeed, even as little as 10 minutes into the pilots of This Is Us, Will & Grace, and Ted Lasso, it was clear that viewers were in for a treat, and they weren't disappointed.

That being said, a pilot isn't always guaranteed to be the beginning of a great series.

Sometimes the pilot proves to be the only good episode of the series, with the end result being anything but a Smash (pun intended).

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Flight Crews And Frequent Flyers Describe The Creepiest Experiences They've Ever Had On A Flight
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There are many unpleasant things flight attendants, or any airline employees, have to put up with during a flight.

Turbulence, unpleasant or unruly passengers, rambunctious children, and other annoyances are sadly just part of the job.

However, every now and then, flight crew and passengers might witness and experience something in the air that no amount of training or experience can prepare them for.

Experiences left these pilots and passengers scared and confused, possibly permanently impairing their ability to sleep soundly at night.

From the unimaginable to the genuinely inexplicable.

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Over the course of the last several years, anything in the career of airlines has become one of the most dangerous fields to be a part of.

I've lost track of the number of videos we've watched with passengers behaving badly.

And badly? That is an understatement.

What happened to flying the friendly skies?

It's all a mess right now.

And airline people need to vent and set a few things straight.

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Pilots And Passengers Divulge Their Scariest Flight Experiences
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Many people are afraid of flying. Thankfully, airline accidents are especially rare.

According to The International Air Transport Association, there was just one major aviation crash for every 5.4 million flights in 2018. The odds of dying in a plane accident are super low: The odds are 1 in 9,821.

That doesn't mean that accidents don't happen, obviously, but you can sleep at night. But of course there have been accidents and other scary experiences so both pilots and passengers have stories to tell.

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New Report From The New York Times Details Recent Encounters Between U.S. Navy Pilots And UFOs
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UFOs don't necessarily mean aliens, as they have been associated with in pop culture, but they definitely do mean something weird is going on.

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