Very unrealistic

Rating: 5/10 (10 February 2013)

This is a very unrealistic movie concerning the aviation part as well as the alcoholic part. If something is wrong with the aircraft-stabilizer and you can not control the pitch-attitude you will never be able to control the pitch all of a sudden when you fly upside down. And a drunk pilot is flying better than a healthy and fit pilot trying to do the same thing in the simulator? Also: if you'r a strong alcoholic as this pilot you will never be able to leave the booze alone for 9 days without any help. And during the final hearing he only has to respond "yes" to get off the hook. How many people would do/say the same thing as he does? But besides this all the movie is slow and boring. Only the first 15 minutes are interesting (the crash) and the minutes of the NTSB-hearing. The whole dramatic middle-part could have been shortened by the half to make this movie at least not as slow as it is now. A disappointing movie and almost a waste of the time watching it.