Good performance by all, enjoyable film.

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2012)

So you are a pilot and 51 flying a regional jet, sort of the last in the hierarchy of pilots, what is your life like? This is one view of the pilot's life. Sadly, if you flying a Regional Jet, your stay-over hotel isn't usually this nice.
Couple of items that could have been better: Why the Cessna 172 and not a Cessna 152 Aerobat, that would explain why Whip knew how to fly inverted. Not all pilots know how to fly inverted, in fact very few do. The hotels were a little high price for a regional pilot and crew.
Things that the film got right: Horizontal Stabilizer causes the exact situation portrayed! Very good job.
Things the film got wrong: If one of the pilots smells of Gin, the other officer is honor bound to report him at the time of recognizing the issue. That's OK though. Also, there are no co-pilots they are first officers for cockpit control situation. But so what, minor detail.
Overall, the technical detail was close enough to reality that it didn't move into "Airplane" situations.
Do not see this movie if drug use bothers you, there is a lot of drug use with needles, cocaine and so forth. So beware. Also Christians are shown respect and made fun of at the same time, but if you are a Christian you are use to the poor portrayals by Hollywood. So shake off the poor representation of Christians and view the film as a whole.
In the end it is a well done Hollywood film with death at the beginning of the film and redemption at the end. Nicely done.