ZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoFlight school pilot jumps to his death midair, leaving 22-year-old student to land planeabc7chicago.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down15
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkFlight school pilot jumps to his death midair, leaving 22-year-old student to land planeabc7chicago.comZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarehoohoohoot@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoWell, did he land it?
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoMy automatic assumption was that you were asking if he stuck the landing, but I’m guessing you had assumed the student was male.
minus-squarehoohoohoot@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·4 days agoIm referring to “the student” which is a “male word” I dont know how to call it exactly
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-24 days agoHuh? English doesn’t have grammatical gender. A “student” can be male, female, or non-binary. In this case, a quick look at the article would tell you that the student pilot is female and yes, she did land the plane.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoThe Studentesse™ landed the plane safely.
minus-squarehoohoohoot@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhat do you mean nonbinary?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 days agoNo, he jumped out of the aircraft, his student managed to land the plane despite her being in shock.
minus-squareneo2478@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoI mean, he also landed…just faster
Well, did he land it?
Yes, she did.
My automatic assumption was that you were asking if he stuck the landing, but I’m guessing you had assumed the student was male.
Im referring to “the student” which is a “male word” I dont know how to call it exactly
Huh? English doesn’t have grammatical gender. A “student” can be male, female, or non-binary.
In this case, a quick look at the article would tell you that the student pilot is female and yes, she did land the plane.
The Studentesse™ landed the plane safely.
What do you mean nonbinary?
No, he jumped out of the aircraft, his student managed to land the plane despite her being in shock.
I mean, he also landed…just faster