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Brisbane Times

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Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

In our particular cultural moment, overestimating one’s ability to take on complex tasks seems less like hubris and more like the norm.

yesterday 6

WA Today

John Bailey

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

In our particular cultural moment, overestimating one’s ability to take on complex tasks seems less like hubris and more like the norm.

yesterday 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

John Bailey

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

In our particular cultural moment, overestimating one’s ability to take on complex tasks seems less like hubris and more like the norm.

yesterday 7

The Age

John Bailey

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

In our particular cultural moment, overestimating one’s ability to take on complex tasks seems less like hubris and more like the norm.

yesterday 5

Brisbane Times

John Bailey

My uncool suburb is so under-the-radar, even the criminals avoid us

Although my neighbourhood shares a border with an apparently world-famous suburb, it’s one of those places that might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

18.08.2025 20

The Age

John Bailey